Creates a 3D solid box with edges parallel to the axes of the WCS.
Supported platforms: Windows only
VBA:
RetVal = object.AddBox(Origin, Length, Width, Height)
Type: Block, ModelSpace, PaperSpace
The objects this method applies to.
Access: Input-only
Type: Variant (three-element array of doubles)
The 3D WCS coordinates specifying the origin of the box. This coordinate represents the center of the bounding box for the object, not a corner.
Access: Input-only
Type: Double
The length of the box. Must be a positive number.
Access: Input-only
Type: Double
The width of the box. Must be a positive number.
Access: Input-only
Type: Double
The height of the box. Must be a positive number.
No additional remarks.
VBA:
Sub Example_AddBox() ' This example creates a box in model space. Dim boxObj As Acad3DSolid Dim length As Double, width As Double, height As Double Dim center(0 To 2) As Double ' Define the box center(0) = 5#: center(1) = 5#: center(2) = 0 length = 5#: width = 7: height = 10# ' Create the box (3DSolid) object in model space Set boxObj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddBox(center, length, width, height) ' Change the viewing direction of the viewport to better see the box Dim NewDirection(0 To 2) As Double NewDirection(0) = -1: NewDirection(1) = -1: NewDirection(2) = 1 ThisDrawing.ActiveViewport.direction = NewDirection ThisDrawing.ActiveViewport = ThisDrawing.ActiveViewport ZoomAll End Sub
Visual LISP:
(vl-load-com) (defun c:Example_AddBox() ;; This example creates a box in model space. (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object)) (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj)) ;; Define the box (setq center (vlax-3d-point 5 5 0) boxLength 5 boxWidth 7 boxHeight 10) ;; Create the box (3DSolid) object in model space (setq modelSpace (vla-get-ModelSpace doc)) (setq boxObj (vla-AddBox modelSpace center boxLength boxWidth boxHeight)) ;; Change the viewing direction of the viewport to better see the box (setq NewDirection (vlax-3d-point -1 -1 1)) (setq activeViewport (vla-get-ActiveViewport doc)) (vla-put-Direction activeViewport NewDirection) (vla-put-ActiveViewport doc activeViewport) (vla-ZoomAll acadObj) )