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I'm using autocad 2006 have you heard of any bug with the breakline lisp routine in the express menu? I have dimscale set right, but breakline is coming in way too large, and also the break part of the breakline is coming in on layer zero and not the proper layer even though the other plines in break line are on correct layer. The layer issue doesnt occur until after creating 5 or 6 breaklines. I think there must be a bug in the lisp routine, but I'm not to good with troubleshooting lisp routines.
I don't use the Breakline lisp routine. I have my own. I'll share it with you.
Plug this into your browser.
http://my.sterling.net/~bdeshawn/STAIRBRK.zip
Unzip the file. It contains a block and a lisp routine. Be sure they both go somewhere in the Support File Search Path. Load with appload or (load "stairbrk"). Then type STAIRBRK at the command line.
I call it STAIRBRK, because all the other breaklines are way too big for me. So, I wrote this routine to work with this block to create a break in the plan view of stairs in an architectural drawing. Let me know how you like it.
Bill DeShawn
http://my.sterling.net/~bdeshawn
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Bill DeShawn
Expertise
I can address all 2-D questions and some 3-D questions. I do programming in AutoLISP if it doesn`t involve solid modeling. I can also address menu customization issues and can help you find answers to questions I can`t answer by taking your question directly to Autodesk via their newsgroups.
Experience
I used to do electronic and mechanical design for a flat panel monitor manufacturer, and now I do architectural drafting for an architect. I did and do AutoLISP and menu customization and take pride in making my lisp routines to do the work exactly the way the client likes them done.
Publications
I had a routine published in CADENCE magazine (no longer in publication and taken over by CADALYST). Some of my routines are published on my website at http://my.sterling.net/~bdeshawn
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