Comments on: Productivity boost ideas

By: admin

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:38:03 +0000

You could create a custom command for each combination that you want and put it on a toolbar or the ribbon.

By: erik

erik — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:51:23 +0000

How would a routine work that will create different osnap combinations? Sometimes I only want endpoint snaps, other times I needa combination of center of circle, endpoint, perpendicular and intersection.

By: Tips on viewing your drawing « AutoCAD Tips Blog

Tips on viewing your drawing « AutoCAD Tips Blog — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:43:35 +0000

[...] a comment on the post, Productivity Boost Ideas, someone asked about AutoLISP code for SE Isometric and other viewpoints. You can use the VPOINT [...]

By: admin

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:34:18 +0000

Using the same format in the post for creating a command in AutoLISP and then entering what you’d type, you can do the following:
SW Isometric: vpoint -1,-1,1
SE Isometric: vpoint 1,-1,1
NW Isometric: vpoint -1,1,1
NE Isometric: vpoint 1,1,1

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:36:57 +0000

How do a make a lisp comand for my different view prompts. Swiso,Nwiso,Neiso, etc…

By: Millish

Millish — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:12:14 +0000

Making ‘Blocks’ whose Layers & Linetype information can be controlled & handled perfectly when inserted into any drawing, requires Extra Initial thought.

The procedure is to make a Block of each type of information that is associated with the Main ‘Block(Machine/Item/Name)’ and then to combine them as nested blocks. i.e.

1) Make a separate ‘Block’ for everything associated with the Main ‘Block(Machine/Item/Name)’, whose ‘Linetype’ has to be controlled/Varied, i.e. Make a ‘Block’ for the ‘Centre lines’, ‘Details’, ‘Outlines’, ‘Hidden Line Details’, ‘etc’.
2) Ensure that the, ‘individual lines’, of all these ‘Blocks’, which are to be, ‘Nested Blocks’, are made & set to be on layer ‘0’ & that all their line-type information is set to ‘ByLayer’.
3) After making each of the; ‘Nested Blocks’; make a ‘Layer’ whose name corresponds to the; ‘Nested Block Name’; & set the, ’Linetype’, Colour & Line information as they are required to be viewed. (i.e. Hidden, Continuous, Dotted, etc.)
4) When finished move each of these defined, ‘Named Blocks’, (not the individual lines), to the layer that corresponds to their, ‘Nested Block Name’. (Then set the line-type information as they are required to be viewed in the Master / Main, ‘Block(Machine/Item/Name)’.
5) After all the ‘Nested Blocks’ are made; combine them into the Master / Main, ‘Block(Machine/Item/Name)’, to make a single ‘Block’ which contains all the other ‘Blocks’ Nested within it.
6) Finally Make & Move the Master / Main, ‘Block(Machine/Item/Name)’, to a layer that corresponds to its ‘Name’.
7) When inserted into a new drawing you will have loads of Blocks & Layer names but each one will be controllable in that new drawing.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:06:05 +0000

Arg, I meant to say that Autocad does NOT accept fancy quote marks as valid input. Sorry about that.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:04:32 +0000

Also, for a momentary zero-radius fillet, (while in the fillet command) you can hold the shift key down while selecting the last object to be filleted.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:49:56 +0000

Robert, the quote marks in the examples above are not the same quotation marks as those next to the enter key on your keyboard. Autocad does accept them as valid input. Replace them with the quotation mark next to the enter key and that will fix the script.

As for why autocad hung, I’m not sure on that one. It could just be the version of Autocad you’re using freaks out with the fancy quotes. (Btw Autocad 2010 doesn’t freak out and halt, it just returns an error.)

By: Robert L. Lawrence

Robert L. Lawrence — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:47:16 +0000

When I type FR and then press enter, ACAD halts