I have a custom command that I can initiate (c:TxtE). The function starts running but I need to begin adding several inputs at the command line following this. (ex: "4" "all" "" "oldtext" "newtext"). How do i do that within lisp once the custom command has already begun? If I need to modify the function how would i pass all these as optional type variables?
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I am trying to get a default value (from global variable) put as the default for getstring command. Problem is I want it as if I had typed it into the getstring command so I can modify it if required. It is for entering filenames which only change slightly ie 1129E09LS1 ...LS2 ...XS1 etc.
Current
(setq BlkName (getstring "
Enter Civil Cad File to Import: "))
For defaults that I don't want to change I usually use this format:
(or BlkName (setq BlkName (getstring "
Enter Civil Cad File to Import: ")))
Is it possible to control the UCS without using the command line? I'd like to access it and control it with vlisp much the same way I can access DXF groups and manipulate insertions. Seems like it should be possible to play with it's definition inside the object model.
View 5 Replies View RelatedSomehow, I manage to turn of one variable that display errors on command line.
For example:
(seq a 6)
suppose to return, on command line, something like:
error no function definition: SEQ
in this command how would you put the Undo option on there erase the last line and if you want to keep eraseing the lines
(defun c:gls ();keeps drawing guide lines at any angle
(setq an (getangle "
Pick an Angle:"))
(foreach pt '(a)
(while (set pt (getpoint "
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Writing a routine that stores a file name as a string in variable FILE.I check the variable and it returns a nice quoted string: "filename-123.dwg"
I would like AutoCAD to open the file w/out user input.With FILEDIA set to 0, I've tried passing the variable to the command line:
(command "open" FILE)
or in a script as:
open
(FILE)
...
or,
open
!FILE
...
I get the same error. The string dumps to the command line and I get 'Unknown command "DWG" .'
I have this small lisp routine:
(defun c:1p nil
(command "_.-plot" "yes" "" "controls 11x17" "Ledger (11 x 17)" "inches" "LANDSCAPE" "NO" "view" "01" "FIT" "CENTER" "YES" "newpap2.ctb" "YES" "As" "NO" "NO" "yes" )
(princ)
)
I want to use it to plot different views which I will append to the command when it is called from within AutoCAD.This code will, of course, print view one.Currently my worst case is 25 views and, for that situation, I have simply repeated this code 25 times with a different function name an view number for each view. Eventually I would like to make a dialog box that would allow me to select with checkboxes (toggles) the views to print and with a button to print all.
For example, if I wanted to plot view 25, after I had loaded this lisp routine I would enter, on the command line in AutoCAD, the function name ("pp" perhaps?) followed by some variable (in this case 25, but could be any view name. ie. 01, elev, detail) and the view name would be inserted at the appropriate place.
I like that Autodesk now allows us to just pick a command's option from the command line instead of typing a letter in the option. For example, when drawing a rectangle we're prompted to "Specify first corner point or [Chamfer Elecation Fillet Thickness Width]" and if we wanted to draw fillets on the rectangle we can simply PICK that option from the prompt in the command line OR enter an "F" and return.
Is there a way we can use this functionality in our custom programs?
I have an issue with 2013 that I loose command line output; as in no muttering or cmdecho but I do not have anything set to that way. My cmdecho is set to 1, and nomutt is set to 0.
If I opent textscr then I can see the out put, but nothing on the command line.
I have never seen this before but it just started withing the last week or so and it makes debugging a real difficult.
How I can select all layers using the command line?
I am going to write a piece of lisp which will reset all the lineweights for all layers to default and have started by doing it manually on the command line to see what I need to automate.
To start with I choose -layer then LW then type default and it is here I have a problem. It asks enter name list of layers for lineweight default which is where I need to choose all.
I cannot determine what triggers this but the command line has stopped returning values from lisp expressions.
eg. If I type (setq fred "Hello") I would expect to see "Hello" returned. I am getting nothing. Similarly if I type !fred I get nothing. If I restart AutoCAD the problem goes away. The after some time it happens again. Is there a toggle or switch or system variable that I'm not aware of?
