I have a macro that i have been using in autocad 2012 for a simple copy & rotate command as follows
^C^C_select;auto;\_copy;p;;0,0;0,0;_move;p;;\_rotate;p;;\redraw
For some reason it now does not work in 2013 the macro exits after the copy part of the macro is finished & fails to let you rotate the copied object.
I need to save an additional copy of a AutoCAD drawing whenever I press the save button.
Simply put, Every time I press save the autocad drawing is saved (Obviously!!!) but
I also need to save an exact copy of the drawing in a folder called (for eample only) "C:TestFolder"
I can do this using DxfOut for dxf files but I need to do this for dwg files.
Can it be done whenever I press the "save" button.
I found a program which rotates selected block(s) about thier insertion point. I modified it to rotate each of the block(s) about the y-axis. Works great. Now, I would like to change it so that it rotates a copy of each block about the y-axis and leaves the origial block in place. Its kind of like the mirror command exept it is rotating the new block(s) to the other side instead of flipping them. I want to keep all or the parameters of the block(s) the same as each original. I am using AutoCAD 2010. MOCORO is not recognized as a command. The new features workshop says to use the new command AMCOPYRM, which is not recognized either. Go figure.
(defun RotateDuplication (/ CN ENT theObjects SS)
(vl-load-com)
(setq SS (ssget (list (cons 0 "INSERT"))))
(repeat (setq CN (sslength SS))
(setq CN (1- CN)
ENT (ssname SS CN)
[Code] ......
Any lisp routine where you can select objects and do a global rotate, scale, etc. from each object's insertion point ?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI upgrading all our lisp routines to 2013. I have a routing that modifies a block attribute. Then ENTMOD returns with the proper information. ENTUPD reurns the same enity name. The block never changes. The same routine woks in 2010.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a keyboard shortcut for Copy (see directly below). This command doesn't copy multiple. But if I type "Copy" at the comment prompt (AutoCAD 2013) the copy multiple is the default. Copymode is already set to "0".
(DEFUN C:C()
(setvar "SNAPMODE" 1)(COMMAND "_COPY")
(PRIN1)
)
I use Spell Check regularly and I always check the entire drawing. I would like to add to the Spell macro so that when I pick Spell from the toolbar it goes past the Check Spelling window and begins checking the entire drawing.
I believe I need to insert Alt S into my macro to select Start from the window to begin the check. Is there a character or series of characters that will represent Alt in a macro?
I used to have a short, one-line macro in my MNL file that would read the location of the currently active drawing, find the parent directory of that drawing (truncated to 3 levels) and open a Word document in that directory that is named after the project.
For example, if the active drawing path is
"Q:/Projects/12345 Cold Storage/Elevations/Phase 1/North Storage.dwg"
this macro would open the Word document named
"12345 Cold Storage.doc"
that was in the directory
"Q:/Projects/12345 Cold Storage"
If the file did not exist, it would be created named the same as the 3rd level directory.
After i wrote this, it sure sounds like a lot, but as i remember, it was a short, one-liner. Of course if a lisp routine would be better, that's okay too. I understand beggars can't be choosy.
Trying to add this macro to a new command in my cui. Does Select all not work in macros?
^C^Clayiso;;_select;all;;_chprop;la;c-rway-x;;
I urgently need a program that can auto number panels for a large drawing I have. I have a lisp program for auto numbering but we need each insertion of text to start with a P i.e. P1, P2, P3 etc etc.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have tried to find information about this, but I am having a hard time. So i need to explain what I am doing.
I would like to be able to use commands stored in the cui menu file, initially this is done using our tablets, but our tablet drivers cannot work with windows 7 and autocad, nor can i get any that do, (i have tried over 20 different drivers).
So, instead of making a lisp function for every macro. I need to be able to use some of them.
Can I execute one of these macros using "MENUCMD" ? , I have all the information i need to do it but cannot figure it out menucmd does not seem to have an option to actually run the macro, and if it does It only seems to be able to do that with popup menus.
Currently i use the ribbon and add them in there, but want to know If i can do so just with lisp. and create my own on-screen tablet menu.
Here is an example of one of the macro's in the cui i need to use.
And here it is in the cui menufile:
UNDER-> <MacroGroup Name="User">
<MenuMacro UID="MMU_WT1[A-5]">
<Macro type="Any">
<Revision MajorVersion="17" MinorVersion="1" UserVersion="1" />
<ModifiedRev MajorVersion="17" MinorVersion="2" UserVersion="1" />
<Name xlate="true" UID="XLS_6804">WT1[A-5]</Name>
<Command>^C^CDTEXT C .125 0 </Command>
</Macro>
So.. that is my question how can i use that command via lisp..
