StandardScale2 Property (ActiveX)

Specifies a standard scale for the viewport.

Supported platforms: Windows only

Signature

VBA:

object.StandardScale2

object

Type: PViewport

The object this property applies to.

Property Value

Read-only: No

Type: Long

A standard scale value of the viewport.

Remarks

No additional remarks.

Examples

VBA:

Sub Example_StandardScale()
    ' This example will access the active layout for the current drawing
    ' and list the standard scale for that Layout.
    ' It then changes the standard scale for the layout, and finally
    ' resets the scale back to its original value.

    Dim Layout As ACADLayout
    Dim currScale As Integer
    
    ' Get the activeLayout
    Set Layout = ThisDrawing.ActiveLayout
    
    ' Find the current standard scale
    currScale = Layout.StandardScale
    MsgBox "The current standard scale is : " & Layout.StandardScale
    
    ' Change the standard scale to 100:1
    Layout.StandardScale = ac100_1
    MsgBox "The new standard scale is : " & Layout.StandardScale
    
    ' Reset the original standard scale
    Layout.StandardScale = currScale
    MsgBox "The new standard scale is : " & Layout.StandardScale
    
End Sub

Visual LISP:

(vl-load-com)
(defun c:Example_StandardScale()
    ;; This example will access the active layout for the current drawing
    ;; and list the standard scale for that Layout.
    ;; It then changes the standard scale for the layout, and finally
    ;; resets the scale back to its original value.
    (setq acadObj (vlax-get-acad-object))
    (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj))
    
    ;; Get the activeLayout
    (setq Layout (vla-get-ActiveLayout doc))
    
    ;; Find the current standard scale
    (setq currScale (vla-get-StandardScale Layout))
    (alert (strcat "The current standard scale is : " (itoa currScale)))
    
    ;; Change the standard scale to 100:1
    (vla-put-StandardScale Layout ac100_1)
    (alert (strcat "The new standard scale is : " (itoa (vla-get-StandardScale Layout))))
    
    ;; Reset the original standard scale
    (vla-put-StandardScale Layout currScale)
    (alert (strcat "The new standard scale is : " (itoa (vla-get-StandardScale Layout))))
)