"close and save" doesn't work in Ax.

[gswifort]

Closing the document with save=True doesn't save the changes. The problem also occurs with Ap.Document, and I see that the implementation uses Ax for this purpose. A workaround is to first call Save() and then Close(save=False). The strange thing is that it doesn't work via COM either, in both Zwcad and AutoCAD (I'm probably doing something wrong).

from pathlib import Path

import win32com.client as win32
from pyrx import Ap, Ax, command

dwg_path = Path(__file__).parent / "Drawing1.dwg"


@command(flags=Ap.CmdFlags.SESSION)
def doit1():
    doc = open_doc(dwg_path)
    doc.closeAndSave(str(dwg_path.with_stem(dwg_path.stem + "_copy1")))


@command(flags=Ap.CmdFlags.SESSION)
def doit2():
    axdoc = open_axdoc(dwg_path)
    axdoc.close(True, str(dwg_path.with_stem(dwg_path.stem + "_copy2")))


@command(flags=Ap.CmdFlags.SESSION)
def doit3():
    app = win32.Dispatch("zwcad.application")
    doc = app.Documents.Open(str(dwg_path))
    doc.Close(True, str(dwg_path.with_stem(dwg_path.stem + "_copy3")))


def open_doc(path):
    axdoc = open_axdoc(path)
    for doc in Ap.DocManager().documents():
        if doc.acadDocument() == axdoc:
            return doc
    raise RuntimeError(f"Could not find Ap.Document for Ax.AcadDocument with path '{path}'")


def open_axdoc(path):
    axdoc = Ax.AcadApplication().documents().open(str(path), False)
    return axdoc

[CEXT-Dan]

seems the document (database) needs to be modified
did you try saveas? I have always used Db.Database.saveAs()

@command(flags=Ap.CmdFlags.SESSION)
def doit2():
    axdoc = open_axdoc(dwg_path)
    Ed.Core.alert(str(axdoc.isSaved()))
    axdoc.modelSpace().addLine(Ge.Point3d(0,0,0),Ge.Point3d(0,100,0))
    Ed.Core.alert(str(axdoc.isSaved()))
    axdoc.close(True, str(dwg_path.with_stem(dwg_path.stem + "_copy2")))

[gswifort]

Thank you

[CEXT-Dan]

I added add overload to PyApDocument.closeAndSave() that takes zero documents.
Also doc = Ap.Document.fromAcadDocument(axdoc)

Autodesk uses COM in their .NET wrappers for AutoCAD, specifically DocumentExtension, I can’t see where they check DBMOD.

The behavior does seem a bit odd, maybe I can improve it in the wrapper. For now, you can modify the database. It doesn’t need to be an entity, it could be something as simple as a sysvar