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in good programming its harder to know when code will fail or do things you don't want. If your ok with turning off all layers that end in -PT. might have some layer that doesn't have points or something. The command might do this already cant test right now but list out all layers that were turned off as a double check. and while command is slower than vla or entmake and has some other quarks its often times simpler/easier to use. as this for example two lines of code vers what i just posted. (defun c:foo ( / doc layers lay name laylist) (vl-load-com) (setq laylist '()) (vla-StartUndoMark (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))) (setq layers (vla-get-Layers doc)) (vlax-for lay layers (if (wcmatch (setq name (strcase (vla-get-Name lay))) "*-PT") (progn (setq laylist (cons name laylist)) ;build list of layer names (vla-put-Freeze lay :vlax-true) (vla-put-Off lay :vlax-true) ) ) ) (vla-EndUndoMark doc) (if laylist (progn (princ (strcat "\nLayers frozen and turned off (" (itoa (length laylist)) "):\n")) (foreach n (reverse laylist) (princ (strcat " " n "\n")) ) ) (princ "\nNo Layers Matching *-PT found.") ) (princ) ) You could probably combine those two functions into one using ldata as a toggle between on and off. ill post later tonight.

Yeah why not, look at date 1992, hopefully works removed some layer setting etc. 34 years ago. Dont think VL existed. Uses Lines etc. ;;;---------------------------------------------------------------------------; ;;; ;;; autodim3.LSP Version 1.0 ;; ;;; by Alan ;;; 1 April 1992 ;;; ;;; DESCRIPTION ;;; AUTOMATICALLY DIMENSIONS ; ;;;---------------------------------------------------------------------------; ; dimmensioning doesnt work if elev wrong ;(command "elev" hts "0") (SETVAR "ELEVATION" 0) (SETVAR "THICKNESS" 0) (defun mmserr (s) (if (/= s "Function cancelled") (princ (strcat "\nError: " s)) ) (setq S nil) (setvar "CMDECHO" cm) (setq *error* olderr) (princ) ) ;;;---------------------------------------------------------------------------; ;;; Main Program. ;;;---------------------------------------------------------------------------; (setq cm (getvar "cmdecho")) (setvar "cmdecho" 1) (setvar "dimdli" 0) (setq exlay (getvar "clayer")) (setq thick (getvar "thickness")) (setq elev (getvar "elevation")) (setq or_pt (list 0.0 0.0 0.0)) (command "osnap" "near") (setvar "thickness" 0) ;(command "elev" hts "0") ; set up dimension locations (setq ppt1 (ENTSEL "\npick first point to dimension :")) (setq tpp1 (entget (car ppt1) ) ) (setq pt1 (cdr (assoc 10 tpp1) ) ) (setq pt2 (cdr (assoc 11 tpp1) ) ) (setq hts (caddr pt1 )) (setvar "elevation" hts) (setq ang1 (angle pt1 pt2)) (setq npt1 (cadr ppt1)) (setq rad (distance pt1 npt1)) (setq ang2 (angle pt1 npt1)) (setq diffang (- ang1 ang2)) (setq dist (* (cos diffang) rad)) (setq apt1 (polar pt1 ang1 dist)) (setq pt5 (getpoint apt1 "\npick second point to dimension :")) ;(setq ss (ssget "c" apt1 pt5)) (setq ss (ssget "F" (list apt1 pt5))) (setvar "osmode" 0) (setq ang3 (angle pt5 apt1)) (setq dist (distance pt5 apt1)) (setq pt3 (getpoint pt5 "\npoint for dimension lines :")) (setq pt4 (getpoint pt5 "\nend point for dimension lines :")) (setq xyang (angle pt5 apt1)) (setq xy (distance apt1 pt5)) (setq pt6 (polar pt4 xyang xy)) (setq pt8 (inters pt1 pt2 pt4 pt6 nil)) (setq yoff (- (cadr pt8)(cadr apt1))) (setq xoff (- (car pt8)(car apt1))) (setq sss nil) (setq tempss nil) (setq dimpt1 nil) (setq dimpt2 nil) (while (setq en (ssname ss 0)) (setq dimpt1 (cdr (assoc 10 (entget en)))) (setq dimpt2 (cdr (assoc 11 (entget en)))) (setq newpt2 (inters pt5 apt1 dimpt1 dimpt2 nil)) (if (/= newpt2 nil) (progn (IF (/= NEWPT2 OLDPT) (progn (setq sss (cons newpt2 sss)) (SETQ OLDPT NEWPT2) ) ) ; CHECK TO SEE IF SAME AS PREV ) ) ; Delete each measured entity from set (ssdel en ss) ) (setq dimno (length sss)) ; loop starts at 0 (setq I 0) (setq maxx (- dimno 1)) ; start loop at dimno -2 (while (/= I maxx) ;(princ I) (setq J 1) (setq K (- dimno I) ) ; loop from 1 to dimno - I (while (/= J K) (setq j3 (LIST 1 1 1)) (setq j4 (LIST 2 2 2)) (setq j2 (nth J sss)) (setq L (- j 1)) (setq j1 (nth L sss)) ; (if (<= (CAR j2) (CAR j1)) (if (<= (distance or_pt j2) (distance or_pt j1)) (progn ; (princ "sorting ") (setq temp j2) (setq temp2 j1) (setq sss (subst j3 j2 sss)) (setq sss (subst j4 j1 sss)) (setq sss (subst J2 j4 sss)) (setq sss (subst J1 j3 sss)) ) ) (setq j (1+ j)) ) (setq i (+ I 1)) ) (PRINC "\nNow Dimensioning ") ;now plot dimmesions ; now dimension draw first to then loop for rest (setq d1 (nth 0 sss)) (setq d4 (list (+ (car d1) xoff)(+ (cadr d1) yoff))) (setq d2 (nth 1 sss)) (setq d5 (list (+ (car d2) xoff)(+ (cadr d2) yoff))) (PRINC "1") (command "DIM" "aligned" d4 d5 pt3 "") (setq x 2) (while (/= x dimno) (setq d3 (nth x sss)) (setq d6 (list (+ (car d3) xoff)(+ (cadr d3) yoff))) (PRINC "2") ; (command "diM" "continue" d6 "") (command "continue" d6 "") (setq x (+ x 1)) ) (PRINC "3") (command "exit") (setvar "CMDECHO" cm) (setvar "clayer" exlay) (setvar "elevation" elev) (setvar "thickness" thick) (setq ss nil) (princ)