I would like to use the following macro from the LDD 2004 Civil menu (yes, we are still using 2004!): ^C^C^C^P(cd_mnl)(zz_sdsk '(ad_xsutl 2));LDD. The macro is Zoom to Station from the Cross Section pulldown menu. How to use this in a LISP routine, or an equivalent LISP command? (The user won't be supplying the station number. The station number will be extracted from a selection set of objects with attribute blocks with equivalent station numbers.)
Each cross section has an attribute block associated with it, which lists all the details for that section, including station. The macro must be using that block (listed in a database, perhaps?) to find the station in the dwg.
i want to call an excel macro from a lisp. is it possible?
now i have this:
(startapp "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\Excel.exe"
(strcat """
(getvar 'dwgprefix)
(vl-filename-base (getvar 'dwgname))
"XXX.xls""
)
)
i just want it to run macro1 from book1.xls
I am trying to create a short cut button with a macor code.
I want it to set up a new orgin and set a base point in xrefs i am creating
The commands i want to combined are the follwoing
UCS enter
3P enter
BASE enter
The macro i am using is the following
^c^c_ucs 3p \_base
but it wont run the base command after it finishes the 3P command
This is whats show up in my commands bar
Command: _ucs
Current ucs name: *WORLD*
Specify origin of UCS or [Face/NAmed/OBject/Previous/View/World/X/Y/Z/ZAxis]
<World>: 3p
[Code]....
Im currently creating a custom menu to insert blocks on request. I have set up the following macro which seems to work fine:-
^c^c-insert;HVLV-UB610x125;;;;
However when pulling in a specific block the drawing the layer becomes 0.
Ive tryed adding this additional macro line before the above one which fixes the problem :-
^C^C-LAYER;M;E-LIGHTING-CEIL;C;R;;;ORTHOMODE;1;^c^c-insert;HVLV-UB610x125;;;;
However now the block retains its layer properties ......ie E-Lighting-Ceil (or what ever I name it) but it drops the block
in RED, instead of its original colour.
Question is Im looking for a macro that will bring in my block as per ^c^c-insert;HVLV-UB610x125;;;;
but also bring it in to a drawing on its original layer that its saved to.
please note that even thou the first code brings it in at layer 0, the blocks layer is also inserted into the DWG however its just not associated to it ..... hence the user has to select the block once he or she has brought it in and then change the layer from the layers manager manually. This is not ideal.
just to recap i just need a macro that will A) bring in a block from a location. And B) keep all the properties it has when it is brought in.
I have this snippet that inserts a block “Exit_Arrow”. The block has one attribute. Is it possible to force the attribute to remain at “0” rotation regardless what angle the bock is rotated?
(defun C:Exit_Arrow (/ LA DS)
(setq LA (getvar "clayer"))
(setq DS (getvar "dimscale"))
(C:TTEXT)
(command "._insert" " Exit_Arrow " pause DS "")
(setvar "clayer" LA)
(princ))
Is it possible to create blocks whose attributes remain at "0" rotation regardless the host block's rotation?
I am looking for an example excel macro to zoom to an object given the obect entities handle.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAny easy way to create a macro or record a series of commands in 2007? It's my understanding that 2009 has this feature "built in".
I want to "record" a short series of commands/actions to use as a example to other novice users at my company.
It should be something that they can "run" and watch on their screen. (like trim a circle to get a arc)
I have downloaded/tried several general screen recorders but the resulting file is way too big. (20MB AVI)
I would prefer a Macro that would run right in Autocad. Maybe a third party plugin is available?
I am not looking to create a traditional Macro to use as a time saving device.
Lisp routine that will rotate Mtext to the same angle as the angle of a selected line and the allow you to place the mtext object where you wish.
I know there is an lisp out there called RTL that will allow you to do this with regular or Dtext, but I will not work with Mtext.
I was wondering if there is a setting somewhere that could hold my snapmode settings after I use a lisp routine. I found a lisp routine to rotate text and have noticed that everytime I use that lisp command I lose my osnap settings....
View 2 Replies View RelatedIt's been too long since I created one of these for Toolbars. I need a macro that will insert and explode a block. I just need the block's content, not the block itself. I can create a maco to explode a block with no path, but can't remember how to include the "*" in a file with a folder path to explode the block while its being inserted. Because of spaces in the file name, quotes (") must be around the path.
