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So in keeping with posting some of my LISPs, I used this just the other day, and just was reminded with the recent resurrection of the Fillet 0 issue thread where the OP was doing 40,000, not sure what LISP they used. Per the latest resurrection, setting FILLETPOLYARC setting may or may not help depending on what you are trying to fillet. The few times I have seen Fillet 0 fail with the P option was when the fillet radii completed something like a half circle when adjacent corners are filleted (something like the ends of a slot). This can be handy dandy. There are others like this around. For my use this was better than a few of the ones I tried. You may need to change the FILLETPOLYARC=0 if you have issue using this with Radius=0. In those situations when I had an issue, the LISP just doesn't do anything to those fillets, so I just go back with a small radius and change them, then you should be able to Fillet=0 those. (defun c:MF () (c:MultiPolyFillet) ) (defun c:MultiPolyFillet (/ radius ss i ent) (setq radius (getdist "\nFillet radius: ")) (if radius (progn (setvar "FILLETRAD" radius) (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "LWPOLYLINE,POLYLINE")))) (if ss (progn (setq i 0) (while (< i (sslength ss)) (setq ent (ssname ss i)) (command "_.FILLET" "_P" ent) (setq i (1+ i)) ) ) ) ) ) (princ "MultiPolyFillet complete.") (princ) ) (princ "\nMultiPolyFillet loaded. Type MultiPolyFillet or MF to run." ) (princ)

code: ;;; HEXENUM 1.5.1 | CN: markers beside unchanged MTEXT | CNC: relocated paragraphs. ;;; CNR: renumber existing markers; CN replaces recognized markers in the left column. ;;; Base block: side 0.1801, NUM height 0.10; insertion scale = MTEXT height / 0.10. ;;; Single line: centered. Wrapped paragraph: centered on its first two lines. ;;; Existing block definitions are never cleared/redefined. Compatible ones are reused. ;;; SOLID fill ACI 255. Uniform XYZ scale, non-explodable block. AutoCAD Windows. ;;; Single-column, non-annotative MTEXT on WCS XY; no fields or vertical writing. ;;; Complex mixed-height/stacked text needs visual verification of line placement. (vl-load-com) (defun R0:CN-Fail (msg) (setq cn-msg msg) (exit)) (defun R0:CN-Prefix (frames / result frame) (setq result "") (foreach frame (reverse frames) (setq result (strcat result "{" frame))) result) (defun R0:CN-Close (frames / result) (setq result "") (repeat (length frames) (setq result (strcat result "}"))) result) (defun R0:CN-Records (s / i n ch next token frames part visible result j brk start) (setq i 1 n (strlen s) frames (list "") part "{" visible nil) (while (<= i n) (setq start i ch (substr s i 1) next (substr s (1+ i) 1) brk nil) (cond ((or (= ch (chr 10)) (= ch (chr 13))) (setq brk T) (if (and (= ch (chr 13)) (= next (chr 10))) (setq i (1+ i))) (setq i (1+ i))) ((= ch "\\") (cond ((= next "P") (setq brk T i (+ i 2))) ((= next "N") (R0:CN-Fail "Column breaks found. Set the MTEXT to a single column.")) ((member next '("\\" "{" "}" "~")) (setq part (strcat part (substr s i 2)) i (+ i 2)) (if (/= next "~") (setq visible T))) ((member next '("A" "C" "c" "F" "f" "H" "Q" "T" "W" "p" "S")) (setq j (+ i 2)) (while (and (<= j n) (/= (substr s j 1) ";")) (setq j (1+ j))) (if (> j n) (R0:CN-Fail "Incomplete MTEXT formatting code.")) (setq token (substr s i (1+ (- j i))) part (strcat part token) i (1+ j)) (if (= next "S") (setq visible T) (setq frames (cons (strcat (car frames) token) (cdr frames))))) ((member next '("L" "l" "O" "o" "K" "k")) (setq token (substr s i 2) part (strcat part token) i (+ i 2) frames (cons (strcat (car frames) token) (cdr frames)))) ((and (= next "U") (= (substr s (+ i 2) 1) "+")) (setq part (strcat part (substr s i 7)) i (+ i 7) visible T)) (T (setq part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i) visible T)))) ((= ch "{") (setq frames (cons "" frames) part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i))) ((= ch "}") (if (null (cdr frames)) (R0:CN-Fail "Unbalanced formatting braces.")) (setq frames (cdr frames) part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i))) (T (setq part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i)) (if (not (member ch (list " " (chr 9)))) (setq visible T)))) (if brk (progn (if visible (setq result (cons (list (strcat part (R0:CN-Close frames)) (1- start) (R0:CN-Close frames)) result))) (setq part (R0:CN-Prefix frames) visible nil)))) (if (/= (length frames) 1) (R0:CN-Fail "Unbalanced formatting braces.")) (if visible (setq result (cons (list (strcat part (R0:CN-Close frames)) n (R0:CN-Close frames)) result))) (reverse result)) (defun R0:CN-Split (s) (mapcar 'car (R0:CN-Records s))) (defun R0:CN-Normalize (s) (while (vl-string-search (strcat (chr 13) (chr 10)) s) (setq s (vl-string-subst "\\P" (strcat (chr 13) (chr 10)) s))) (while (vl-string-search (chr 13) s) (setq s (vl-string-subst "\\P" (chr 13) s))) (while (vl-string-search (chr 10) s) (setq s (vl-string-subst "\\P" (chr 10) s))) s) (defun R0:CN-Register (obj) (setq cn-created (cons obj cn-created)) obj) (defun R0:CN-Box (obj / lo hi) (vla-Update obj) (vla-GetBoundingBox obj 'lo 'hi) (list (vlax-safearray->list lo) (vlax-safearray->list hi))) (defun R0:CN-Props (obj src) (vla-put-Layer obj (vla-get-Layer src)) (vla-put-TrueColor obj (vla-get-TrueColor src)) obj) (defun R0:CN-Text (space src content width h at attach / obj) (setq obj (R0:CN-Register (vla-AddMText space (vlax-3d-point at) width content))) (R0:CN-Props obj src) (vla-put-StyleName obj (vla-get-StyleName src)) (vla-put-Height obj h) (vla-put-Rotation obj 0.0) (vla-put-AttachmentPoint obj attach) (vla-put-InsertionPoint obj (vlax-3d-point at)) (vla-put-LineSpacingStyle obj (vla-get-LineSpacingStyle src)) (vla-put-LineSpacingFactor obj (vla-get-LineSpacingFactor src)) obj) (defun R0:CN-CenterY (obj box cy / mid) (setq mid (/ (+ (cadar box) (cadadr box)) 2.0)) (vla-Move obj (vlax-3d-point '(0.0 0.0 0.0)) (vlax-3d-point (list 0.0 (- cy mid) 0.0))) obj) (defun R0:CN-Discard (obj) (vla-Delete obj) (setq cn-created (vl-remove obj cn-created))) (defun R0:CN-Initial (/ s n valid) (while (not valid) (setq s (getstring (strcat "\n" cn-label " | Starting NUMBER <1>: "))) (if (= s "") (setq s "1")) (if (and (<= (strlen s) 9) (vl-every '(lambda (c) (and (>= c 48) (<= c 57))) (vl-string->list s))) (setq n (atoi s) valid T) (princ "\nEnter an integer from 0 to 999999999."))) n) (defun R0:CN-Annotative (ename / data) (setq data (assoc -3 (entget ename '("AcadAnnotative")))) (and data (member '(1070 . 1) (cdr (cadr data))))) (defun R0:CN-Select (/ pick en data layer done) (while (not done) (setvar "ERRNO" 0) (setq pick (entsel (strcat "\n" cn-label " | Select the MTEXT to number <Exit>: "))) (cond ((and (null pick) (= (getvar "ERRNO") 7)) (princ "\nNothing selected. Click the MTEXT again; Enter exits.")) ((null pick) (setq done T en nil)) (T (setq en (car pick) data (entget en) layer (if data (tblsearch "LAYER" (cdr (assoc 8 data))))) (cond ((null data) (princ "\nObject no longer available. Select another MTEXT.")) ((/= (cdr (assoc 0 data)) "MTEXT") (princ "\nSelect an MTEXT object, not single-line text or a block.")) ((null layer) (princ "\nCannot read the object layer. Select another MTEXT.")) ((/= 0 (logand 5 (cdr (assoc 70 layer)))) (princ "\nThe MTEXT layer is locked or frozen. Select another