Attaches a drawing to the project drawing.
(ade_dsattach dwgname)
Returns the ID of the attached drawing or nil.
| dwgname | Path alias and file name (string) |
This function returns an ID even if the drawing does not exist. A system administrator can use this function to define a drawing set before the drawing files it references are created or installed. A drawing must exist before you can make it active.
(ade_aliasadd "dwg_drive" "d:\\myproject\\mydir")
(setq dwg_id
(ade_dsattach "dwg_drive:\\mydrawing.dwg")
)
; check if drawing was successfully attached
(if dwg_id ; check if it returned an ID
(princ "\nSuccessfully attached.")
(princ "\nDid not attach.")
)