This is sad news and a little concerning that no explanation is being given. On the face of it, it looks like a complete disregard for the community - I hope that's not true. What is true is that community engagement on forums like this has declined in recent years. Some of that decline is a result of AI. I know that this site has been scraped by LLM bots and, as a result, people seeking answers don't need to visit the site if an AI agent can provide the answer. Just to let you know, I have no intention of closing or suspending this forum any time soon.

@mhupp Correct it's no longer supported, but the "VLIDE" command and environment still works, at least as of my AutoCAD 2026.

You cant freeze\off only the points its either the whole layer or nothing. this makes a selection set and process it to find what layers they are on and turns feezes and turns off those layers. if their are other things on that layer they will also be frozen and off. (defun c:test01 ( / ss lay laylst) (vl-load-com) (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (setq layers (vla-get-Layers doc)) (if (setq ss (ssget "_X" '((0 . "AECC_COGO_POINT") (8 . "*-PT")))) (foreach ent (vl-remove-if 'listp (mapcar 'cadr (ssnamex ss))) (setq lay (cdr (assoc 8 (entget ent)))) (if (not (member lay laylst)) (setq laylst (cons lay laylst)) ) ) (foreach lay laylst (setq layerObj (vla-Item layers lay)) (vla-put-Freeze layerObj :vlax-true) (vla-put-Off layerObj :vlax-true) ) (prompt "\nNo matching COGO points found.") ) (princ) )

Here is the result of the AECLINEWORKSHRINKWRAP in Archtecture. Engine Part Assembly_ArchSWrap.dwg

@SLW210 Here you go. https://forum.bricsys.com/discussion/40003/extract-outer-boundary-of-2d-drawing#latest

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Template drawing are the key to making AutoCAD simple. I always used Lee Mac's Steal from Drawing lisp to add Blocks, Layers, Linetypes, Dimension Styles, Text Styles, Table Styles, MLeader Styles, MLine Styles, Layouts, Page Setups, User Coordinate Systems, Named Groups, Views, Layer States, Scales, Materials, Named Viewports, Drawing Properties and Custom Properties All you need is to manage a template file with everything you need and you can add any and all you want to the current drawing with a single macro. Thanks Lee!

It's taken you 6 years to realise I cheat!! Good point, add (vl-load-com) in just before or after the (defun c ... line (edited above)

I updated something that makes multiple boundaries but cant find the post right now. doesn't work with gaps so idk if its something you could use. lee mac has an outline but also don't think it works with gaps. https://lee-mac.com/outlineobjects.html

If @Steven P is going to cheat an use Lee Mac Functions! might want to add (vl-load-com) to avoid errors if they don't have it loaded since it using vlax fuctions.