MTEXT or press Enter to exit.")) ((minusp (cdr (assoc 62 layer))) (princ "\nThe layer is turned off.")) (T (setq done T)))))) en) (defun R0:CN-Scale (height) (/ height 0.10)) (defun R0:CN-Side (height) (* 0.1801 (R0:CN-Scale height))) (defun R0:CN-Height (box) (- (cadadr box) (cadar box))) ;;; Safe prefix boundaries: never cut a formatting code, Unicode escape or stack. (defun R0:CN-Cuts (s / i n ch nx j depth visible cuts) (setq i 1 n (strlen s) depth 0) (while (<= i n) (setq ch (substr s i 1) nx (substr s (1+ i) 1) visible nil) (cond ((= ch "{") (setq depth (1+ depth) i (1+ i))) ((= ch "}") (setq depth (1- depth) i (1+ i))) ((= ch "\\") (cond ((member nx '("A" "C" "c" "F" "f" "H" "Q" "T" "W" "p" "S")) (setq j (+ i 2)) (while (and (<= j n) (/= (substr s j 1) ";")) (setq j (1+ j))) (if (> j n) (R0:CN-Fail "Incomplete paragraph formatting.")) (setq i (1+ j) visible (= nx "S"))) ((and (= nx "U") (= (substr s (+ i 2) 1) "+")) (setq i (+ i 7) visible T)) ((member nx '("L" "l" "O" "o" "K" "k")) (setq i (+ i 2))) (T (setq i (+ i 2) visible T)))) (T (setq i (1+ i) visible (not (member ch (list " " (chr 9))))))) (if visible (setq cuts (cons (list (1- i) depth) cuts)))) (reverse cuts)) (defun R0:CN-PrefixAt (s cut / out) (setq out (substr s 1 (car cut))) (repeat (cadr cut) (setq out (strcat out "}"))) out) ;;; Measure the first rendered wrap using balanced prefixes of the actual paragraph. ;;; Uses the source font, width and line spacing; no hard-coded interline distance. (defun R0:CN-AnchorOffset (probe paragraph fullHeight / cuts firstHeight threshold low high mid sample twoHeight) (setq cuts (R0:CN-Cuts paragraph)) (if (not cuts) (R0:CN-Fail "Cannot measure an empty paragraph.")) (vla-put-TextString probe (R0:CN-PrefixAt paragraph (car cuts))) (setq firstHeight (R0:CN-Height (R0:CN-Box probe)) threshold (+ firstHeight (* 0.20 firstHeight))) (if (<= firstHeight 1e-12) (R0:CN-Fail "Cannot measure the first line of text.")) (if (<= fullHeight threshold) (/ fullHeight 2.0) (progn (setq low 0 high (1- (length cuts))) (while (< low high) (setq mid (fix (/ (+ low high) 2))) (vla-put-TextString probe (R0:CN-PrefixAt paragraph (nth mid cuts))) (setq sample (R0:CN-Height (R0:CN-Box probe))) (if (> sample threshold) (setq high mid) (setq low (1+ mid)))) (vla-put-TextString probe (R0:CN-PrefixAt paragraph (nth low cuts))) (setq twoHeight (R0:CN-Height (R0:CN-Box probe))) (/ (min fullHeight twoHeight) 2.0)))) (defun R0:CN-BlockCompatible (blk / obj typ ok pl att hatch coords expected k a data) (setq ok (and (= (vla-get-Count blk) 3) (= (vla-get-Units blk) (getvar "INSUNITS")) (= (vla-get-BlockScaling blk) 1) (= (vla-get-Explodable blk) :vlax-false) (= (vla-get-IsXRef blk) :vlax-false) (equal (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-get-Origin blk))) '(0.0 0.0 0.0) 1e-9))) (vlax-for obj blk (setq typ (vla-get-ObjectName obj)) (cond ((= typ "AcDbPolyline") (if pl (setq ok nil)) (setq pl obj)) ((= typ "AcDbAttributeDefinition") (if att (setq ok nil)) (setq att obj)) ((= typ "AcDbHatch") (if hatch (setq ok nil)) (setq hatch obj)) (T (setq ok nil)))) (if (and ok pl att hatch) (progn (setq coords (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-get-Coordinates pl))) k 5) (repeat 6 (setq a (* pi (/ k 3.0)) expected (cons (* 0.1801 (cos a)) (cons (* 0.1801 (sin a)) expected)) k (1- k))) (setq ok (and (equal coords expected 1e-8) (= (vla-get-Closed pl) :vlax-true) (equal (vla-get-Elevation pl) 0.0 1e-9) (equal (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-get-Normal pl))) '(0.0 0.0 1.0) 1e-9) (= (strcase (vla-get-TagString att)) "NUM") (= (vla-get-Constant att) :vlax-false) (= (vla-get-Invisible att) :vlax-false) (equal (vla-get-Height att) 0.10 1e-8) (= (vla-get-Alignment att) 10) (equal (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-get-TextAlignmentPoint att))) '(0.0 0.0 0.0) 1e-8) (= (strcase (vla-get-PatternName hatch)) "SOLID") (= (vla-get-Color hatch) 255))) (setq k 0) (repeat 6 (if (not (equal (vla-GetBulge pl k) 0.0 1e-10)) (setq ok nil)) (setq k (1+ k))) (if (not (equal (vla-get-Area hatch) (* 1.5 (sqrt 3.0) 0.1801 0.1801) 1e-8)) (setq ok nil)) (if (not (equal (R0:CN-Box hatch) (list (list -0.1801 (- (* 0.1801 (/ (sqrt 3.0) 2.0))) 0.0) (list 0.1801 (* 0.1801 (/ (sqrt 3.0) 2.0)) 0.0)) 1e-8)) (setq ok nil))) (setq ok nil)) ok) (defun R0:CN-NewBlock (doc name / blk k a coords arr pl hatch loop att dict order) (setq blk (vla-Add (vla-get-Blocks doc) (vlax-3d-point '(0.0 0.0 0.0)) name) cn-newblock blk k 5) (vla-put-Units blk (getvar "INSUNITS")) (repeat 6 (setq a (* pi (/ k 3.0)) coords (cons (* 0.1801 (cos a)) (cons (* 0.1801 (sin a)) coords)) k (1- k))) (setq arr (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbDouble '(0 . 11))) (vlax-safearray-fill arr coords) (setq pl (vla-AddLightWeightPolyline blk arr)) (vla-put-Closed pl :vlax-true) (vla-put-Layer pl "0") (vla-put-Color pl 0) (vla-put-ConstantWidth pl 0.0) (vla-put-Lineweight pl 0) (setq hatch (vla-AddHatch blk 0 "SOLID" :vlax-false 0) loop (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbObject '(0 . 0))) (vlax-safearray-put-element loop 0 pl) (vla-AppendOuterLoop hatch loop) (vla-put-Layer hatch "0") (vla-put-Color hatch 255) (vla-put-EntityTransparency hatch "0") (vla-Evaluate hatch) (setq att (vla-AddAttribute blk 0.10 0 "Number" (vlax-3d-point '(0.0 0.0 0.0)) "NUM" "1")) (vla-put-Layer att "0") (vla-put-Color att 0) (vla-put-StyleName att "Standard") (vla-put-Height att 0.10) (vla-put-Alignment att 10) (vla-put-TextAlignmentPoint att (vlax-3d-point '(0.0 0.0 0.0))) (vla-put-BlockScaling blk 1) (vla-put-Explodable blk :vlax-false) (setq dict (vla-GetExtensionDictionary blk) order (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-GetObject (list dict "ACAD_SORTENTS"))) (if (vl-catch-all-error-p order) (setq order (vla-AddObject dict "ACAD_SORTENTS" "AcDbSortentsTable"))) (vlax-safearray-put-element loop 0 hatch) (vla-MoveToBottom order loop) name) (defun R0:CN-BlockDef (doc / name i blocks blk compatible ready) (setq name "CN_HEX" i 0 blocks (vla-get-Blocks doc)) (while (not ready) (if (not (tblsearch "BLOCK" name)) (progn (R0:CN-NewBlock doc name) (setq ready T)) (progn (setq blk (vla-Item blocks name) compatible (vl-catch-all-apply 'R0:CN-BlockCompatible (list blk))) (if (and (not (vl-catch-all-error-p compatible)) compatible) (setq ready T) (progn (setq i (1+ i) name (strcat "CN_HEX_14_" (itoa i))) (if (> i 1000) (R0:CN-Fail "Too many conflicting marker block names."))))))) (if (> i 0) (princ (strcat "\nExisting block definitions preserved. Using " name "."))) name) (defun R0:CN-Marker (space src center number / obj scale side atts att found box w h factor) (setq scale (R0:CN-Scale (vla-get-Height src)) side (R0:CN-Side (vla-get-Height src)) obj (R0:CN-Register (vla-InsertBlock space (vlax-3d-point center) cn-blockname scale scale scale 0.0))) (R0:CN-Props obj src) (setq atts (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-GetAttributes obj)))) (foreach att atts (if (= (strcase (vla-get-TagString att)) "NUM") (progn (setq found T) (vla-put-TextString att (itoa number)) (vla-put-StyleName att (vla-get-StyleName src)) (vla-put-Height att (vla-get-Height src)) (vla-put-Alignment att 10) (vla-put-TextAlignmentPoint att (vlax-3d-point center)) (setq box (R0:CN-Box att) w (- (caadr box) (caar box)) h (R0:CN-Height box) factor (min 1.0 (/ (* side 1.45) (max w 1e-12)) (/ (* side 1.2) (max h 1e-12)))) (if (< factor 1.0) (vla-put-Height att (* (vla-get-Height att) factor))) (vla-put-TextAlignmentPoint att (vlax-3d-point center)) (vla-Update att) (if (/= (vla-get-TextString att) (itoa number)) (R0:CN-Fail "Could not verify the NUM attribute."))))) (if (not found) (R0:CN-Fail "Marker has no editable NUM attribute.")) obj) (defun R0:CN-InPlace (space src content records height width point initial / probe single lineProbe box top left side rec prefix total partHeight offset cy center number previous overlaps) (setq probe (R0:CN-Text space src content width height point (vla-get-AttachmentPoint src))) (vla-put-Visible probe :vlax-false) (setq box (R0:CN-Box probe) top (cadadr box) left (caar box) side (R0:CN-Side height) number initial overlaps 0) (vla-put-AttachmentPoint probe 1) (vla-put-InsertionPoint probe (vlax-3d-point point)) (setq single (R0:CN-Text space src "M" width height point 1) lineProbe (R0:CN-Text space src "M" width height point 1)) (vla-put-Visible single :vlax-false) (vla-put-Visible lineProbe :vlax-false) (foreach rec records (setq prefix (strcat "{" (substr content 1 (cadr rec)) (caddr rec))) (vla-put-TextString probe prefix) (setq total (R0:CN-Height (R0:CN-Box probe))) (vla-put-TextString single (car rec)) (setq partHeight (R0:CN-Height (R0:CN-Box single)) offset (R0:CN-AnchorOffset lineProbe (car rec) partHeight) cy (- (+ (- top total) partHeight) offset) center (list (- left side (* 0.7 height)) cy (caddr point))) (if (and previous (< (abs (- previous cy)) (* (sqrt 3.0) side))) (setq overlaps (1+ overlaps))) (R0:CN-Marker space src center number) (setq previous cy number (1+ number))) (R0:CN-Discard lineProbe) (R0:CN-Discard single) (R0:CN-Discard probe) (if (> overlaps 0) (princ (strcat "\n[!] " (itoa overlaps) " adjacent marker pairs may overlap." " Increase paragraph spacing or use CNC; original MTEXT was not moved."))) number) (defun R0:CN-Relocate (space src parts height width point initial / number side apothem para obj box realHeight offset upper lower cy bottom probe delta) (setq number initial side (R0:CN-Side height) apothem (* side (/ (sqrt 3.0) 2.0)) probe (R0:CN-Text space src "M" width height point 1)) (vla-put-Visible probe :vlax-false) (foreach para parts (setq obj (R0:CN-Text space src para width height (list (+ (car point) side (* 0.7 height)) (cadr point) (caddr point)) 1) box (R0:CN-Box obj) realHeight (R0:CN-Height box) offset (R0:CN-AnchorOffset probe para realHeight) upper (max apothem offset) lower (max apothem (- realHeight offset)) cy (if bottom (- bottom (* 0.8 height) upper) (cadr point)) delta (- (+ cy offset) (cadadr box))) (vla-Move obj (vlax-3d-point '(0.0 0.0 0.0)) (vlax-3d-point (list 0.0 delta 0.0))) (R0:CN-Marker space src (list (car point) cy (caddr point)) number) (setq bottom (- cy lower) number (1+ number))) (R0:CN-Discard probe) number) (defun R0:CN-Cleanup (rollback / obj result) (if rollback (progn (foreach obj cn-saved (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-put-TextString (list (car obj) (cadr obj))) (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-Update (list (car obj)))) (foreach obj cn-erased (if (not (entget obj)) (if (not (entdel obj)) (princ "\n[!] Could not restore an old marker; use UNDO.")))))) (if (and rollback cn-retiring cn-source (null (entget cn-source))) (if (not (entdel cn-source)) (princ "\n[!] Check whether the original MTEXT was restored."))) (if rollback (progn (foreach obj cn-created (if (not (vlax-erased-p obj)) (progn (setq result (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-Delete (list obj))) (if (vl-catch-all-error-p