SDK:Tool Plug-in

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Tools

The VectorWorks SDK can be used to develop Plug-in Tools. These tools will be driven by the main event loop of the application- they will not run their own event loop.

This enables VectorWorks to provide some standard behaviors across all tools, for example:

• auto zoom
• double-click switching to cursor
• deleting the most recent segment of a polygon, wall or other multiple point tool
• escaping a tool to start over without finishing current actions
• other view changes during a tool such as scroll bar keys

The main topics:

• Tool resources
• The main function
• Tool events

Documentation

Once you have a tool plug-in project you can:

• Setting Tool Status
• Setting Tool Cursor
• Drawing a Tool
• Working with Tool Mode Bar
• Similar Objects Creation

See Also

Overview | SDK:Tool Plug-in Resources | SDK:Tool Plug-in Main Function | SDK:Tool Plug-in Events