i have this shape that i can make through a series of of lofts. I would like to be able to create it using one command but i am stumped.
3D corner.dwg
I have tried using the guides command on the spline but it does not like it as I assumed it would not.
what is the command shortcut for creating circle from tan tan tan method????
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convert this surface in to a sloid volume or if thats not possible can this geometry be created to the nearest possible approximation.
I am attempting to create a export command for our surveyors that deletes all there point layers and seal layer, then audits and saves the file before opening the etransmit command.
Below is what I currently have.I know there is a better way to do this, but it is above my programing skill right now.
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;SURVey export(defun C:SRVY () (command "-laydel" ; Delete Survey data "Name" "F0" "Name" "F1" "Name" "F2" "Name" "F3" "Name" "F4" "Name" "F5" "Name" "F6" "Name" "F7" "Name" "F8" "Name" "F9" "Name" "F10" "Name" "F11" "Name" "F99" "Name" "SHEET-SEAL" ENTER "YES" ) (command ".audit" "y") ; Audits file (command "_qsave") ; Save changes (command "-etransmit" "Choose Setup" "ACAD2010" "Create transmittal package" ) (princ))
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 (Primary), 2011 by contract.
Dell Percision T3500: MS Windows 7 64-bit SP1; Intel Xeon CPU W3505 @ 2.53GHz, 12.00 GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro 600
I am able in lisp to create a command prompt selection menu, easy (see code below).However what I want is for the lisp to be ready to undertake an action UNLESS I select an option.
An example is the offset command wich has a function ready to roll (namely the specify offset distance) "OR" I can interrupt the "specify offset distance" and enter one of the sub options (in the case of offset Through/ Erase/Layer).
My code attempts to offset also, UNLESS the user wishes to specify a distance.
(DEFUN C:loadoffset ();CREATING MENU FOR SUB COMMANDS [GETIT] [GOTIT]...(setq choose (getstring "
Select an option... [1=GET DIST] [2=GOTDIST]: "))(if (or (equal choose "1"))(GETIT))(if (or (equal choose "2"))(GOTIT));TERMINATING SELECTION MENU...)(defun getit ( gotit )(setq MYDIST (getdist "
SELECT A DISTANCE: "))(gotit))(defun gotit ()(command "_offset" MYDIST pause pause"exit"))
I'm creating a VB.Net routine which will run the REVCLOUD command. In my application I prompt the user to select a single polyline using:
EntRslt = acDoc.Editor.GetEntity(EntOpts)
Then later I run the REVCLOUD command using:
acDoc.SendStringToExecute("_revcloud Object Poly No ", False, False, True)
Where Poly is the polyline I selected earlier. Of course, the line above doesn't work since "Poly" is interpreted as a string. But I would like to figure out how to pass my VB.Net selected Polyline into the REVCLOUD command.
How I might do this? The REVCLOUD command will not accept the "Previous" selection set so setting the Implied Selectoin does not work. If my Polyline was the Last object in the database I could use the "Last" option, but it isn't.
I've drawn a 3D helix with a different base and top radii. Is there a way to generate the Right and Left side views without actually drawing them?
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View 6 Replies View RelatedBefore I upgraded to AutoCAD 2014 (was using 2012) when I used the MOVE command on 3D geometry (while using the Realistic Visualization) I could see one object move into another. Like, moving a cylinder into a box to represent a button, and I would see it slowly sink into the box as I moved it further and further along.
In 2014, the object I am moving will REMAIN ON TOP visually of all other geometry until it is completely inside the other geometry (at which point it disappears completely). It's hard for me to then judge just how much of it is sticking out during the MOVE command. Once I complete the move command, the proper visualization order is then shown.
In other words, if I have a 10 inch cylinder, and I'm trying to move it into a box so only 2 inches sticks out (as a visual guesstimation), currently I would see ALL 10 inches of the cylinder whether part of it is inside the box or not, until I complete the MOVE command.
I am semi-new to AutoCAD but have a fairly good knowledge of how to work the program now. However, I am continuously having problems with the presspull command. When I try to use the command on an object, the object is raised but not filled. It looks sort of like a fence/outline around the border of the object with a grid pattern.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIf I select some objects (i.e. pipe, feature line, etc.) and right click to bring up my shortcuts, I click on SOME commands (i.e. object viewer, elevation editor, etc....respectively, the command does not progress....it forces me back to a selection box cursor and I have to reselect the object.
For example, I select a pipe, I then right click, shortcut menu pops up, I select "object viewer", and then my previous slection is not granted and it asked for a new selection (it used to always just proceed with the command), I then have to select the pipe I had previously seleted, and the command proceeds as normal.
not a bid deal, but it slowing down my productivity having to select these items twice. The wierd thing is that it is not like this with all of my right click short cut commands...only a few!?
HOW DO YOU TURN THIS OFF????!!!!!!!
