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| thaw layer lisp | 9/12/2008 |
Q: I'm looking for a lisp routine that will allow me to choose a layer that I would like to thaw by ...
A: That's a little different than what is available out there now. It certainly could be written. It's ...
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| AutoCAD 14 Vista vs. XP | 9/5/2008 |
Q: I have autoCAD 14 and am now debating getting a new vista computer or staying with the windows XP. ...
A: the big mail-order and computer box stores are all selling computers with vista now. of course since ...
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| CUI Customization | 8/21/2008 |
Q: I am trying to customize our inhouse cui menu file. Our IT boys are too busy right now and can not ...
A: If your old .mns file still reflects the current state of your menu, you can use notepad to add the ...
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| Assigning ID to Polylines in AutoCAD | 8/5/2008 |
Q: Mr Scott, Good morning, I am Purushotham working with Fugro Peninsular (Fugro group). I have a ...
A: Not possible with built-in autocad, this would require a lisp routine to do, and if the text in line ...
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| Assigning ID to Polylines in AutoCAD | 8/4/2008 |
Q: Mr Scott, Good morning, I am Purushotham working with Fugro Peninsular (Fugro group). I have a ...
A: Entity handles are unique identifiers generated by autocad that don't change between sessions, etc. ...
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| Linetypes with lisp | 7/8/2008 |
Q: I have little experience with lisp, but i know some basic things. My company has a lisp that will ...
A: There is a function called tblsearch you can use to determine if the linetype you are about to load ...
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| Specific Line types | 6/11/2008 |
Q: Hallo, I would like to know how I can draw lines which are somewhat different from the ones that ...
A: If you only want one arrow, it might not be possible with a linetype. If I recall correctly, ...
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| Layer Lisp | 5/27/2008 |
Q: How do i set up a standard lisp routine for the company's layers so that when new projects or sheets ...
A: the simplest thing to do does not involve any programming at all. make an empty drawing with all ...
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| Changing Attribute by double-clicking | 5/2/2008 |
Q: I know you are familiar with the below process but just to give you an idea of my process flow: I ...
A: This would require a lisp routine that would allow for selection of both blocks and prompt for the ...
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| attribute text problem | 4/28/2008 |
Q: I am having a problem in a specific file with my attributes. in model space they seem normal when I ...
A: You need to open the block itself on disk and use DDEDIT and LIST to look at the text justification ...
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| back to basics | 4/17/2008 |
Q: Using AutoCad 2008 and have been using AutoCad for about 6 yrs. so I feel pretty profficiant BUT ...
A: I'm not sure what you mean be "other text" but I'm assuming you are referring to the text that is ...
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| Breaking lines (special) | 4/15/2008 |
Q: My English is not perfect, but I will try to be as clear as I can. So my task is to make an Autolisp ...
A: is there empty space between the lines? or do the endpoints match? if there is empty space, put in a ...
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| Defpoints | 3/24/2008 |
Q: I'm new in using CAD and I have a question What's a DefPoint, What's their purpose/ importance?
A: defpoints is a layer that doesn't plot. anything you put on it won't plot, it's a holdover from ...
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| Need autoscript for inserting text in paper space | 3/4/2008 |
Q: I am currently seeking assistance in creating a script so it can add a line of text in the title ...
A: that is doable, but it would be custom for your application. there is no way to "detect" the ...
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| Need a Lisp File | 2/26/2008 |
Q: my name Bill Curtis, I'm an Irrigation System Designer. I know there is a Lisp file made to suit my ...
A: Yep that's pretty easy alright. It would be a select objects prompt, with a filter, then an simple ...
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| Survey Drafting LISP routine | 2/21/2008 |
Q: I have been using AutoCad for many uears now and I have never found a lisp routine that will ...
A: It seems to me that an elev attribute was used in the point block at other places with no leader at ...
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| Plotting lsp/hotkey | 2/12/2008 |
Q: I am a very novice user of AutoCAD2008. Would you be able to provide a little help on creating a ...
A: I wrote a program called Plot2000 that makes plot macros. It also does batch plotting, and it does ...
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| Attributes | 1/14/2008 |
Q: How do i add attributed text to an existing title block, in auto cad 2008.
A: If you have the title block by itself as a block you can insert, just open up that file and use the ...
