Block move problem in lisp

[Jamie Myers]

I want to move a block using lisp where it moves back and forth only on a specified angle. The sequence would go something like this; the block would be picked, then a predefined first point is selected, then I want my users to be able to see the block sliding back and forth <animated> along an angle that was previoulsy defined in the routine. The user will have a choice of either hitting enter, or right clicking, or clicking a point along the angle or typing in a distance. By hitting enter, or right clicking, the second displacement point of the move will default to the same point as the first point of the move. I tried this, with ortho on, (command "move" Block "" BlockInsertionPoint (if (= (getpoint) nil) BlockInsertionPoint)) and it didn't work, but you may get the idea. I never got far enough to figure out the sliding back and forth along a certain angle. I was going to try some setting the "baseang" variable to do that, but dunno if it will work. As for now, I just wanna get the block to move right.

 

[Jamie Myers]

Yeah, grread was suggested by another person, but it is way over my head. He explain that the move would have to be in some sort of a loop. Don't supposed you could explain it in normal english?

Have you try to combine orthomode and snapang? have not done something similar... what is this for?

- I see that you are thinking in the command move but that could fail if the user hit enter, the block can be any where in your drawing, maybe a grread use...