Expert: Bob - 2/26/2008

Question
HI, my name Bill Curtis, I'm an Irrigation System Designer.  I know there is a Lisp file made to suit my purpose, but I don't know where to find it.  Perhaps you could tell me or I could pay you to make it up for me.  It's simple really, I'll explain what I need.  I insert several sprinkler head symbol's into the drawing, the symbol's have a "GPMa"-"gallons per minute" attribute in the block.  Next, I want to draw a polyline around a group of sprinkler symbol blocks and have a lisp file tell me how many gallons per minute are within the boundries of the pline and how many of each sprinkler symbol block also.  I don't care how the display is shown, I only care to know exactly the total gallons per minute within the area I encircled with the pline, quick and dirty.  I know about the eattext command, but that is way to slow.  If you can help me please let me know.
Thank you
Bill Curtis
(407) 830-7041  

Answer
Hi Bill--
This aint me, but I can help........ (easier when you give the Acad release number, tho)

1-- if you "know there is a lisp file". look in online forums. particularly for Landscape.

2-- Autodesk AutoCAD lisp website to post the question ______http://discussion.autodesk.com/forum.jspa?forumID=130____
3-- If you were using LDDT or even ADT (now ACA), you could easily create a symbol which was schedule-creating, for instance, by modifying a door or window symbol --- but that would pick up all of the symbol. unless you had multiple versions for different areas.
Probably in Revit, maybe ACA now, there are symbols for lights and their watts. which is closest to what you ask.

try   
AutoCAD Land Desktop
______http://discussion.autodesk.com/forum.jspa?forumID=83
AutoCAD Land Desktop Customization
_____http://discussion.autodesk.com/forum.jspa?forumID=81

I may be missing something here ---  I am an Interior Designer
--- So my best suggestion is the groups.

BOB