I'm running AutoCAD 2012 (base version, but part of Mechanical install). Part of my .mnl file is set to run (command "cube" "off"). On one machine (Windows 7), it works fine. I'm temporarily on my laptop (Windows 8), & that portion no longer works.
If I type cube in the command line, it works fine. However, if I type (command "cube"), it says unknown command "CUBE".
I rarely paste entities using ctrl-v, I use the WTIT.lsp commands instead, or edit pulldown to paste entities.
I want a CTRL-V to paste to command line, always, no matter what.
I tried killing the keyboard shortcuts through the CUI, but that just stopped ctrl-v from doing anything when I was not on command line.
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I have a list of dotted pairs and some of the entries are paired with a deeper list others contain mostly string data. the issue is that I need to print the data to the command line with a newline to seperate them. So I want the output to look like:
;from(customer (city . "Mesa")(zip . "85213")(project (scope (demo . "some description")(construction . "some description")) (cost (subtotal . "some subtotal") (total . "some total"))));tocity Mesazip 85213demo some descriptionconstruction some descriptionsubtotal some subtotaltotal some total
I can print the entire list easily with:
(FOREACH IDX (CDR (VLAX-LDATA-GET "JobData" "LIST")) (PRINC "
") (PRINC IDX) (PRINC "
"))
But, the issue is that when the data is a list it print it out to a single line making it very difficult to read. I tried adding another FOREACH into the loop that I had hoped would iterate through the deeper list and print those lines out in a simular fashion but I only get an "error: bad argument type: consp " and it displays the first element of my list.
I tried to evaluate the IDX and check the type, so that if it is a list then it triggers the deeper FOREACH but it seems I did it wrongly.
I've been killing myself with trying to get the following (acet-getvar '("BNS_EDITTIME_TOTAL")) in standard time format
rather than julian and then printing it to a file. I never found a way. So I'm figuring the next best thing is to just run the edittime command and then set a custom variable to report the last line of the command history. Then I can open a file and print it to the file. But alas my skills are lacking.
I posted a version of the Offset command that lets you Undo individual Offsets and change the offset distance/Through option, without getting out of the command, at Cadalyst CAD Tips: URL....
It's an upgraded version of an earlier concept by Gopal Ramesh. It's been downloaded almost three times every day since it went up, so I guess people expect it will be useful.
But the website's description includes: "this routine does not provide access to the Layer or Erase options of the built-in Offset command." The reason for that is that I'm working back in 2004, so those options are not present for me to emulate. [The Undo option in the routine is one that was added in some later version, but is a very useful enhancement for people using older versions, like me.]
I do also have an Offset-to-any-Layer [not just the source's or the current Layer] routine posted there: URL....
And I have a simple little routine to Offset something and Erase the source object. So I think I have all the "pieces" to include those options that newer versions have, but that I don't. I would like to combine the functionalities into the Offset-with-running-options routine. That way, if people want to use it to redefine the Offset command as I have done, in order to get the while-running distance change option, those working in newer versions won't be losing the Erase and Layer options in the process, and those in older versions will be gaining yet more options.
I'm trying to make an autolisp that "flips" a third party variable. No luck, command line won't recognize after it loads. I've made similar variable flips that work ??
(defun c:wp (/ wp)
(setq wp (getvar "kti_archt_wallpoche"))
(if (= kti_archt_wallpoche 0)(setvar "kti_archt_wallpoche" 1)
(if (= kti_archt_wallpoche 1)(setvar "kti_archt_wallpoche" 0)
I'm writing some code to create various structural members, but I also need to add the texture map. Since it is doing the creation via VL, I need a way to add a material without that darn dialog box. Can material be add to a member programaticlly?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to write a lisp routine to create a two line MLEADER but i can only get one line of text. Creating the MLEADER manually from the command line i just have to hit enter after the first line of text to add a second line. How would i do this in a lisp routine?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'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 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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Run TIME command and then take the resulting text and save it to a file.
