I need to write AutoCAD plugin to display the area of the object. Below is my code.
It works fine, but test is static. I need to keep tracking the area of the circle cir.Area.ToString()
;.
Currently, If I change the size of the circle latter on, the text does not change anymore.
For example, the area of my circle is 10. I run code, it displays 10. But if I change the radius of circle, the text remains 10.
How can I make it working.
[CommandMethod("displayarea")]
public static void Displayarea()
{
var doc = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
var db = doc.Database;
var ed = doc.Editor;
var filter = new SelectionFilter(new[] { new TypedValue(0, "Circle") });
var selection = ed.GetSelection(filter);
if (selection.Status != PromptStatus.OK)
return;
using (var tr = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
{
var curSpace = (BlockTableRecord)tr.GetObject(db.CurrentSpaceId, OpenMode.ForWrite);
foreach (var id in selection.Value.GetObjectIds())
{
var ids = new ObjectIdCollection(new[] { id });
Circle cir = (Circle)tr.GetObject(id, OpenMode.ForRead) as Circle;
var _centerPosition = cir.Center;
using (DBText acText = new DBText())
{
acText.Position = _centerPosition;
acText.TextString = cir.Area.ToString();
acText.Height = 0.5;
curSpace.AppendEntity(acText);
tr.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(acText, true);
}
}
tr.Commit();
}
}
It works by replacing
cir.Area.ToString();
to
string circarea = "%<\\AcObjProp Object(%<\\_ObjId "
+ CircleId
+ ">%).Area \\f \"%lu2\">%";