I design a small plant in Autocad 2012. For the pipes we used cylinders and boxes(for square pipe), now we need to make the bill of materials, but I don't know how to extract the data from each cylinder(radius and height) or box.
It is possible to do this?
I place a small sample from the plant. Totally I am having around 6000 elements.
I design a small plant in Autocad 2012. For the pipes we used cylinders, now we need to make the bill of materials, but I don't know how to extract the data from each cylinder(radius and height), after I will be able to do this, I can make the material list, but I don't know how and I am having so many cylinders.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI made a small plant and to create pipes i used cylinders, now I need to create a material list and for this I need to extract the radius(diameter) and height for each cylinder, but i don't know how. I am having lot's of cylinders (2000 elemets). I put also a sample here.
View 4 Replies View RelatedThis is a duct lisp which is i found , which code line i have to change and how for radius value ? for example if my .
" Specify first segment width value " is 1500 then i wanna be my inside fillet radius 1500 / 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (defun c:duct(/ actDoc Ang1 Ang2 ptLst enDist fPt lEnt lObj lPln oldVars oldWd plEnd plStart1 plStart2 prDir segLst Start stDist stLst tAng vlaPln *error*) (vl-load-com) (defun GetPlineVer(plObj) (mapcar 'cdr (vl-remove-if-not '(lambda(x)(=(car x)10)) (entget plObj))) ); end of GetPLineVer (defun asmi-PlineSegmentDataList(plObj / cLst outLst) (setq cLst (vl-remove-if-not '(lambda(x)(member(car x) '(10 40 41 42))) (entget plObj)) outLst '() ); end setq (while cLst (if(assoc 40 cLst) (progn (setq outLst (append outLst (list (list (cdr(assoc 10 cLst)) (cdr(assoc 40 cLst))
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I have several lisp routines that we have used since release 12 that now dont work in 2012. They all placed blocks with attributes, allowed user to fill in and continued to finish. In 2012 the attribute dialog box does not come up and point information for block placement is filled in the attributes. Is there a system variable that changes dialog boxes in 2012?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI need a lisp routine that will allow me to pick a polyline and label with azimuth and distance (direction-north, clockwise) of a new WCS.
Is there any code that extract information for a new WCS?
I have a drawing that has an aerial Images inserted into it using a WMS Connection How to extract Image Name through Autolisp from this
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have this lisp which will display the height of a 3D object to 2 dps. What I need is for 3dps to be displayed but I have no real understanding of LISP coidng so I can't work out where this is specified in the routine.
Why this LISP does not work when I try to use it in a drawing which has a Pointools POD file working (or previously had one) within it?
I am trying to write a lisp file that extracts the LAYER, Z, X, Y, TEXT HEIGHT, POINT NUMBER, from the attached DXF file. Ultimately I will have the lisp insert a "POINT" at the X,Y,Z, cords, and then a "TEXT" entity at the same coordinates with the text height value and the point number string. Both entities need to be on the layer ending in "-PN". The layer name will change depending on the date. I have a third party program that creates the DXF file.
The point of the lisp file is to insert the point numbers and points into my drawing at their correct locations. For the life of me I can not make this work. I have attached the little bit of lisp I have, which unfortunately does not work properly because of it searching for the "TEXT" entry in the DXF file of which there are three per point number. I only need one. I have also attached the DXF file I have. maybe just an overall procedure that I can then code myself? I'm just not good at getting lisp to read a file and extract what I want from it.
I would like a lisp routine that can extract and export the x, y, z coordinates of all the points in a drawing into a text file so I can use the same in excel.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI’m looking to extract the second from the last directory within the dwgprefix of
"P:Projects66 Structural666-4800-00 TPA666-4815-00 Res4815 Res Figures" (i.e. 666-4815-00 Res)
This is what I have so far:
(defun c:tmp ( )
(setq P1 (getpoint "
Pick point: "))
(command "text" P1 "" ""
(strcat
(vl-filename-base
(vl-string-subst "." "\" (getvar 'dwgprefix) (vl-string-position (ascii "\") (getvar 'dwgprefix) nil T))
))))
A quick lisp routine to extract the elevations of a selection set of 2d polylines? I have a massive "contour" file composed of 2d polylines with elevations. I need to find the min and max polyline elevation in selected areas. I can't figure out how to extract just the elevations of my selected polylines so I can quickly see the elevation values?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI've got a linetype that's part of our autocad template file and has been for so long that nobody around here even knows where the original line file is.