A slight variation on MHUPPS (vl-load-com) (defun c:ADIM (/ pt1 pt2 MyLine MySS acount MyIntersect MyDistance MyDistances pta ptb) (defun LM:intersections ( ob1 ob2 mod / lst rtn ) ;; See Lee Mac website. Get intersection list (if (and (vlax-method-applicable-p ob1 'intersectwith) (vlax-method-applicable-p ob2 'intersectwith) (setq lst (vlax-invoke ob1 'intersectwith ob2 mod)) ) (repeat (/ (length lst) 3) (setq rtn (cons (list (car lst) (cadr lst) (caddr lst)) rtn) lst (cdddr lst) ) ) ) (reverse rtn) ) (command "line" (setq pt1 (getpoint)) pause "") ; Draw reference line. Mod to polyline possible (setq MyLine (entlast)) ; Reference line entity name (setq pt2 (getvar 'lastpoint)) ; pt2 of reference line (setq MySS (ssget "_f" (list pt1 pt2) '( (-4 . "<NOT")(0 . "*DIM*") (-4 . "NOT>") ;Not Dims (-4 . "<NOT")(0 . "*TEXT*")(-4 . "NOT>") ;Not Text ))) ; Selection set crossing reference line (fence). Add filters (setq acount 0) ; a counter (while (< acount (sslength MySS)) ; Loop through selection set (if (setq MyIntersect (LM:intersections (vlax-ename->vla-object MyLine)(vlax-ename->vla-object (ssname MySS acount)) acextendnone )) ; get the intersection points, reference line, selection set items (progn (foreach n MyIntersect (setq MyDistance (distance pt1 n)) ; get the distance SS item, start reference line (setq MyDistances (cons (cons MyDistance (list n)) MyDistances)) ;; add the intersection & point to a list ) ; end foreach ) ; end progn ) ; end if intersections (setq acount (+ acount 1)) ; increase counter ) ; end while ; end loop (command "erase" MyLine "") ; erase reference line (setq MyDistances (vl-sort MyDistances (function (lambda (pta ptb) (< (car pta)(car ptB) ))) )) ; sort by distance (setq acount 0) (while (< (+ acount 1) (length MyDistances)) (setq p1 (car (cdr (nth acount MyDistances)))) (setq p2 (car (cdr (nth (+ acount 1) MyDistances)))) (setq mid (mapcar '/ (mapcar '+ p1 p2) '(2 2 2))) ; ripped of MHUPP (setq p3 (mapcar '+ mid '(0.0 2.0 0.0))) ;adj 2.0 for offset. ; ripped of MUPP (command "_.DIMLINEAR" p1 p2 p3) ; Ripped of MHUPP (setq acount (+ acount 1)) ) ; end while (princ) ) Edit: Corrected for polylines crossing reference line more than once

Here is something simple I threw together a while ago. Not everything you want, but should help. I started a more extreme version with more options back when people were posting they couldn't get TotalBoundary and SuperBoundary any longer. I'll try to get back on it this week, in the mean time, if you could post a drawing with some before and after it would help. I have no idea what all TotalBoundary and SuperBoundary does, it may help to explain exactly how you need to select and exactly what should be a boundary in your drawing it might might it easier. Hopefully a better LISPer will jump in. ;;; Select objects that define outlines. Works on LINE/ARC/CIRCLE/SPLINE/LWPOLYLINE. ;;; ;;; https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/99063-need-a-tool-for-creating-2d-outlines-for-complex-2d-drawings/#findComment-678789 ;;; ;;; By SLW210 (a.k.a. Steve Wilson) ;;; ;;; MakeOut.lsp (defun c:MakeOut (/ ss i ent lst pts plines regions pp) (vl-load-com) (if (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "LINE,ARC,CIRCLE,SPLINE,LWPOLYLINE")))) (progn (setq i 0) (while (< i (sslength ss)) (setq ent (ssname ss i)) (setq i (1+ i)) ) (command "_.-boundary" ss "") (command "_.pedit" ss "" "J" "" "Y") (setq i 0) (while (< i (sslength ss)) (setq ent (ssname ss i)) (if (= (cdr (assoc 0 (entget ent))) "LWPOLYLINE") (progn (command "_.pedit" ent "" "S" "0.01" "") (command "_.pedit" ent "" "C" "") ) ) (setq i (1+ i)) ) (princ "\nOutline created.") ) (princ "\nNo valid entities selected.") ) (princ) )

A lot shorter then i thought. will only work on horizontal polyline. adj p3 list to affect the offset. ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Poly DIM acts like QDIM but allows user to select horizontal points. ;; https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/99059-auto-dimension-lisp/ (defun c:PLDIM (/ ent pts p1 p2 p3 ang) (vl-load-com) (command "_.pline") (while (= 1 (getvar "cmdactive")) (command pause) ) (setq ent (entlast)) (setq pts (mapcar 'cdr (vl-remove-if-not '(lambda (x) (= (car x) 10)) (entget ent)))) (while (cadr pts) (setq p1 (car pts) p2 (cadr pts) mid (mapcar '/ (mapcar '+ p1 p2) '(2 2 2)) p3 (mapcar '+ mid '(0.0 2.0 0.0)) ;adj 2.0 for offset. ) (command "_.DIMLINEAR" p1 p2 p3) (setq pts (cdr pts)) ) (entdel ent) (princ) )

Drawing the line would also pick up 4 lines across the block. would maybe have to do a fence ssget. and if block draw a bounding box to pick up lines but even then could be inaccurate if not a square.