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| acad.lsp | 1/10/2008 |
Q: What would the code be to see if a lisp is already loaded and if it is don't load it again. Thanks!
A: I do something like this: (defun c:setup () (load "setup") (c:setup) ) this defines a "stub" ...
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| Importing text file into AutoCAD2005 | 1/1/2008 |
Q: I have created a text file with layers name , color and linetype. How do I import it into ...
A: You might be able to make a script file out of it, which is a sequence of commands as you would type ...
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| text style | 12/14/2007 |
Q: Help! I seemed to have lost my favorite font. I don't know how or why. It is the "archstyl.shx" ...
A: do a (findfile "archstyl.shx") at the command line. it will tell you if autocad can see the file on ...
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| Lisp routine | 12/11/2007 |
Q: I need a lisp routine that will have each set of text on a dwg. to be it's own block, so that when ...
A: I'd take a look at the DXF reference for dimensions and see if there is an override value stored ...
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| LISP routines | 12/6/2007 |
Q: I would like to make a lisp routine to detect and replace shapes (circles and arcs) in a drawing ...
A: it would be possible, but I don't have anything like that on hand. you would need to do a lot of ...
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| Resource for AUTOLisp | 11/30/2007 |
Q: I am trying to learn AUTOLisp basic structure and commands format but can not seem to find any ...
A: There are books out there, although I haven't bought one for a long time. 'Customizing AutoCAD' used ...
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| OBJECT PROPERTIES | 11/2/2007 |
Q: I have the idea for a macro, but am unable to progress. I can not find where proporties for ...
A: you need to use the entget function to get the data that is stored in the viewport entity itself. ...
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| Running a script at the AutoCAD start up | 11/1/2007 |
Q: I am trying to process multiple drawings using .bat file which launch the ACAD 2006, at the start up ...
A: I have several random thoughts on this: 1. you might need a space between the /b and the scriptfile ...
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| autolisp | 10/30/2007 |
Q: I want a lisp routine that will simplify this action for me. I'm using this on P&IDs. Where two ...
A: well, I have done this, but I can't share the routine because it was work-for-hire for another ...
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| Autolisp for breaking lines | 10/21/2007 |
Q: I am creating an autolisp program for modifying which is to break lines at the intersecting points ...
A: you can do a fence selection to find all the lines that cross it. you can further limit that by ...
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| PolyCen(ter) lisp question | 9/18/2007 |
Q: I am not a Lisp programmer. I found this lisp program on the internet a few years back, and used it ...
A: someone asked me the same question before (was it you?). the answer is the same. get rid of the ...
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| lisp fro creating topo profiles | 9/17/2007 |
Q: I have a part-time AutoCAD user who has an old lisp routine that creates a profile from a line ...
A: I don't know anything about your routine, but past experience is that lightweight polylines break ...
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| Linking attributes to object properties | 8/23/2007 |
Q: I would like to know if there's a way to link an attribute to certain property values of an object. ...
A: not without a custom routine. there might be something built-in to building systems to do that if ...
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| creating a lisp routine | 8/5/2007 |
Q: I am trying to create a lisp routine that I can turn off a group of mutiple layers with only 2 key ...
A: sorry, I've been on vacation. you need to use notepad or similar and save the routine to a file ...
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| macros | 7/20/2007 |
Q: Scott, I use acad 2007 and I am trying to set up a button on my custom toolbar that will scale all ...
A: ditch all that for this: ^C^Cscale;all;;0,0;0.039370079 you might have to play around with it a ...
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| arc length within lisp | 7/16/2007 |
Q: Within a lisp, can you select an arc and then call up it's length for calculations?
A: sure. look at the dxf reference in the online help for the entity codes which you can retrieve with ...
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| can't arrange block atributes | 7/8/2007 |
Q: I'm a traffic engineer and I'm working with a network of a big city, I imported a file from a GIS ...
A: there should be a lisp routine available to do what you want. I used to use one called PET for that ...
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| Qleader | 6/19/2007 |
Q: i have some kind of silly problem. i am trying to set a dim style that draw dash lines. i can get ...
A: I'd probably make a custom arrow block with the linetypes within set to byblock. try that and see ...
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| AutoCAD non-attributed text within a block | 6/11/2007 |
Q: I have a block, "FORMAT" on a large group of drawings. There is a non-attributed text ...
