VS:NameObject

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Description

Procedure NameObject assigns an object name to the next object created.

PROCEDURE NameObject(
           objName   :STRING);

def vs.NameObject(objName):
    return None

Parameters

objName

STRING

Name to be assigned to object.

Example

VectorScript

NameObject('Part 5257');
Rect(0,2,2,0);

On Vectorworks 2009 the function have problems with groups (VS:BeginGroup and VS:EndGroup). In order to workaround the problem use this (VS:SetName call):

BeginGroup;
Rect(0,2,2,0);
EndGroup;
SetName(LNewObj, 'Part 5257');

Python

Version

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