@Nikon The "COND" statement will stop as soon as it meets the criteria for the square area range, so if something else meets the that area range before getting to your desired state, it will never get there. You will have to do a different comparison that is unique to the criteria. Maybe to change the criteria for the conditional statement to comparing the Length and width specifically, rather than with the area, or a combination of the area and the width, or something else, like a unique layer or color. Maybe something like this instead (you can alter to suit the fudge factor for the viewport height and width): (cond ((and (> 290.0 ViewPortHeight 300.0) (> 600.0 ViewPortWidth 650.0));; Compare the width and height directly! (vla-put-ConfigName Layout "DWG To PDF.pc3") (vla-put-CanonicalMediaName Layout "UserDefinedMetric (297.00 x 630.00мм)") ) ((and (> 290.0 ViewPortHeight 300.0) (> 835.0 ViewPortWidth 845.0)) (vla-put-ConfigName Layout "DWG To PDF.pc3") (vla-put-CanonicalMediaName Layout "UserDefinedMetric (297.00 x 841.0мм)") ) ... ;; Repeat for all desired sizes ) NOTE: You would also have to do both a landscape version and a Portrait version if you need both. Perhaps a bit more sophisticated comparison: (cond ((or (and (> 290.0 ViewPortHeight 300.0) (> 600.0 ViewPortWidth 650.0)) (and (> 290.0 ViewPortWidth 300.0) (> 600.0 ViewPortHeight 650.0)) ) (vla-put-ConfigName Layout "DWG To PDF.pc3") (vla-put-CanonicalMediaName Layout "UserDefinedMetric (297.00 x 630.00мм)") ) ((or (and (> 290.0 ViewPortHeight 300.0) (> 835.0 ViewPortWidth 845.0)) (and (> 290.0 ViewPortWidth 300.0) (> 835.0 ViewPortHeight 845.0)) ) (vla-put-ConfigName Layout "DWG To PDF.pc3") (vla-put-CanonicalMediaName Layout "UserDefinedMetric (297.00 x 841.0мм)") ) ... ; Repeat for all desired sizes (T (vla-put-ConfigName Layout "None")) ; Default to No plotter for non-standard sizes ) NOTE: I can't test this directly without a "real world" sample drawing to compare, along with your pc3 file, so I'm trying to give you the knowledge to do it yourself, which is preferrable anyway.

You must've copied the changes into your code incorrectly. "RH: DXF" is already defined in your original code. (defun rh:dxf (code lst) (cdr (assoc code lst))) Attached is your original code with @mhupp's change: (defun rh:dxf (code lst) (cdr (assoc code lst))) (defun c:aa ( / cmde ent e_typ e_lst area vtx x_lst y_lst z_lst x_pt y_pt z_pt c_lst v_lst ss sum) (cond ( (/= 0 (getvar 'cmdecho)) (setq cmde (getvar 'cmdecho)) (setvar 'cmdecho 0) ) ) (while (setq ss (ssget "_+.:E:S" '((0 . "POLYLINE,LWPOLYLINE") (-4 . "<OR") (70 . 1) (70 . 3) (70 . 5) (-4 . "OR>") ) )) (setq ent (ssname ss 0) e_typ (rh:dxf 0 (setq e_lst (entget ent))) area (getpropertyvalue ent "area") v_lst nil ) (cond ( (= e_typ "POLYLINE") (setq ent (entnext ent) vtx (rh:dxf 10 (entget ent)) ) (if (< (length vtx) 3) (setq vtx (reverse (cons 0.0 (reverse vtx))))) (while (/= "SEQEND" (cdr (assoc 0 (entget ent)))) (setq v_lst (cons vtx v_lst) ent (entnext ent) vtx (rh:dxf 10 (entget ent)) ) (if (< (length vtx) 3) (setq vtx (reverse (cons 0.0 (reverse vtx))))) ) (setq x_pt (/ (apply '+ (mapcar '(lambda (x) (car x)) v_lst)) (length v_lst)) y_pt (/ (apply '+ (mapcar '(lambda (x) (cadr x)) v_lst)) (length v_lst)) ) (if (= (setq sum (apply '+ (mapcar '(lambda (x) (caddr x)) v_lst))) 0.0) (setq z_pt 0.0) (setq z_pt (/ sum (length v_lst))) ) ) ( (= e_typ "LWPOLYLINE") (setq z_pt (rh:dxf 38 e_lst)) (foreach pr e_lst (if (= (car pr) 10) (setq v_lst (cons (cdr pr) v_lst))) ) (setq x_pt (/ (apply '+ (mapcar '(lambda (x) (car x)) v_lst)) (length v_lst)) y_pt (/ (apply '+ (mapcar '(lambda (x) (cadr x)) v_lst)) (length v_lst)) ) ) ) (setq c_lst (list x_pt y_pt z_pt)) (entmakex (list (cons 0 "MTEXT") (cons 100 "AcDbEntity") (cons 100 "AcDbMText") (cons 10 c_lst) (cons 40 (getvar 'textsize)) (cons 71 5) (cons 72 5) (cons 1 (strcat (rtos (/ area 1000000.0) 2 2) "m" (chr 0178))) ; (cons 1 (strcat (rtos (/ area 1000000.0) 2 2) "m²")) ; (cons 1 (rtos (/ area 1000000.0) 2 3)) ; If you don't need the suffix "m²" ) ) ) (if cmde (setvar 'cmdecho cmde)) )

chr instead of string. (cons 1 (strcat (rtos (/ area 1000000.0) 2 2) "m" (chr 0178))) also might be the font your using. https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/75383-text-ascii/#findComment-596226

