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Model Tab

Have you ever wanted to want to view information about the Model tab or a Layout tab; for example, such as the current output device and paper size. 

The information for layout settings is now stored in the drawing dictionary. 
Following is an example of how you would access the entity information for the Model tab in AutoLISP.

;;Begining of Sample code

(setq layList (dictsearch (namedobjdict) "ACAD_LAYOUT"))
(setq Index 0)
(while (and (/= (cdr (nth Index layList)) "Model")
(/= (nth Index layList) nil))
(setq Index (+ Index 1))
(if (nth (+ Index 1) layList)
(setq modelList (entget (cdr (nth (+ Index 1) layList))))

;;End of Sample Code

This code sets the "modelList" value equal to the entity information for the Model tab as they are stored in the drawing dictionary. After running this routine, type !modelList on the command line and press ENTER. The contents of modelList will be displayed on the command line.

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