Rotating a block at insertion

Hi everyone,

I have a series of lines connected from end to end. I want to do two things:

1) Place a text giving the length of the line on perpendicular bisector near the center of each line.

2) Insert a block (an arrow) at the center of each line aligned with the line.

I can do the second, but the first does't work with the following, what ever the angle I give in place of 0,

the block appears in the same original rotation.

 
;(setq plst1(list pt pt1 alfa dis))
;(setq plist(cons plst1 plist))
(defun draw1()

 (mapcar '(lambda(a) (command "_insert" "arrow" (car a) 1 1 0)) plist)

 (mapcar '(lambda(a) (command "_text" "_non"(car a) 0.6 (* (caddr a) 57.3) (rtos (cadddr a) 2 2))) plist)
 
(princ)
)

Is there a way to solve this?.

Thanking in advance.

Aloy

Hi,

To align a block, we should know the rotation of the block.

If you can upload a sample drawing showing the result , that would be very helpful.

I would recommend looking into ( entmake ) the arrow INSERT

[color=#8b4513];|[/color]
 Assuming :
   The BLOCK [color=#2f4f4f]"ARROW"[/color] exists in the current drawing
   The arrow direction points 0 degrees X axis WCS
   sp = Start Point
   ep = End Point
|[color=#8b4513];[/color]

 [b][color=BLACK]([/color][/b]entmake [b][color=FUCHSIA]([/color][/b]list [b][color=NAVY]([/color][/b]cons 0 [color=#2f4f4f]"INSERT"[/color][b][color=NAVY])[/color][/b]
                [b][color=NAVY]([/color][/b]cons 2 [color=#2f4f4f]"ARROW"[/color][b][color=NAVY])[/color][/b]
                [b][color=NAVY]([/color][/b]cons 10 [b][color=MAROON]([/color][/b]mapcar '[b][color=GREEN]([/color][/b]lambda [b][color=BLUE]([/color][/b]a b[b][color=BLUE])[/color][/b] [b][color=BLUE]([/color][/b]* [b][color=RED]([/color][/b]+ a b[b][color=RED])[/color][/b] 0.5[b][color=BLUE])[/color][/b][b][color=GREEN])[/color][/b] sp ep[b][color=MAROON])[/color][/b][b][color=NAVY])[/color][/b]
                [b][color=NAVY]([/color][/b]cons 50 [b][color=MAROON]([/color][/b]angle sp ep[b][color=MAROON])[/color][/b][b][color=NAVY])[/color][/b][b][color=FUCHSIA])[/color][/b][b][color=BLACK])[/color][/b]

-David

Thanks David & Tharwat for replying.

Modified the code a bit as follows:

(mapcar '(lambda(a) (entmake (list (cons 0 "INSERT") (cons 2 "ARROW") (cons 10 (car a)) (cons 50 (caddr a))))) plist)

Works perfectly. Here is a picture.

Glad it worked out. -David