If you select an object and then drag it, it moves. This is without initiating the MOVE command and without picking any grips.
Do you need to use the join command on an object before making it into a dynamic block? I have these stairs I need to scale down to fit my floorplan, but when I place grips on it in order to scale them down, I can only scale of the block while the rest becomes totally distorted.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a network of 3d polylines, how can I convert this to a 3d object? In 3ds max I can use a surface modifier to convert it to 3D. Is there a workflow inside of AutoCAD?
3d polyline network.jpg
I'm an architecture student, trying to complicate my life a little bit more than required. I'm trying to make the next object in AutoCAD so I could "analyze" the form and its shadows with descriptive geometry later:
I'm pretty new to AutoCAD (I have the 2012 version) but I'm familiar with all the basic stuff since I've had some experience with SolidWorks. What I tried so far was to create a cube as a frame for my spline and then sweeping it with a rectangular shape.
I've been having trouble with the constraints in the intersecting points. I can't figure out the exact shape from the start and it makes it hard for me to play with the form later. I'm also having trouble to actually make it look like a knot.
could someone explain how to create a command key for an action?
I have created custom actions and would like to assign them to different keys such as F11...
I'm trying to change the dafault varible for the mirror command from no to yes. whne you do the mirror command after you choose your second point it asks if you want to erase the source object and the default is set to no but I would like to change it to yes. I'm able to change the macro for the mirror button which works but only when I push the button. Before the cui file I remember everything was done from the acad.pgp or the acad.mnu files but with the new CUI file i can't seem to locate wher to change the actual command and not just the macro for the mirror button.
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For example when i am creating an object , be it a rectangle or simply a line , i dont want to have to work out my sizes on the calculator then input the size to create the object. I would like cad to do the sum for me by inputting my sum straight into the dimension of the object i am creating. E.g CLick rectangle, select a start point and type 1200-375+37+37+10+10, Then tabbing to do a similar thing for the width
The way i draw flat patterns is to start with the overall size then chop into that shape to create a finished pattern. I also have used Inventor and a software for cnc punching called Cadman. Both of these programs you can do this and what with Inventor also being a creation of autodesk i would have thought this could be done in cad as well.
Is there an add on or a simple command that will let me do this.
I am currently working on a playground development for a school project where we have to build a 3D playground based off of autocad drawing, modles, etc.Below is a picture of a "crab see-saw" that I have in my park, and I am having trouble making it 3D. I have tried using "extrude", but, while it streches the drawing into 3D, only the crab's claws become a solid object. The crab's body remains "open".
Crab.jpg -> Normal Drawing
crab2.jpg -> Extruded Drawing
The steps I take to extude it are:
1. Select extrude command
2. Select entire drawing
3. Click top of crab body for designated height
4. Type in 7 (units) as the strech command
5. Press enter
All the lines for the crab body are connecterd and I just can't figure out why it isn't working.
I have the 3d model of a ship, but it has no surfaces or solids, just lines. I want to create some solids based on those lines.
It's better if i attach the dwg to the post and explain what i want to do:
- in the file attached there are some lines marked with red and blue
- i want to create a solid/3dobject by extruding/lofting the red lines along the blue lines.
In the drawing only a few lines are colored, for better understanding. I tried with loft, but it only creates some surfaces. The point is that i need a solid or a 3d object.
sampla.dwg
I have a bunch of points that I am trying to turn into a solid object. I am doing this by using the 3D poly command and then LOFT, UNION and CONVTOSOLID. this has previously worked well, but this time when I use the LOFT command it does not produce a 'closed' surface, but rather a grid like surface which wont convert to a solid. Are there different settings for the LOFT command, and if so, How do I change them to produce a closed surface?
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Class EVENTS
Dim MyDwg As Document = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
Dim Myed As Editor = MyDwg.Editor
Dim Mydb As Database = MyDwg.Database
Dim Myobjidcoll As ObjectIdCollection
[Code]....
I have a problem when i create an alignment with Select Object. The Chainage is not coming properly.
And here i attached the Print screen.
I am trying to create a Mtext object with an annotative TextStyle. I make the textstyle current (which I don't know if is exactly the same as changing the TextStyleId of the mtext object) and create the MText. The problem which I encounter is that the newly crated MText Object has textheight as the textstyle's paper space text height, instead of scaling the text height by the annotative scale, as when you create the Mtext using Autocad menu.
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PublicArtModel.dwg
I am creating a line using entmake, but I need the start and end point to be variable that was already defined ex.
(entmake '((0 . "LINE")(8 . "FIELD") (10 . line_insert) (11 line_end)))
Command: !line_insert
(29.2813 20.5 0.0)
Command: !line_end
(29.2813 18.5 0.0)
The error I get is
; error: bad DXF group: (10 LINE_INSERT)
What do I do to make it recognize this variable?
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Windows 7 [64-bit], Core i3 - 3.02 GHz, 4GB DDR 3 RAM