@pmadhwal7 Looks like you had this same problem in 2019. MLEADERS were suggested to you then and you didn't try the tools offered? I did the following with a LEADER to MLEADER conversion very quickly:

100% setenv is writing strings to your windows registry. not good if you are doing that for all variables. might want to check to see what else you have been writing there. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R##.#\ACAD-####:###\Profiles\<<Unnamed Profile>>\Variables tho setenv will persist even after reboot. overkill for most variables need in lisp. like @pkenewell said you should be good with just global variables. that holds while the drawing is open but make them unique. if you need to hold a variable in the drawing itself. use ldata that will persist in the drawing. so you can close and reopen it.

Or using the method proposed by @Stefan BMR we could automate in lisp like this: (enter the distances when the cursor is on the tracking line to get the desired angles) (defun des_vec (lst col / lst_sg) (setq lst_sg (list (cadr lst) (car lst))) (setq lst (cdr lst)) (while lst (if (cadr lst) (setq lst_sg (cons (cadr lst) (cons (car lst) lst_sg))) ) (setq lst (cdr lst)) ) (setq lst_sg (cons col lst_sg)) (grvecs lst_sg) ) (defun c:pl90-45 ( / old_set p1 p2 lst_pt msg) (setq old_set (mapcar 'getvar '("GRIDMODE" "ANGDIR" "ANGBASE" "POLARANG" "POLARMODE" "AUTOSNAP" "SNAPANG" "ORTHOMODE"))) (initget 33) (setq p1 (getpoint "\nPick start point: ")) (initget 33) (setq p2 (getpoint p1 "\nReference start angle: ") lst_pt (list (list (car p1) (cadr p1))) msg "\nGive distanve in the direction of cursor: " ) (mapcar 'setvar '("GRIDMODE" "ANGDIR" "ANGBASE" "POLARANG" "POLARMODE" "AUTOSNAP" "SNAPANG" "ORTHOMODE") (list 0 0 (angle p1 p2) (* 0.25 pi) 3 2 (angle p1 p2) 1) ) (initget 303) (while (and (setq p2 (getpoint p1 msg)) (/= p2 "C")) (cond ((/= p2 "U") (setq p2 (list (car p2) (cadr p2))) (mapcar 'setvar '("AUTOSNAP" "SNAPANG" "ORTHOMODE") (list 10 (angle p1 p2) 0) ) (setq p1 p2 lst_pt (cons p2 lst_pt) msg "\nGive distanve in the direction of cursor or [C/U] for Close or Undo : " ) ) (T (setq lst_pt (cdr lst_pt) p1 (car lst_pt) ) ) ) (redraw) (des_vec lst_pt 7) (initget 302 "C U") ) (entmake (append (list '(0 . "LWPOLYLINE") '(100 . "AcDbEntity") (cons 8 (getvar "CLAYER")) '(100 . "AcDbPolyline") (cons 90 (length lst_pt)) (if (= p2 "C") '(70 . 1) '(70 . 0)) ) (mapcar '(lambda (x) (cons 10 x)) lst_pt) ) ) (mapcar 'setvar '("GRIDMODE" "ANGDIR" "ANGBASE" "POLARANG" "POLARMODE" "AUTOSNAP" "SNAPANG" "ORTHOMODE") old_set) (prin1) )

fixed an error with substr to only remove the first char of the string. and added your + option.

@mhupp great code no reason why input could not be 7.7;-12;22.8;12;-5.9;21.6;-0.5;\3.5;8;2.5;\1.5;13.8 in this case each leg is separated by a semi colon, or more often a comma is used. Could type in say notepad and copy and paste to a getstring. The reason for the paste rather than type direct would be if made a mistake you UNDO fix in notepad and do again. Use "parse to list" defun. @Ataim what do you think about that idea ?

If I understand correctly your request, I think you can get the same with the right settings. Just aim the desired direction and specify the distance.

Your points will fall on the grid lines not inside the boxes created by the grid lines.

Yes - That's it! I looked at the drawing again, and the z dim was off by a very small amount! when I set z to zero on the entities - QLATTACH works.

I wonder if their is a Z difference that those commands error. many a "2D" Drawing iv been given has stuff like 100' above everything else.

