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== LibreCAD Scripting with lua ==
 
== LibreCAD Scripting with lua ==
  
One of the scripting languages LibreCAD support's is [[//www.lua.org|Lua]]. Lua is the default scripting language and will be available for most simple scripting needs.
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One of the scripting languages LibreCAD support's is [[//www.lua.org Lua]]. Lua is the default scripting language and will be available for most simple scripting needs.
Lua is very powerful but at the same time provides a easy to understand programming language.
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Lua is very powerful but at the same time provides a easy to understand programming language. Please see [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/ Lua's reference manual] for more information.
  
 
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Revision as of 03:22, 12 April 2014

Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language developed by a team at PUC-Rio, the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

LibreCAD Scripting with lua

One of the scripting languages LibreCAD support's is [Lua]. Lua is the default scripting language and will be available for most simple scripting needs. Lua is very powerful but at the same time provides a easy to understand programming language. Please see Lua's reference manual for more information.

Example:

-- draw a line from coordinate 0,0 to coordinate 100,00

-- get the current document
currentDocument=app.currentDocument()

-- Use the Create operation to create new items within a drawing
ce = Create(currentDocument, "0")

-- Append a line
ce:append(Line(Coord(0,0), Coord(100,100)))

-- Append a circle
ce:append(Circle(Coord(0,0), 12))

-- Execute within the document
ce:execute()