topic Re: Annotation: How to get a sel_item for geometry selected by a ME10 Macro in Modeling

Annotation: How to get a sel_item for geometry selected by a ME10 Macro

thollerweger — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 07:54:03 GMT

Hello,

I have a ME10 macro that selects all geometries from a view and returns the pointer and geometry properties as a list to LISP.
The pointer corresponds to the return value of the sd-get-annotator-reference function.

To continue working with the elements, I need the sel_items for the pointers. But I can't find an inverse function for sd-get-annotator-reference.
So far I have implemented this by using get_selection in LISP to get all sel_items and building a new list in which the pointers are added using sd-get-annotator-reference.
I then use this list to add the sel_items to the list returned by ME10. However, the last process is quite slow.

Does anyone have an idea how to do this efficiently?

Re: Annotation: How to get a sel_item for geometry selected by a ME10 Macro

vnamboodheri — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:52:48 GMT

Hi @thollerweger,

Thank you for your question.

Your post appears well documented but has not yet received any response. I am replying to raise awareness. Hopefully, another community member will be able to help.

Also, feel free to add any additional information you think might be relevant. It sometimes helps to have screenshots to better understand what you are trying to do.

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Vivek N
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Re: Annotation: How to get a sel_item for geometry selected by a ME10 Macro

der_Wolfgang — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:57:51 GMT

a) there is no function sd-annotator-reference-to-sel-item available.

the last process is quite slow.

b) This was discussed on cad.de, where it was determined that the cause of the low performance was the LISP implementation and program structure.

Re: Annotation: How to get a sel_item for geometry selected by a ME10 Macro

thollerweger — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:08:27 GMT

Sorry, I forgot that I created this thread in this forum.
Thanks again to der_Wolfgang for the detailed explanation!