@ScottMC I don't see the purpose of why you are cutting the circle, printing the coordinates to the command line, then pasting the circle in the same loop? - You don't need to initialize the pp variable as "" - There is not apparent reason to cut and paste the circle. - You do not need to put a Global variable into the registry to recall it again in the same session, even if the program stops. Try out the following code: (defun c:C2 (/ cr el *error* fp oe os p p2) (defun *error* (msg) (if oe (setvar "cmdecho" oe)) (if os (setvar "osmode" os)) (vla-endundomark (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (princ (strcat "\n" msg)) ) (vla-startundomark (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (setq oe (getvar "cmdecho") os (getvar "osmode") ) (setvar "cmdecho" 0) (while (and (setvar 'osmode (boole 7 os 512)) (setq fp (getpoint "\nSpecify 1st Point of 2P.Circle: ")) ) (command "._Circle" "_2P" "_non" fp) (setvar "osmode" OS) (princ "\nSecond Point: ") (while (= (logand (getvar "cmdactive") 1) 1) (command pause) ) (setq el (entget (entlast)) p (trans (cdr (assoc 10 el)) (cdr (assoc 210 el)) 1) p2 (getvar "lastpoint") cr (getvar "circlerad") ) (princ (strcat "\n Coordinates: " (setq C2:pp ;; Global Variable "C2:pp" (strcat (rtos (car p) 2 4) "," (rtos (cadr p) 2 4) "," (rtos (caddr p) 2 4) ) ) "\n Diameter: " (rtos (* cr 2) 2 4) "| Radius: " (rtos cr 2 4) "\n" ) ) (entmakex (list (cons 0 "POINT") (cons 10 p))) (entmakex (list (cons 0 "POINT") (cons 10 p2))) ) (setvar "cmdecho" oe) (vla-endundomark (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (princ) )

I've been using already THANKS. I promise this might be my last change. Can you add +distsance just extend the last line that additional amount?

I was using /# and /-# but using / and \ works to. if the 45 still going the wrong way you just need to flip the first two wcmatch calls. right now line 17 ((wcmatch inp "\\*") line 26 ((wcmatch inp "/*") fix line 17 ((wcmatch inp "/*") line 26 ((wcmatch inp "\\*") PolyHouse.lsp

Was thinking that as well. would have to tinker with it for a bit. ended up adding an [U]ndo and [C]lose option. *can only use undo on last leg.

Should get you what your looking for. code below

Try this as a first pass, see if I have the idea right: Not quite as described and only draws lines as it is, rather than Polylines, but it being a Sunday and the CAD should be off it will do for a start, or if it inspires anyone tonight. To consider later: Fixing the loop - as it is just escape out of the LISP to end or join last point to start point. Join the lines together as Polylines (See Lee Mac PLJoin?) (defun c:testthis ( / Pta Ptb Pt1 Pt2 MyLine MyDistance MyAngle ed RefLine RefAngle ) (defun LM:roundm ( n m ) ;; Lee Mac ;; Round to nearest m (* m (fix ((if (minusp n) - +) (/ n (float m)) 0.5))) ) (command "line" pause pause "") ; Draw first segment (setq RefLine (entlast)) ; Line entitity name (setq Pta (setq Pt1 (cdr (assoc 10 (entget RefLine)))) ) ; First line start point (setq Ptb (setq Pt2 (cdr (assoc 11 (entget RefLine)))) ) ; first line end point (setq RefAngle (angle Pt1 Pt2) ) ; First line absolute angle (setq endloop "No") ; marker to keep loop going (while ; While loop (and (= endloop "No") ; Marker still 'no' (= (command "line" Pt2 pause "") nil) ; and user draws a line ) ; end and (setq ed (entget (entlast))) ; next segment entity name (setq Pt1 (cdr (assoc 10 ed))) ; next segment start point (also last one end point (Setq Pt1 Pt2) should also work (setq Pt2 (cdr (assoc 11 ed))) ; next segment end point (if (equal Pt2 Pta) ; If next segment end point = first segment start point (progn (princ "Closed Polyline") (setq Endloop "Yes") ; set end loop marker & end loop ) ; end progn (progn ; else (setq MyDistance (distance Pt1 Pt2)) ; Record next segment distance (setq MyAngle (LM:roundm (- (angle Pt1 Pt2) RefAngle) (/ pi 4) )) ; next segment angle relative to first segment, rounded to pi/4 (45 degrees) ; pi/4: 45 degree angles, pi/12 for 15 degrees (setq Pt2 (polar Pt1 (+ MyAngle RefAngle) MyDistance)) ; Calculate new PT from rounded angle (setq ed (subst (cons 11 Pt2) (assoc 11 ed) ed )) ; Modify the segment to perpendicular / 45 degree (entmod ed) ; update next segment ) ; end progn ) ; end if ) ; end loop (princ) ) ; end defun

Just my $0.05 there was another post about doing breaklines maybe at Forums/autodesk/lisp. One answer provided had multiple break styles that looked very useful. I will spend a couple of minutes and see if I can find the link.

Sorry, I've been out hiking. It appears to be correct. Question: Have you already calculated the location of the 80 ft. contour that occurs between the spot elevations of 88.9 and 93.8? There is also a 100 ft. contour and a 110 ft. contour that starts on the same grid line.

