Locate A Point along a Line

[nocturne00]

Hi guys;
Im using Acad2009 and a bit of Civil3d2006 and ive been looking forever if this command existed (i wish there is ^_^)

is there a command which generates a point along a Line/Polyline/3dPoly with a specific distance from point of origin?
eg;
im working on laying out a pipe line 4km. long. im currently locating flumebridges along specific station points(STA. 1+121.55 etc.).
I need to generate the exact point which the bridges start and end along the pipeline to establish their coordinates. :)

as a remedy at the moment, im using MEASURE to establish these points but of course it also generates unnecessary points along the line and i sometimes forget to erase these points when I generate new points along the line.

TIA

[hendie]

http://www.resourcecad.com/programs/

look for POO (no kidding - Point On Object)

[nocturne00]

:D hahaha

nice one. but I thought there was already a command in CAD(sigh)
ill try to get my hands on that "POO" :P
I cant seem to register on the site at the moment.

Thanks hendie

[lpseifert]

Try this one... wish I could take credit but I can't; Thanks to someone else

[rustysilo]

There's something for the lisp archive.

Here's another one for the cadd (Civil 3d) notebook: Create an alignment out of your poly > Points > Create Points - Alignments > Station/Offset allows you to drop a point on an exact station and offset.

[12mnkys]

There's something for the lisp archive.

Here's another one for the cadd (Civil 3d) notebook: Create an alignment out of your poly > Points > Create Points - Alignments > Station/Offset allows you to drop a point on an exact station and offset.

That is how I have always done it...

[nocturne00]

There's something for the lisp archive.

Here's another one for the cadd (Civil 3d) notebook: Create an alignment out of your poly > Points > Create Points - Alignments > Station/Offset allows you to drop a point on an exact station and offset.

whew! thanks seifer, i owe u one ^_^; been lookin forever for a lisp that does that, it really comes in handy. +another one for the lisp vault for me too
thanks too rusty, at least a can rest easy knowing there is a way to do it w/o the lisp.