You develop the Gardenpath macro using a series of functions and subroutines. Many subroutines require the manipulation of angles. Because ActiveX specifies angles in radians, but most users think of angles in terms of degrees, begin by creating a function that converts degrees to radians.
Const pi = 3.14159
' Convert angle in degrees to radians
Function dtr(a As Double) As Double
dtr = (a / 180) * pi
End Function
Function dtr(a As Double) As Double,End Function is added automatically. This ensures that all subroutines and functions have an associated End statement.
Notice that as soon as you press ENTER after entering the lineNow look at the code. First, the constant pi is defined as the value 3.14159. This allows you to use the word pi instead of typing 3.14159 each time you need to use the value.
dtr (short for degrees to radians). The function dtr takes one argument, a, which is the angle in degrees. The result is obtained by dividing the angle in degrees by 180, and then multiplying this value by pi. The line that begins with a single quote is a comment; VBA ignores all text on a line after a single quote.
Next, you are defining a function calledThis function can now be used in other subroutines throughout your project.
Next, add a function to calculate the distance between points.
To calculate the distance between two points
' Calculate distance between two points
Function distance(sp As Variant, ep As Variant) _
As Double
Dim x As Double
Dim y As Double
Dim z As Double
x = sp(0) - ep(0)
y = sp(1) - ep(1)
z = sp(2) - ep(2)
distance = Sqr((Sqr((x ^ 2) + (y ^ 2)) ^ 2) + (z ^ 2))
End Function