View 1 Replies View RelatedSo I can run the following code from the command line with no problem:
(WRK-Insert_Standards_Block '("S:\AUTOCAD\_Common\Linetypes\CSW_Civil-Linetype"))
(WRK-Insert_Standards_Block '("S:\AUTOCAD\_Common\Linetypes\CSW_Survey-Linetype"))
(WRK-Layer_Insert_all "CSW-X-FM_Layers_List")
However when I put it into a macro (custom command to be used from the ribbon) it spits out the following in my command line:
(WRK-Insert_Standards_Block '("S:
Is it possible to write a Macro in the CUI that opens a drawing in Read-Only mode? Limitation : AutoCAD LT.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to create a macro for a toolbar button to open a third party program. Basically we want to open a custom .exe application from a button on the ACAD toolbar.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI would like to use the entmod method to rotate the text in a Multileader object. Reading the DXF code tells me the dotted pair of 42 seems to be the rotation angle, but entmoding that does nothing. Obviously I don't know how to modify this complex object.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI ment midpoint instead of center.Is it possible to select several different line entities and have them each rotated around its midpoint, or end point, so afterwards all have the same direction specified by a number or specified by direction of another entity?I wish command matchprop had that rotation option in its Settings.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm inserting blocks with lisp using the following code.
(defun C:test()(setq MYPOINT (getpoint "
Select an insertion point"));(command "_-xref" "attach" "C:/ICT/GEBERIT/XREFS/650-270-00-1.dwg" "_Scale" "1" MYPOINT)(command "insert" "C:/ICT/GEBERIT/XREFS/650-270-00-1.dwg" MYPOINT "" ""))
The lisp however only allows me to rotate in the x-y plane but I also want to rotate it in the z-axis hoe can I do this?
I also tryed to combine a 3d rotate to the code, as follows but to no success...
(defun C:test() (setq MYPOINT (getpoint "
Select an insertion point"));(command "_-xref" "attach" "C:/ICT/GEBERIT/XREFS/650-270-00-1.dwg" "_Scale" "1" MYPOINT)(command "insert" "C:/ICT/GEBERIT/XREFS/650-270-00-1.dwg" MYPOINT "" "");Rotates the item in the z axis...(setq MYANGLE (getstring "
Specify rotation angle for the Z-axis "))(command "_Rotate3D "_x" "LAST" "" "last" MYANGLE ))
" Convertion of AUTOLISP base routines to Diesel MACRO based routine to be used in a AUTOCAD LT based platform "
Here i am attaching the lisp file for ready reference.
I have the below code (from a user here on the forum) which works great for aligning text, mtext and blocks to 2 points. For annotative entities, it respects the rotation angle for mtext and text.
ie I have an mtext object at 1"=20' scale and at 1"=40' scale. I run the command when the current annotative scale is 1"=40'. The object at 40' scale has changed, but the 20' scale is unchanged. This is working as I would like it to.
But for annotative blocks, it gets weirded out. In the above example, the block at 40' will rotate, but so will the attributes at 20' scale. But linework and hatching at 20' scale will be unchanged. it looks really weird. how to get it to play nice with blocks. Ideally, I'd like the block to be at different rotation angles in different annotative scales.
(defun C:R2P (/ ss ang edata); = Rotate objects to align with 2 Points (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "*TEXT,INSERT"))) ang (angle (getpoint "
First alignment point: ") (getpoint "
Second alignment point: ")) ) (repeat (sslength ss) (setq edata (entget (ssname ss 0))) (entmod (subst (cons 50 ang) (assoc 50 edata) edata)) (ssdel (ssname ss 0) ss) ))
I'd like to change a layer's color from command line because of a user icon. I figured out from previous topics that I should use macro similar to this: ^C^C_filedia;0;-la;s;Verdeckt (ISO);c;1;l;dashed;;_filedia;1;re;
(I want to use this macro to change layer's linetype, too, but that's not the point)
The only problem with this macro: layer's name contains a space therefore Autocad tries to recognize Verdeckt as a command (and macro interrupts there) instead of setting Verdeckt (ISO) as the current layer. I've tried using different quote marks, none of them worked (' and " and <>). I hope there's a method for entering a parameter that contains space.
Software: Inventor Series 2011 SP1 x64
OS: Vista Business x64
CPU: E6400
RAM: 2*2Gb GeIL
VGA: Quadro FX 550
I would like to copy FIllet command and have multiple Fillet buttons with different radius. In the CUI file under toolbars when you right click and copy a button and then change the macro command it changes all the buttons to the same macro.
I guess it does that since when you copy a botton, the new button has the same Element ID name.
2013 Civil 3D