Ideally, the text file should be named based on the drawing name. I know there's ways to write text to a file but I haven't had any luck taking the output of a command and exporting it.
Need a lisp that could dump the values of a list command in a text file placed in a folder C:user121list.txt.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm running the following string in a routing that is looping so I get dozens of these prompts. How to supress these? Or, do i have to use to entmake?
(begin loop...
(command ".-Mtext" CSW-Tpoint "W" 0.0 (vl-filename-base (vla-get-imagefile image)) "")
);end loop
Prints to the command line..
Current text style: "Standard" Text height: 0.0833 Annotative: No
Current text style: "Standard" Text height: 0.0833 Annotative: No
Current text style: "Standard" Text height: 0.0833 Annotative: No
Current text style: "Standard" Text height: 0.0833 Annotative: No
I am writing a program that allows the user to select hatched areas in a drawing and return the quantity, area, and the weight for the equivalent areas covered by tread plate.
My goal is to insert the data with text at a point of the user's choosing, so the end result is a text object in model space that looks like this:
Total Objects: 2
Total Tread Plate Area: 20.83 sq ft
.125 AL Tread Plate Weight: 40 lbs
.125 Steel Tread Plate Weight: 128.33 lbs
How to do is to have the text appear on multiple lines, instead of all across one line. Is there a way to mimic the enter key to enter the next line of text, just like when you use the text function in AutoCAD, instead of using multiple text commands and having to position each one using code.
(defun c:tread (/ cnt tot ss p sqft alwt stwt)
(vl-load-com)
(setq cnt 0
tot 0
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I have some general knowledge in lisp coding. But I can't seem to figure this one out (even to get started). What I want to do is make a lisp that:
- selects a line
then
- select any amount of text (any type)
then
- moves all the text to that selected line without rotating the text
if a line is perfectly horizontal then move the text of the y axis.
if the line is vertical then move the text of the x axis.
or there can be a prompt asking the user to chose the angle or axis in which the text will move (say if they want to move the text to a slanted line, you can choose to move the text on an angle, while keeping the same format and not rotating the text, or you can ask the user if they want to move it only vertically or horizontally)
I would really like the code to integrate into my autocad.
See pictures
I have the following code which isnt quite working, it reads a text file which has a list of Names of images and their bottom left coordinates i.e. name x y etc. I want it to check for a name equal to that input then in this case alert the user it is found, eventually I want it to load the tile but for the moment where am I going wrong, also the lisp wont close the file and I dont know why.
(defun c:imi ()
(setq IM (getstring "
Input name of 2010 tile"))
(while (not (= "" IM))
(setq TILE (strcat "BM" IM))
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I am a beginner at LISP and this is a bit out of my league... and I'm trying to create a lisp where I can draw a polyline between 2 points that also places text with the actual distance offset above the line.
I did find this post and I'm not quite catching on.. [URL] ......
Would like to be able to select mtext explode it get x y coords of last line of text then turn it back to mtext and then launch mtext at a @0,-0.5 justification TL width 5 and display the ribbon.
All seems to work except the (command ...)
Below is my attempt.
(prompt "Select Note")
(setq ss (ssget))
(command "explode" ss)
(setq ss (ssget "l")) ;get last line of text
(setq ent (entget (ssname ss 0))
ent1 (cdr (assoc 10 ent))) ;get x y coords
(command "undo" "1") ;set exploded mtext back to mtext
(setvar "lastpoint" ent1)
(command "mtext" "@0,-0.4" "j" "TL" "w" "5")
I'm looking for a way to copy a text or a simple line, circle... ; after I copied it, the last entity change its color to green.
View 3 Replies View RelatedThere are a ton of lisp to match text rotation to a selected line, but not vice versa.
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