hexagon keynote

I have a simple lisp to create a circle keynote using qleader and "dsc" to set size. How can I define a hexagon to replace the circle?

 

1. create a standard block with an attribute and insert it from a folder.
2. define a block with an attribute (using entmake) and insert it


Not sure exactly what you want...


Jamie Duncan

set size. How can I define a hexagon to replace the circle?

 

The POLYGON command, feeding in 6 for the number of sides and your choice of
Inscribed or Circumscribed, should be easy enough to substitute for the
CIRCLE command in whatever your routine does.

Kent Cooper, AIA

set size. How can I define a hexagon to replace the circle?

 

Following up with a little trial, I find that if you give the Polygon
command 6 sides and a center point, and a radius as a plain NUMBER, it makes
the hexagon with the top and bottom edges horizontal, and vertices at left
and right, for BOTH Inscribed and Circumscribed varieties. If, on the other
hand, you want your hexagon to have the left and right sides vertical, and
vertices at top and bottom, you need to give it the radius with a DIRECTION
involved somehow [e.g. @{x-distance},{y-distance} or @{distance}<{angle}],
and here it makes a DIFFERENCE whether it's Inscribed or Circumscribed: do
it to the left or right for a Circumscribed hexagon, and up or down for an
Inscribed one.

Kent Cooper, AIA

 

Excellent. Thanks a bunch.

 

Of course, Jamie Duncan's suggestion to use a block would use less memory
than drawing a polygon for each instance, in addition to which, it wouldn't
be able to be mistakenly mis-shaped with a Stretch operation or something.
That's what we do with all our reference markers/symbols (even some that are
just circles, as for column line identifiers) -- blocks, drawn at "full"
plotted size and scaled for the drawing factor, with editable text infills.

Kent Cooper, AIA


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