I need to extract the linetype out so that I can make some minor modifications. I did do a search and found a nifty lsp routine from Paul Turvill. (Here's the thread that pointed me there: [URL] ..........
I ran it and it SEEMED to work. All the linetypes in the file it created look good EXCEPT for the one I needed to extract. That one looks like this in the line file:
*TREELINE,Series of arcs used to indicate tree drip lines
A,0.0001,-0.0001,
The linetype DOES display properly in the dwg file (meaning lines drawn using it look good).
I have 3d items exported from sketchup, that have extrusion vectors to them.the VLA-GETBOUNDINGBOX lisp function seems to return values from the block's coordinate system.
I need values as if there was no extrusion vector, in WCS.I am not clear on how to do this, as it seems like I want a fundamentally different box.Is there a way to recalc the box orthogonal to world coord system for each insert of the block? URL....
how to extract value X Y Z of point p3 p4
(defun c:test ()
(vl-load-com)
(setq actdoc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))
(setq objm (vla-get-ModelSpace actdoc))
(setq obju (vla-get-Utility actdoc))
(setq oldhigh (getvar "Highlight") oldsnap (getvar "Osmode") oldblip (getvar "BlipMode") oldecho (getvar "Cmdecho") );setq
(setvar "Highlight" 0) (setvar "Osmode" 517) (setvar "Cmdecho" 0) (setvar "Blipmode" 0)
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I have a inserted block with 4 tags for Length, Thickness, Elevation and Width.How can extract attributes tag values and draw a closed polyline + 2 internal lines, parallel to the block?
Block Name: ID_DATA
Tags: LEN, THI, ELE and WID.
Each internal line placed in a third width.
I'm dimensioning an old drawing with the real (measured) dimensions and with the drawing dimensions in brackets (using ' 1500 (<>)' to give '1500 (1505)' for example.
What I'd like is to also be able to put on the difference between the length I type in and the length in brackets - as this would let me see any really glaring errors that can't be attributed to user-error on the laser measure.So I could type in '1500 (<>) (X)' where X is the formula, and get ' 1500 (1505) (5)' back?
How to be able to run a script that could highlight any dimensions where the number is brackets and the typed number have a a difference of, say, 50.Or failing that, any way to extract all the dimension text at the end into excel so I can see the differences myself?
I am working on a simple function to add/remove a non-printing stamp our drawings to specify a preliminary drawing. The issue is that I cannot seem to get AutoCAD to accept the text height in the Mtext command. Below is the code; try it and see.
(DEFUN NOT4CONSTRUCTION(/ CTR HGT PT1 PT2) (IF (EQ (GETVAR "CLAYER") "NOT4CONSTRUCTION") (SETVAR "CLAYER" "0")) (IF (EQ (GETVAR "CTAB") "MODEL") (SETQ HGT "8'-4"") (SETQ HGT "1"")) (IF (= (ASSOC 0 (TBLSEARCH "layer" "NOT4CONSTRUCTION")) nil) (PROGN (VL-CMDF "-LAYER" "M" "NOT4CONSTRUCTION" "C" "30" "" "TR" 90 "" "P" "N" "" "") (SETQ PT1(LIST (- (CAR (GETVAR "viewctr")) (/ (* (GETVAR "viewsize") (/ (CAR (GETVAR.
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I'm looking for code to retrieve the "Paper Text Height" from the current (active) "Text Style".
View 7 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to set up a height label for sections and elevations. I then want to update it with a shortcut.
I already tried it with a field that shows me the y coordinates, but it won't show me the "+-"0.00 sign,when I put it to zero level. It only writes "0.00".
how to sensibly extract angular dimensions as attributes.