If I understood the request correctly... This could be a design start, it uses the oblique block of the dimension. (vl-load-com) (defun circle2lw (e / dxf_ent pt_cen radius fst_pt opp_pt) (setq dxf_ent (entget e) pt_cen (cdr (assoc 10 dxf_ent)) radius (cdr (assoc 40 dxf_ent)) fst_pt (polar pt_cen 0.0 radius) opp_pt (polar pt_cen pi radius) ) (entmake (list '(0 . "LWPOLYLINE") '(100 . "AcDbEntity") (assoc 67 dxf_ent) (assoc 410 dxf_ent) (assoc 8 dxf_ent) (if (assoc 6 dxf_ent) (assoc 6 dxf_ent) '(6 . "BYLAYER")) (if (assoc 62 dxf_ent) (assoc 62 dxf_ent) '(62 . 256)) (if (assoc 370 dxf_ent) (assoc 370 dxf_ent) '(370 . -3)) (if (assoc 48 dxf_ent) (assoc 48 dxf_ent) '(48 . 1.0)) '(100 . "AcDbPolyline") '(90 . 2) '(70 . 1) (cons 43 0.0) (cons 38 (caddr fst_pt)) (if (assoc 39 dxf_ent) (assoc 39 dxf_ent) '(39 . 0.0)) (cons 10 (list (car fst_pt) (cadr fst_pt))) '(40 . 0.0) '(41 . 0.0) '(42 . 1.0) (cons 10 (list (car opp_pt) (cadr opp_pt))) '(40 . 0.0) '(41 . 0.0) '(42 . 1.0) (assoc 210 dxf_ent) ) ) (entdel e) (entlast) ) (defun c:Mybreak ( / ent obj_brk pt_brk vlaobj pr deriv alpha) (setvar "DIMBLK" "oblique") (while (setq ent (entsel "\nBreak point: ")) (setq obj_brk (car ent)) (cond ((member (cdr (assoc 0 (entget obj_brk))) '("POLYLINE" "LWPOLYLINE" "LINE" "ARC" "CIRCLE" "ELLIPSE" "SPLINE" "XLINE" "RAY")) (setq pt_brk (cadr ent)) (if (eq (cdr (assoc 0 (entget obj_brk))) "CIRCLE") (setq obj_brk (circle2lw obj_brk))) (setq vlaobj (vlax-ename->vla-object obj_brk)) (initget 1) (setq pt_brk (vlax-curve-getClosestPointTo vlaobj (trans pt_brk 1 0) nil ) pr (vlax-curve-GetParamAtPoint vlaobj pt_brk) deriv (vlax-curve-getFirstDeriv vlaobj pr) alpha (atan (cadr deriv) (car deriv)) ) (command "_.break" obj_brk "_none" pt_brk "_none" pt_brk) (initget 1) (command "_.-insert" "_oblique" "_scale" (distance (trans pt_brk 0 1) (getpoint (trans pt_brk 0 1))) (trans pt_brk 0 1) (angtos alpha (getvar "AUNITS") 13)) ) (T (princ "\nThis object can't be break!")) ) ) (princ) )

You might try Lee Mac's Steal from Drawing | AutoCAD | Autodesk App Store. I just do a SAVE or SAVEAS on the drawing and make a new exact COPY of the drawing. If I have similar drawing that could use the other viewport and settings, I just drag the Layout from one drawing to the other with Design Center. There is an Export Layout to Model... when you right-click a Layout TAB and before that option was in AutoCAD there were some programs that would do that. To do what you want looks to be a lot of work for a LISP.

You need to use ERASE to remove items in order for OOPS to actually restore it.

