Item Balloon - Leader

Hello everyone, first time poster. I'm not a drafter but I do know how to use AutoCAD fairly well. We have AutoCAD 2004 here.

I'm trying to come up with a LISP routine for an item balloon with two lines of text that is centre justified inside the balloon. The balloon should connect to the item I'm marking with a line that does not have an arrow head on the end.

I have been able to do this with a single line of text, but I cannot seem to get it to work with two lines. What it does is it will print the two text entries on top of each other.

Can anyone help me out?

Cheers.

Hello everyone, first time poster. I'm not a drafter but I do know how to use AutoCAD fairly well. We have AutoCAD 2004 here.

 

I'm trying to come up with a LISP routine for an item balloon with two lines of text that is centre justified inside the balloon. The balloon should connect to the item I'm marking with a line that does not have an arrow head on the end.

 

I have been able to do this with a single line of text, but I cannot seem to get it to work with two lines. What it does is it will print the two text entries on top of each other.

 

Can anyone help me out?

 

Cheers.

Try this lisp routine, might work for you. Or at least, a starting point.

I believe B3B has also been added to the routine, try it.

Callout.lsp

Check this thread out, there are a few versions of a lisp in there that Lee Mac was kind enough to do for me - might be something you can work with.

Check this thread out, there are a few versions of a lisp in there that Lee Mac was kind enough to do for me - might be something you can work with.

Lee Mac is the pro, great lisps. He must live lisp routines!

Lee Mac is the pro, great lisps. He must live lisp routines!

Many thanks Tankman

Sorry guys, just found a typo in the latest version of the LISP posted in the thread that Tiger refers to

Sorry guys

Hey Guys, I've tried out all the lisp routines suggest here but no luck. There was a couple that were close. I believe the closest one was in callout called T1B. But, it only prints fonts in the lower section of the circle below the cross line.

Hey Guys, I've tried out all the lisp routines suggest here but no luck. There was a couple that were close. I believe the closest one was in callout called T1B. But, it only prints fonts in the lower section of the circle below the cross line.

Did mine not perform as you wanted?

This one i did not make my self. It works with out error, but it is not poished at all

I personally dont like it,

I use a dynamic block, with a few routines. I find its much nicer having it all blocked

  (defun C:it(/ th pt1 pt2 linang arrpt2 txt bubrad )
(initerr)
   (SETQ LA (GETVAR "OSMODE"))
   (SETQ LT (GETVAR "CELTYPE"))
 (command "OSMODE" 512)
 (command ".layer" "m" "dim" "c" "4" "dim" "L" "CONTINUOUS" "dim" \)
 (graphscr)
 (setq pt1 (getpoint "\nSelect tip of Arrow : "))
 (command "osmode" 0)
 (setq pt2 (getpoint "\nSelect Centrepoint of Bubble: " pt1))
 (setq th (* (GETVAR "DIMTXT")(getvar "dimscale")))
 (setq txt (getstring "\nEnter Text : "))
 (setq factor (/ 45 35.000000000000))
 (setq bubrad (* factor th))
 (command "circle" pt2 bubrad)
 (command "change" "L" "" "P" "C" 4 "")
 (setq linang (angle pt1 pt2))
 (setq arrpt2 (polar pt2 linang (* -1 bubrad)))       
 (COMMAND "LEADER" pt1 arrpt2 "" "" "N")
 (command "text" "m" pt2 th "0" txt)
 (command "change" "L" "" "P" "C" 2 "") 
   (SETVAR "OSMODE" LA)
   (SETVAR "CELTYPE" LT)
(princ)
)
;;;*===========================================================
(defun initerr ()
 (setq oldlayer (getvar "clayer"))
 (setq oldsnap (getvar "osmode"))
 (setq oldpick (getvar "pickbox"))
 (setq temperr *error*)
 (setq *error* trap)
 (command "dimsah" "off")
 (command "dimse2" "off")
 (command "dimblk2" "")
 (princ)
)     ;defun
;;;*===========================================================
(defun trap (errmsg)
 (command nil nil nil)
 (if (not (member errmsg '("console break" "Function Cancelled"))
     )
   (princ (strcat "\nError: " errmsg))
 )     ;                 
 (setvar "clayer" oldlayer)
 (setvar "blipmode" 0)
 (setvar "menuecho" 0)
 (setvar "highlight" 1)
 (setvar "osmode" oldsnap)
 (setvar "pickbox" oldpick)
 (command "dimsah" "off")
 (command "dimse2" "off")
 (command "dimblk2" "")
 (princ "\nError Resetting Enviroment ")
 (terpri)
 (setq *error* temperr)
 (princ)
)     ;defun
;;;*===========================================================
(defun reset ()
 (setq *error* temperr)
 (setvar "clayer" oldlayer)
 (setvar "blipmode" 0)
 (setvar "menuecho" 0)
 (setvar "highlight" 1)
 (setvar "osmode" oldsnap)
 (setvar "pickbox" oldpick)
 (princ)
)     ;defun
;;;*===========================================================

Many thanks Tankman

I've heard it said a few times, "Lee Mac is hard to understand, he speaks with a lisp!"

I've heard it said a few times, "Lee Mac is hard to understand, he speaks with a lisp!"

haha

Lee,

Are you really Barbra Walters in cognito.

Barbara Walters....?

Why dyou say that Buzz-man?

I guess you never saw Saturday Night Live?

They spoof her because she speaks with a lisp.

Ba Ba Wa Wa

Must be an American Show... don't think its been on over here

But I can see what you are getting at

Lee