A: the xy of the insert is stored in a different coordinate, perhaps 11. I think 10 is perhaps the ...
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| autolisp cannot call symbols | 5/16/2007 |
Q: When i run a lisp that calls a symbol it says it cannot find the file path. I can however insert the ...
A: it will be one of two things: 1. the path is hard-coded into the lisp routine and is now incorrect, ...
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| Attribute adding | 5/15/2007 |
Q: I have one doubt sir, That is how to add attribute data to existing block.
A: you have to redefine the block, then use a lisp routine to update the ones that are already ...
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| VLR-Mouse-Reactor | 5/4/2007 |
Q: I have previously used an Autolisp program and it worked fine. It is a program to draw curved text ...
A: Did it work with an earlier version of autocad? when did you notice that it broke? You may need to ...
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| make a command | 3/7/2007 |
Q: I am the cad operator at a landscape firm that uses blocks of circles at different sizes to convey ...
A: if they were 3d blocks, you could probably HIDE them, which would remove everything under them, but ...
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| complex linetype | 2/25/2007 |
Q: can I insert a fraction in a line type
A: you'd probably need to make a custom shape file with the stacked fraction then use that in a ...
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| change company name on DWG | 12/13/2006 |
Q: I hope you can shine some light on this because it will make my task ahead much easier. I am ...
A: you can redefine the block and the attributes of currently-inserted blocks will remain the same - ...
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| xref layers | 10/2/2006 |
Q: Is there a way to get a listing of all the entities associated with a xref which are turned on and ...
A: yes but it's a very complex operation. you have to iterate through the layer table to determine ...
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| Saving mass drawings into earlier file formats | 9/29/2006 |
Q: The problem is that if I have 150 files saved in ACAD 2007 version then I must open each one ...
A: you'll need a batch processing program. I have one I give away called runbatch, which you can get by ...
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| AutoCad 2004: Tallying numbers within individual text boxes | 5/24/2006 |
Q: As a landscape architect for a municipal body using autocad 2004 for planting plans, I end up with ...
A: make sure the tags are blocks with attribute tags. then play around with the attext command to see ...
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| AutoLISP - assoc 50 rotation angle | 3/4/2006 |
Q: AutoCAD 2006, I would like to create a LISP routine that filters my selection to a certain block ...
A: I think it would be something like this: (setq ss1 (ssget "X" '( (-4 . "<AND") (2 . ...
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| Launch Access DB from ACcad with LISP | 2/28/2006 |
Q: I want to launch an access database program .mdb or .mde file from a pop-up dialog I've create in ...
A: I've seen this before, not with access but a different app we were working with. I think we did ...
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| AutoLISP - determine screen resolution | 11/11/2005 |
Q: How can you determine the screen resolution using Autolisp? It's important when displaying slides. ...
A: here's a chunk of code that will do it for you. I had the same problem already with something else. ...
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| Attribute Reference Object Issues | 8/24/2005 |
Q: I have a VB 6.0 program that I have been using succesfully with Acad 2002 to extract the values of ...
A: vb is out of my area of expertise. however if it works in the other version fine, I've seen that be ...
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| lisp programing | 8/3/2005 |
Q: Would you inform me listing of sub program in lisp file, to make it limited using only 10 times, ...
A: there is no special way to do this with vlisp any different from any other programming language. ...
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| Arc length vs Chord length | 6/22/2005 |
Q: While drawing site plans I have problems with arc. My information from the city provides radius & ...
A: there are something like 13 or 15 options to the arc command. I don't know them all, however I have ...
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| regedit message | 5/16/2005 |
Q: Aloha from Hawaii, My question concerns an AutoCAD alert I always receive upon startup. The message ...
A: the profiles are just registry files. it's got nothing to do with authorization. you can modify your ...
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| Xref'ed Layer Colors | 5/1/2005 |
Q: Mr Cook: We're in the process of standardizing our drawings starting w/ our layering schemes. ...
A: sorry, I just realized you were asking about changing existing layer colors. That's another common ...
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| Autocad File Converter | 3/2/2005 |
Q: I was looking for a way to progammitically convert 2004 .dwg files to 2000 .dwg files. We recieve ...
A: Should be pretty trivial, the way I'd do it is with my runbatch routine that I provide for free when ...
