SilverScreen Solid Modeler

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SilverScreenAPI

 

SilverScreen Interface and Environment Functions

 

 
 

Name

Description

clear_away_lines

Blank out text lines on the screen

clear_window

Clear current window to its background setting

count_windows

Count the number of windows in the current screen

delta_worldx

Move the world cursor in an x direction

delta_worldy

Move the world cursor in a y direction

delta_worldz

Move the world cursor in a z direction

error_message

Display an error message and wait for a keystroke

error_text

Copy SilverScreen error text into a buffer

eval_expression

Evaluate SilverScreen expression

get_cspace

Retrieve current c-space settings

get_direct_pointer

Return a direct pointer to a system structure

get_group

Retrieve a group name

get_group_item

Retrieve an item name from a named group or the q-group

get_pgroup_item

Retrieve an item name from the q-group

get_version

Retrieve SilverScreen version information

get_view

Retrieve current view parameters

jump_menu

Invoke jump menu

mark_area

Mark an area in the current screen

path_drawing

Copy drawing directory name into a buffer

path_execution

Copy execution directory name into a buffer

path_home

Copy home directory name into a buffer

path_library

Copy library directory name into a buffer

path_silver

Copy SilverScreen directory name into a buffer

path_temp

Copy temporary directory name into a buffer

quick_menu

Invoke quick menu

ss_command

Execute a SilverScreen command

sys_ablock

Copy the path of the current annotation block into a buffer

sys_block

Copy the path of the current block into a buffer

sys_drawing

Copy the name of the current drawing into a buffer

sys_drawing_fullname

Copy the full name, including path, of the current drawing into a buffer

sys_object

Copy the path of the current object into a buffer

sys_screen

Copy the name of the current screen into a buffer

sys_title

Copy the title of the current drawing into a buffer

sys_window

Return the current window number

view_file

Display a text file in a scrollable window