Move autocad objects using python

[Michiel]

Hi,

To avoid working range issues I want to move autocad geometry (a solid generated with dynamo) at the end of the dynamo script using python.

It’s probably a quite simple script but I really don’t know how to get started.

Thanks in advance!

[elliotgr2010]

Can you not transform the dynamo geometry before passing back to the DWG using Geometry.Translate ?

[Drbohlav]

Hi @Michiel, I found more here: Move Objects
I’m same as you looking now for Python script how to move all 3D solids when I have vector in Dynamo. The reason is I can not find solution how to slice solid geometry by plane in Dynamo (more here Road markings as BIM objects to IFC - #3 by Drbohlav). I found only Solid.SliceByPlanes.

[mzjensen]

@Drbohlav have you already tried the Object.Transform node? Discussions here:

Block basepoint extraction/manipulation?

Hi I would like the same control over my Acad drawings as i have over Revit, via Dynamo. A typical user error is creating a block with basepoint in 0,0,0, when the actual block should have a local basepoint close to it’s own geometry. Any ideas on how to list block with faraway basepoints, even better; how to move the basepoints closer to the blocks?

Modifying an existing block

I’ve a bunch of blocks within a drawing, that I want to adjust the z value to hit a surface. I don’t want to create a new block on top of the existing at a z value. I want to set the z value of the existing blocks. Is there currently any way to read values of a block, and then adjust that? I can only see ways to place a new one at the new coordinates.

[Drbohlav]

Thank you @mzjensen for this tip. I definetely will use this node in the future. This time the solution for road marking as 3D solid were in another node.