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| Open URL Customise | 2/11/2005 |
Q: In AutoCAD 2004 when opening hyperlinks you need select the item > Right Click > select Hyperlink ...
A: you can start a browser with the BROWSER command. you should also be able to do something like: ...
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| attribute references highlight | 2/1/2005 |
Q: Would you please tell me is it possible to highlight an attribute (not attribute definition) ...
A: yes it is, and where you are getting misled here is using the vlx- and vlax functions. it's not ...
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| DCL problem | 1/22/2005 |
Q: Scott, I use AutoCAD 2004 and have a problem in dcl programming, especally in the lisp coding ...
A: There's probably half-a-dozen ways to solve this problem, all dealing with coding style and ways to ...
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| AutoLisp | 1/13/2005 |
Q: I am using AutoCAD 2002 on WIn XP Pro. Networked with a server. I am writing a lisp routine and need ...
A: You will need to use SSGET "X" with a properly formatted argument list. Look at the lisp function ...
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| text | 1/5/2005 |
Q: Just looking for a quick text enhancment. Have been using autoCAD for over 15 years now and usually ...
A: yes, I used to have a lisp routine that did that - I don't know what happened to it, but I know it ...
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| Autolisp - Copyclip | 12/13/2004 |
Q: i'm trying to write a simple lisp routine to calculate slope & deviation in my flow line elevation ...
A: there's no built-in lisp function to do that, although it's probably possible through the activex ...
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| Electrical panel Bill of Materials | 11/1/2004 |
Q: I work for an electrical eng. firm and I'm trying to find a quick way to make a BOM from an Autocad ...
A: you can use the attext command to get the info out to the file. there are other free and express ...
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| Changing the default printer on multiple files | 10/29/2004 |
Q: We have thousands of drawing files on our server, produced by different people using various ...
A: I have a product called plot2000 that you can try. It's $49.95/ station, and there is a free 30-day ...
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| LISP ROUTINE | 9/15/2004 |
Q: I am looking for a lisp routine that will trim a line on a 2D drawing when I insert a block. this ...
A: That's sort of a complex question. I have something that will do that, but it's designed to work as ...
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| Rotate3D command in lisp file | 8/5/2004 |
Q: I am trying to use the command rotate3d in a lisp file but i keep getting an error message that says ...
A: you can't call a lisp C: function with the command function. You can call them like this: ...
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| AutoLisp | 6/28/2004 |
Q: I am currently using Acad r14 and am mostly self taught. Where can I get books on AutoLisp for ...
A: powell's technical bookstore at http://www.powells.com/technicalbooks is a huge resource for ...
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| FIND text in XREF drawings! Possible? | 4/23/2004 |
Q: I use AutoCAD 2002 on Windows 2000 and I need to built a LISP routine to perform a "FIND" command ...
A: I'm not even sure this can be done without spending an hour or so looking into it. There is a ...
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| Programming Zoom Commands for a 5 Button Mouse | 4/12/2004 |
Q: I recently got a new computer with XP on it. I am having trouble reprogramming my mouse to do zoom ...
A: find the ***buttons section in your acad.mns file and experiment with it to figure out which line is ...
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| Exporting button creations | 2/9/2004 |
Q: Is there an efficient way to save all the button settings (and Images)as I like to arange them ...
A: you have to save the images to individual .bmp files. keep these images in a directory on the ...
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| line tangent to a point and a 3D question | 2/6/2004 |
Q: Aloha, I have two questions: 1. How do you get AutoCad to draw a line tangent to a SPECIFIC point in ...
A: 1. Tangent is an angle 90 degrees off of the angle between the centerpoint of the circle and the ...
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| Lisp - osnap | 11/10/2003 |
Q: I'm having problems with osnap. In my lisp script i would like to turn the osnap off and then turn ...
A: this is done by saving the value of osmode at the beginning of your routine and restoring it at the ...
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| Lisp problems | 10/28/2003 |
Q: I am using AutoCad 2002. I am creating a lisp routine that will create a tendon for a pt slab. I am ...
A: sounds like you have a running osnap turned on and you are snapping to points when you are creating ...
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| stationing | 5/27/2003 |
Q: ***** Scott Cook Answers - yes there is a way to do this. how far along are you with the project? ...
A: my routine used measure. the measure command puts the blocks it adds to the previous selection set, ...
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