VS:GetLayerElevationN

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Description

Gets the elevation and thickness of the specified layer in document units.

PROCEDURE GetLayerElevationN(
               h               :HANDLE;
               VAR baseElev    :REAL;
               VAR thickness   :REAL);

def vs.GetLayerElevationN(h):
    return (baseElev, thickness)

Parameters

h		HANDLE		Handle to the layer.
baseElev		REAL		Base elevation of the layer in document units.
thickness		REAL		Thickness of the layer in document units.

Example

PROCEDURE Example;
VAR
	h :HANDLE; 
	baseElev, thickness :REAL;
BEGIN
	h := FLayer;
	WHILE h <> NIL DO BEGIN
		GetLayerElevationN(h, baseElev, thickness);
		thickness := thickness / (25.4 / GetPrefReal(152));
		AlrtDialog(Concat('layer name: ', GetLName(h), ', baseElev: ', baseElev, ', thickness: ', thickness));
		h := NextLayer(h);
	END;
END;
RUN(Example);

Version

Availability: from Vectorworks 2025

See Also

VS Functions:

VS:SetLayerElevationN

VS Functions: [[VS:SetLayerElevationN]]