Acad.Editor.getEntity Function

File

Autodesk.AutoCAD.js

Syntax

JavaScript

function Acad.Editor.getEntity(options);

Group

ACAD Namespace

Parameters

Returns

A Acad.PromptEntityResult in the success callback function.

This function returns a promise pattern result, it has to be called as a Promise Pattern with .then(onSuccess, onError) function.

Description

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.

Exception

Throws a TypeError object.

Links

ACAD Namespace