GDA Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Hi there, (new here and hope this is the right place to post this question) I need to annotate a landscape plan so that the site can be set out by a surveyor using eastings and northings, as the site is many hundreds of metres long. The survey i am using is already referenced with survey points labled in eastings and northings - so i want to know how do i pick / identify points on the (design) plan that will tell me what the coordinates are? I know its possible because the office i work at has done it on past jobs with much older CAD versions and i have had a look through old files and there are points identified, that when you select them, the properties tool bar (under the Geometries tab) tells me what the vertex x & y (representing the respective eastings and northings). There is no one here now to tell me how to do it and i havent been able to find anything trawling through the internet. Can anyone, tell me how to do it please or even give me a few pointers? Im totally lost and under the pump and need to get it done! ARGHHHHH!!!!!!! You help is much appreciated!! Many thanks, Phoebe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlB Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Well to identify the x-y of a point, use the "id" command and pick a point. i suppose you want to create a label of some sort quickly that places text for the easting/northing (well you didn't actually say that). I was about to suggest a lisp routine at this site but then asw you were on LT. In drawings that were labeled, what type of object is it when you list it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDA Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Thankyou Carl, the 'id' command is very useful! And it is so simple but might actually solve my problem... What i want to do on the drawing is show a point and a number that will correspond with a spreadsheet listing all the coordinate points for the set out. Im setting out things like the location of car parking bays, camping areas, revegetation zones, bollards, paths, roads etc. That was the way that the other drawings were set up and my boss wants to keep it all consistant. "In drawings that were labeled, what type of object is it when you list it?" - The object was just a small circle block that had a text box above it with a refrence number corresponding to the spread sheet. Im assuming that they were maunally placed and not a CAD command like an auto dimenstion etc. What is a lisp routine? I noticed that 'lisp' came up a lot when i was looking up ideas on the net... Thanks so much Carl! Cheers, Phoebe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlB Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 It does sound like blocks were manually placed at locations, with coordinates itemized in tabular information (spreadheet) The spreadsheet could then be placed on the drawing. Information from the blocks could be automatically transferred to Excel, including the number (if an attritbute) and the x & y values, wit the EATTEXT command or similar. To learn about lisp routines, browse down to the Lisp/customization section of this forum. Unfortunately, lisp routines can't be use in LT versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen1980 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 GDA I have to do alot of coords in LT and the best way I have found for my way of drawing is by droping points where I want the coords taken, I use a lot of keyboard commands and points are [PO], then I use [PDMODE] and I set it to 34 which makes points become a circle with a cross through it, then [PDsize] and I set it to 100 for a 1:50 scale drawing. I always have to use text and leaders rather than tables as my manager beleives tabels to be the tool of the devil and that they are always wrong so I'll create my text and leader copy it around to all of the points I have dropped then list [LI] the points and that automatically brings up the text box so I can copy and paste the coordinate into my text box. This way I found lessens the chance of typo's as all you have to do is round up (if you want to) and add in decimals (again if you want to.) I have just spoke to our engineer who uses tables and he said to create your table with columns for easting and northings then in the first column enter = to start a formula ctrl f to bring up fields select object from the first column click the icon over the second column select the point from the drawing select position from the second column set up the format eg. decimal deselect the relevent x,y,z coords from the third column OK then [/1000] to change to milimetres [enter] and that should work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinprakoso Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Phoebe, You can't use LISP in LT. But you can use data extraction to create the table. If you simply want to display the coordinate, you can use field in your blocks. Here are some example: http://www.cad-notes.com/2009/11/how-to-label-coordinate-in-autocad.html http://www.cad-notes.com/2009/12/reporting-multiple-coordinates-in-block.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDA Posted January 21, 2010 Author Share Posted January 21, 2010 Thankyou everyone for your help! I think i have it sorted now. I really appreciate your help! Cheers, Phoebe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffan73 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Unfortunatley I can not figure it out. I have Cad LT 2009. I to would like to have coordinate points called out on a drawing. I am not sure how to use the attext command as I need to set up a template first and even if I do that it only popolates a .txt file and is not shown on my drawing. Is there an easy was to show the northing and easting on a CAD drawing for specific points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Is there an easy was to show the northing and easting on a CAD drawing for specific points. Have you tried the Ordinate option of Dimension? You need to do the Easting and Northing separately, but for only a few, it should be a quick way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffan73 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I tried that and it only gives me one option either x or y unless I do the command twice. And even at that it posts the y axis verticle not horizontal. But yes that is almost what I am looking for. I would like to be able to point to a spot and have both the x and y axis called out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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