Using Programming Languages other than VBA

Sub Example_MinorAxis()
	' This example creates an ellipse and returns the minor
	' axis for that ellipse.
	Dim ellObj As AcadEllipse
	Dim majAxis(0 To 2) As Double
	Dim center(0 To 2) As Double
	Dim radRatio As Double

	' Create an ellipse in model space
	center(0) = 5#: center(1) = 5#: center(2) = 0#
	majAxis(0) = 10: majAxis(1) = 20#: majAxis(2) = 0#
	radRatio = 0.3
	Set ellObj = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.AddEllipse(center, majAxis, radRatio)
	ZoomAll

	' Find the minor axis for the ellipse
	Dim minorAxis As Variant
	minorAxis = ellObj.minorAxis
	MsgBox "The ellipse has a minor axis of " & minorAxis(0) & ", " & minorAxis(1) & ", " & minorAxis(2), vbInformation, "MinorAxis Example"
End Sub