DRAW Reference Manual
Drawing the Design : Querying Commands : Querying the Nearest Side to an Item
Querying the Nearest Side to an Item
You can query the nearest side of a View to a given P-point, proportional distance along a P-line, or origin of a Design element in the current View using the command:
Q VSIDE [ROTated] OF 3d_point_definition 
For example:
Q VSIDE OF /VESS-99
Q VSIDE OF PPO2 OF /VALVE-100
Q VSIDE OF PPLINE TOS OF /SCTN-101 START
Q VSIDE OF PPLINE MEML OF /SCTN-101 PROP 0.5
The ROTATED option allows the rotation (i.e. the VIEW’s RCOD attribute) to be considered if required.
The response will be the nearest and next-nearest sides, and also whether the item is inside or outside the View. For example, Point 1 in Figure 3:12.: Querying the nearest side to an item will be LEFT UP OUTSIDE.
Figure 3:12.
Querying the nearest side to an item
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