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Section line length?

SeaGeoff — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 00:53:34 GMT

I'm trying to put a little tail on the end of a one sided section marker so it will look like a typical sectional detail marker. I cannot figure out how to determine the length of the section line so it will automatically locate itself at the end and move when the line is stretched. TIA.

Re: Section line length?

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 01:33:16 GMT

Hello Geoff,
Are you trying to script your own section marker ?
There is a section marker that looks just like your image.
It is called "Section Partial Marker 10".
I'm probably missing your meaning completely.
Peter Devlin

Re: Section line length?

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:39:01 GMT

Hello Geoff,
I had a look at "Section Partial Marker 10" and
it occurs to me that you may not need to determine the distance.
You could edit the shape and dimensions of the "tail"
by editing the POLY2_B command at the very end of the script
and save it under another name.
Peter Devlin

Re: Section line length?

SeaGeoff — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:19:52 GMT

Thanks Peter! I missed that marker. It has just the code I needed, although I had to ponder it a while to figure out how it works. I never realized how the section marker code is executed. (My bad considering the abundance of excellent documentation on the subject ) Seems the script is run twice, once for the marker on each end, with one end being automatically mirrored. By including an IF symb_mirrored THEN... (or in this case IF not(symb_mirrored) THEN...) statement you can build a script that runs different code for each end of the section line. Simple. Thanks again.

Re: Section line length?

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:05:35 GMT

Hello Geoff,
Yes, for once, this one is simple.
Peter Devlin