ashnav_msit Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Hi Friends, I have a question. Now i am working on setting up the grid system for drawings . My task is after setting the grid label the possition of equipments od Data Center( e.g ups, panels) on drawing. I am able to set the grid but i don't know how to get my grid coordinate identifiers(x coordinates and y coordinates) which will help me to label the equipments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 It could probably be done with a custom lisp routine. There are many such routines scattered about the Internet. Have you tried searching for one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashnav_msit Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Thanks for replying..yes i am searching about it but i am not getting even a single clue...what is custom lisp route? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashnav_msit Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 If there is any simple way to label the cordinates of grid will help me alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Lisp is a programming language and it is used within AutoCAD. Some of the commands found in Express Tools were created using lisp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Can you attach an image of one of your drawings so we know what we are dealing with? What coordinates would you be looking to obtain? Ex. - the lower left-hand corner or the center of any piece of equipment. Would the coordinates always fall on the grid? I have a lisp routine that will kick out the X, Y and Z coordinate of any point that is selected. It puts it onscreen however so if you did not want the coordinates to show when you plot your drawing you would have to put them on a layer that is set not to plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 An example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashnav_msit Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 I have attached the file. I need the cordinates like AA, AB, AC, AD along x axis and 01,02,03 along y axis. grid.docx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashnav_msit Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 i not want to label the coordinate value. I want label the all x and y axises of coordinates as we do in graphs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 You were the one that said coordinates I believe. I suggest you look on the Annotation tab of your Tool Palettes and use the Tag - Imperial or Tag - Metric depending on what units you use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Something like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashnav_msit Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 i am using Architectural length type with units - inches. But how annotation is connected to the coordinated of grid? does i have to type all the coordinates? Is it not automatically come? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 You type it in yourself. I think there might be a lisp routine that would do it automatically. It will take me a moment to check. I'll be back. Lee Mac's Incremental Numbering Suite might work. Find it here...http://lee-mac.com/numinc.html Even better is Lee's Incremental Array program. Find it here...http://lee-mac.com/incrementalarray.html There you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashnav_msit Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 sure sir......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) Already done. See post #13. Calgary? I was there once, a long time ago. Nice place. I waited as long as I could for your response but seeing none I guess I am done here. I'll be going out on a field inspection shortly and will be away from my desk for a couple of hours. Good luck. I hope you find what you are looking for. Edited December 6, 2012 by ReMark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Perhaps you could use Ordinate dimensions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashnav_msit Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Sorry i went for lunch. Thanks for this gr8 help. Yeah i am in Calgary. I am on C-op here. Did you like it here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I'm back. The inspection took longer than I thought. We're busting out concrete around two 480V electrical lines. Couldn't kill power to them because the way our grid is set up. It was cold out too! Did you check out both the lisp routines? Did you test either of them? Yes, I liked Calgary. As a matter of fact I pretty much liked all of Canada. I traveled almost the entire length of the country on my way to Vancouver to visit a good friend of mine. I especially liked the side trip I took to Banff and Jasper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 (edited) meet18: I think you are slightly confused about what is being discussed. The name LISP derives from "LISt Processing". Lisp is a high level programming language. You can learn more about AutoLisp here at Jeffery Sander's website...http://www.jefferypsanders.com/autolispbeg.html Edited December 7, 2012 by ReMark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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