Acad.Editor Functions

This section contains a list of the Acad.Editor functions.

Functions

	Name	Description
	Acad.Editor.addCommand	Use this method to register an AutoCAD command.
	Acad.Editor.cancelCommand	Use this method to cancel the last command.
	Acad.Editor.captureView	Use this function to capture the view information along with optional layer information based on whether layerSnapshot is true or false.
	Acad.Editor.CurrentViewport	Represents the current viewport and stores view properties like camera position, target, fieldheight, fieldWidth, upVector, and projection.
	Acad.Editor.drag	Use this method to drag a transient entity during jigging.
	Acad.Editor.executeCommand	This method accepts a variable number of string arguments and it waits for the command operation to complete.
	Acad.Editor.executeCommandAsync	This method accepts a variable number of string arguments and it does not wait for the command operation to complete.
	Acad.Editor.getAngle	Use this function to get user input for an angle, taking into account the current value of the ANGBASE system variable.
	Acad.Editor.getCorner	Use this function to get user input for the corner of a rectangle.
	Acad.Editor.getDistance	Use this function to get user input for a linear distance.
	Acad.Editor.getDouble	Use this function to get the double from a user.
	Acad.Editor.getEntity	Use this function to select an entity by specifying a point. Pauses for user input and returns both an entity name and the point that is used to select the entity. GetEntity() does not returns the name of non-graphical objects.
	Acad.Editor.getFileNameForOpen	Use this function to emulate the subtleties of AutoCAD file prompting. It prompts on the command line when FILEDIA is zero, or if a script or an AutoLISP routine is running.
	Acad.Editor.getInteger	Use this function to get the integer from a user.
	Acad.Editor.getKeywords	Use this function to get a keyword as user input. It wraps the acedGetKword() ObjectARX function.
	Acad.Editor.getNestedEntity	Use this function to get the name of an entity selected by the user and the point used to select the entity.
	Acad.Editor.getPoint	Use this function to get user input for a point.
	Acad.Editor.getSelection	Use this to return the selection set obtained.
	Acad.Editor.getString	Use this function to get user input for a string.
	Acad.Editor.isQuiescent	Use this function to check if the host is busy processing other commands. If busy, the function returns false, else returns true.
	Acad.Editor.restoreView	Use this function to restore the captured view information based on the supplied idUrl identifier.