I can extract the attributes from a block containing angular dimensions, the attributes list angular dimensions as a field but don't actually list the number of degrees for the angular dimension.
It is the number of degrees that I am actually trying to obtain - but I cannot work out how to obtain the information
Is that possible to have a lisp to extract the Field Expression of a attribute in a block?Specifically, to extract the property VALUE (TextString) of this attribute.After to extract, I would like to put this text extracted in a different layout tab, in the same drawing. In this way, I will have a text linked to the attribute value between two layout tabs. So, when I have to change the attribute value, the text will be updated automatically.
I know that if I use the FIELD command to manually copy and paste this value it will work, but when I have a lot of attributes it becomes very laborious.
I am trying to create a custom message box with variable width and height by passing width height title and list of text. I can get the routine to work if I use preset width and height, but would like to make the box adjustable.
Here is what I have so far -
;--dialog box--
MYmessage :dialog{
label="Custom message box";
:column {
:text {
key="MY_message_Title";
fixed_width_font=true;
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How can I extract all layers in an open drawing to a notepad or txt file?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI was wondering if it was the COND statement that I would need to use to evaluate a block to confirm that two attribute tags existed and if so, if would process the block to perform an attribute extraction of both of those tags. It would ignore blocks that only had one or the other attribute tags - and only extract the attribute values if the block had BOTH of the tags present - It could be blank, but it had to exist.
For example, I want to find blocks that have the attribute tag "PART_A" and "ID" - and then create a CDF that has the value of "PART_A" in the first column and "ID" in the second column. Then it closes my CDF file.
Then, I want it to scan my drawing again for blocks that contain attribute tag "PART_B" and "ID" and then re-open that CDF file and append the values so that the values of teh attribute "PART_B" is in the first column and the values of the tag "ID" are in the second column.
I have been playing with the following code --- is there anyway to modify the code to get it to do what I need? I have already removed the part that writes the header-row....
I only do programming when absolutely needed so it usually only happens every couple years. I wrote this routine to count nested blocks inside of dynamic blocks to count parking spaces. The routine worked fine but was relying on the ltscale to scale a block containing an attribute for the total number of spaces. I want to update the routine to use an annotative block so the scale doesn't have to be set. I changed my block containing the attribute but now when I run my routine, the attribute height gets changed each time the routine is run. The text just gets larger and larger. Here is the portion of the routine where the attribute info is gathered and updated with the new value for that attribute. If you need the entire routine, I can post it with a slight modification so it will work outside our network.
(defun updateattrib ()
(setq CNT 0) ; sets count to 0
(while (< CNT (sslength ss)) ; starts loop while CNT is less than the number of objects in the group
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I am running this in Civil 3D 2010 but will want it to work in 2013 so if the solution will only work in 2013, that is fine with me.
How can I get/edit the properties (height,..) of a drawing view created with 'viewsection' command?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am just getting started. I am modeling some tanks pumps and piping. How can I 3d rotate boxes and cylinders and constrain to 90 degree rotations?
View 9 Replies View RelatedIs there a lisp that will allow me to do a continuous dimension, but will alternate the dimension position from low, high, low and high? If there is no lisp already created, how to create one?
See Continuous dimension attachment for example.
I work at a glass and glazing company and this is how we dimension mullion width and DLO. See typical window dimensioning attachment for window elevation with dimensions.
I have a list ("temp.dwg" "temp2.dwg") and would like to add the string "insert text here" into each item in the list resulting in ("insert text heretemp.dwg" "insert textheretemp2.dwg"). how would i go about doing that using LISP?
View 2 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to programatically set a visual style before a drawing actually opens?
We have some huge models and people seem to forget to change their visual styles back to 2D wireframe before saving and exiting drawings. Some models will crash on some workstations when trying to open in a rendered mode.
I found a lisp with a function that looked to set viewport visual styles. But it does not seem to be supported anymore. --> (vla-put-VisualStyle vport 1)
