Making components...

[tpoz]

Hello y'all,
I'm having quite a hard time trying to figure out how to make components
I can retrieve components from the Component Samples folder and that seems to work, but what I really want to do is ask the user what the dimensions are (of a generic house or an image of a tree) and make the 'house' those dimensions.
I think my problem is that I don't know how to define the edges/faces as a component. I don't really know what to replace

componentdefinition= definition.load path

with, or how to define my 'house' in the DefinitionList, or if this even makes sense.

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
laura

[thomthom]

house = model.definitions.add("MyHouse")
house.entities.add_face(...)
...
model.active_entities.add_instance(house)

[TIG]

Alternatively just make a group and add entities to it... then turn it into a component when you are done...

### you'll need to define stuff like entities, pt1/2 etc earlier on - it's skipped here for brevity
group=entities.add_group()
group.entities.add_line(pt1,pt2)
### add as much as you want...
instance=group.to_component
definition=instance.definition
definition.name="My Definition's Name"
instance.name="My Instance's Name"
tr=Geom;;Transformation.new(ptxyz) ### ptxyz = new insertion point, as it'll be located at the ORIGIN by default
instance.transform!(tr) ###to move or even rotate/scale it as needed
### etc
### to now add further stuff to definition use### definition.entities.add_...