Command CBL: puts the Breakline symbol 4.0 units from the start, the breakline symbol is 1.0 units wide, and the tip is 0.4 units up or down the line. Obviously feel free to change those values. command CBLU: Same, except the user must give all the values. ;; Custom Breakline ;; @params ;; ps: start point ;; pe: end point ;; gap: gap between the two halves of the lines ;; loc: location of the center of the gap ;; tip: vertical size of the tip of the breakline symbol (default there's is 70° angle, but we'll give tip size) (defun CustomBreakLine ( ps pe gap loc tip / angl dst pline pl pd pm pu pr ) (setq angl (angle ps pe)) ;; angle (setq dst (distance ps pe)) ;; distalce of the line (without the breakline symbol) (setq pm (polar ps angl loc)) ;; mid point of the gap (setq pl (polar ps angl (- loc (/ gap 2.0)))) ;; left point of the breakline symbol (setq pr (polar ps angl (+ loc (/ gap 2.0)))) ;; right point of the breakline symbol ;; down tip of the breakline symbol (setq pd1 (polar pl angl (/ gap 4.0))) (setq pd (polar pd1 (- angl (d2r 90.0) ) tip)) ;; up tip of the breakline symbol (setq pu1 (polar pm angl (/ gap 4.0))) (setq pu (polar pu1 (+ angl (d2r 90.0) ) tip)) (setq pl (drawLWPoly (list ps pl pd pu pr pe) 0)) ) ;; degree to rad (defun d2r (d / ) (/ (* pi d) 180.0) ) ;; Returns the middle of two points (defun mid-pt (p1 p2) (polar p1 (angle p1 p2) (/ (distance p1 p2) 2.) ) ) ;; makes a polyline object with entmakex (defun drawLWPoly (lst cls) (entmakex (append (list (cons 0 "LWPOLYLINE") (cons 100 "AcDbEntity") (cons 100 "AcDbPolyline") (cons 90 (length lst)) (cons 70 cls)) (mapcar (function (lambda (p) (cons 10 p))) lst))) ) ;;;;;;;;;;; ;; Custom BreakLine, User input values (defun c:cblu ( / ps pe gap loc tip ) (CustomBreakLine (setq ps (getpoint "\nStart pont: ")) (setq pe (getpoint ps "\nEnd pont: ")) (setq gap (getdist "\nGap distance: ")) (setq loc (getdist "\nLocation of the gap center (enter value, or select two points: start point + point of the gap): ")) (setq tip (getdist "\nTip height: ")) ) (princ) ) ;; Custom BreakLine, preset values (defun c:cbl ( / ps pe gap loc tip ) (CustomBreakLine (setq ps (getpoint "\nStart pont: ")) (setq pe (getpoint ps "\nEnd pont: ")) (setq gap 1.0) (setq loc 4.0) (setq tip 0.4) ) (princ) ) (princ "\nCommand CBL for Custom BreakLine: ") (princ) Happy with this?

That's because you need to do something before issuing the oops command. I think there is a thread here differentiating oops and undo command.

In other words, you are having trouble understanding the concept of interpolation, correct? The mathematical interpolation of contours goes like this. Let's say we have two spot elevations A & B. A = 32.7 and B = 54.0. The distance between A & B = 50 feet. We want to know where our 40-foot contour would fall between spot elevations A & B. First obtain the total elevation difference. This is done by subtracting A from B. 54.0 minus 32.7 = 21.3. Next, we want the difference in elevation between our 40-contour interval and the nearest spot elevation which in this case is A or 32.7. That works out to be 7.3. Now we need to calculate the distance (let's call this "d") we need to go from spot elevation A to our 40-foot contour. That takes the form of: d/7.3=50/21.3 or d=7.3*50/21.3 = 7.3*2.347 = 17.13 or the distance, in decimal feet, to our 40-foot contour. Got all that? Good. Now go start interpolating.

If you ask the originator for the LISP file, that is the best way.

That's not going to happen on here. Did you read the entire thread? Why do you need it as a .lsp? Tell us what it does and maybe there is a non-.fas version?

Here is my version but its not a freeware.

If BIGAL's last post is not what you want, i.e. you want to "convert .fas to .lsp" as per your original post, then: Effectively what you're asking is the same thing as asking for someone to change the ACAD.EXE file into the .H & .CPP files which AutoDesk had hundreds of programmers create for them. That is usually (if not always) illegal! Most of us here are programmers (at least amateur), so we know just how much time / effort can go into a program. Some of our programs we "give-away" for free by simply posing the source LSP files (or other sources). However, if we want to make money out of our "work", we would generally not give away the source files. Thus we'd "compile" them into FAS/VLX/DLL/ARX/etc. so that they will still run but not be editable by the users. Now in most cases, if you see a FAS file and you don't have the original LSP file(s) - that means the creator didn't want you to have the LSP file(s). And if you dis-assemble the FAS it would be grounds for the creator to sue you. Therefore no-one here would do something like that for you. Firstly because we'd not want such to happen to our own products. Secondly, we don't want to get into trouble with others - especially on someone else's behalf. If you want to go further with this, please refrain from using this forum (or similar) for such. You would be better served in some Cracker (note a Hacker is not a Cracker) community - i.e. go play with the criminals making viruses, breaking security systems & cracking software licensing!

Around the world there is a thing called copyrite and a even bigger subject "software piracy". Having been involved in a commercial product thats why a FAS is used to stop illegal copying. You have your answer above contact the author !

What is the purpose behind your request? Have you contacted the person whose code you are interested in? I imagine that some programmers compile their code to protect it from being used in a manner they would find objectionable.

The FAS format is the compiled version of an AutoLISP file, and one can guess that the programmer had a good reason to don’t provide his/her routine in plain code. If you really need to have access to that code, then I believe that is better to contact the programmer then to attempt to de-compile his/her work.

Another method: (defun c:vpon ( / d s ) (vl-load-com) (if (setq s (ssget "_+.:S:E:L" '((0 . "VIEWPORT")))) (progn (setq d (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (vla-put-mspace d :vlax-true) (vla-put-activeviewport d (vlax-ename->vla-object (ssname s 0))) ) ) (princ) ) And to 'deactivate': (defun c:vpoff ( ) (vla-put-mspace (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) :vlax-false) (princ) )