result) (princ "\n[!] Could not remove an output object; use UNDO to review this run."))))) (if cn-newblock (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-Delete (list cn-newblock))))) (if cn-highlight (vl-catch-all-apply 'redraw (list cn-source 4))) (if cn-undo (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-EndUndoMark (list cn-doc))) (foreach obj cn-vars (vl-catch-all-apply 'setvar (list (car obj) (cdr obj)))) (princ)) (defun R0:CN-Run (relocate / *error* cn-msg cn-created cn-source cn-highlight cn-doc cn-undo cn-vars cn-retiring cn-newblock cn-blockname cn-label cn-erased cn-saved oldmarkers src data content records parts height width rotation normal style initial option point space number obj) (defun *error* (msg) (R0:CN-Cleanup T) (cond (cn-msg (princ (strcat "\n[!] " cn-label ": " cn-msg))) ((and msg (not (wcmatch (strcase msg) "*CANCEL*,*QUIT*,*BREAK*,*EXIT*"))) (princ (strcat "\n[!] " cn-label ": " msg))) (T (princ (strcat "\n" cn-label " canceled. Original preserved.")))) (princ)) (setq cn-label (if relocate "CNC" "CN") cn-doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) cn-vars (list (cons "DYNMODE" (getvar "DYNMODE")) (cons "DYNPROMPT" (getvar "DYNPROMPT")) (cons "ERRNO" (getvar "ERRNO")))) (setvar "DYNMODE" 3) (setvar "DYNPROMPT" 1) (if (setq cn-source (R0:CN-Select)) (progn (setq src (vlax-ename->vla-object cn-source) data (entget cn-source) content (R0:CN-Normalize (vla-get-TextString src)) height (vla-get-Height src) width (vla-get-Width src) rotation (vla-get-Rotation src) normal (cdr (assoc 210 data)) style (tblobjname "STYLE" (vla-get-StyleName src))) (if (and normal (not (equal normal '(0.0 0.0 1.0) 1e-8))) (R0:CN-Fail "This version requires text on a plane parallel to WCS XY.")) (if (vl-string-search "%<" content) (R0:CN-Fail "MTEXT fields are not supported.")) (if (and (assoc 75 data) (/= 0 (cdr (assoc 75 data)))) (R0:CN-Fail "Disable MTEXT columns before numbering.")) (if (or (= (cdr (assoc 72 data)) 3) (/= 0 (logand 4 (cdr (assoc 70 (tblsearch "STYLE" (vla-get-StyleName src))))))) (R0:CN-Fail "Vertical text is not supported.")) (if (or (R0:CN-Annotative cn-source) (and style (R0:CN-Annotative style))) (R0:CN-Fail "Use non-annotative MTEXT and a non-annotative style.")) (if (<= height 0.0) (R0:CN-Fail "Invalid text height.")) (setq records (R0:CN-Records content) parts (mapcar 'car records)) (if (not parts) (R0:CN-Fail "No non-empty paragraphs found.")) (if (> (length parts) 10000) (R0:CN-Fail "The limit is 10000 paragraphs per run.")) (redraw cn-source 3) (setq cn-highlight T) (princ (strcat "\n" (itoa (length parts)) " paragraphs | Hexagon side: " (rtos (R0:CN-Side height) 2 5) " | Scale: " (rtos (R0:CN-Scale height) 2 4))) (if (or (vl-string-search "\\H" content) (vl-string-search "\\S" content)) (princ "\n[!] Height overrides/stacked text found; visually check the first-two-line alignment.")) (setq initial (R0:CN-Initial)) (if (> (+ initial (length parts) -1) 999999999) (R0:CN-Fail "The final number would exceed 999999999.")) (if relocate (progn (initget "Keep Delete") (setq option (getkword "\nCNC | ORIGINAL [Keep/Delete] <Keep>: ")) (initget 1) (setq point (trans (getpoint (strcat "\nCNC | Center of FIRST hexagon (" (itoa initial) "): ")) 1 0))) (setq option "Keep" point (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-get-InsertionPoint src))))) (setq space (vlax-ename->vla-object (cdr (assoc 330 (reverse data))))) (if (and (= 1 (logand 1 (getvar "UNDOCTL"))) (= 0 (logand 8 (getvar "UNDOCTL")))) (progn (vla-StartUndoMark cn-doc) (setq cn-undo T))) (if (not relocate) (progn (setq oldmarkers (R0:CN-FindMarkers src)) (foreach obj oldmarkers (if (not (R0:CN-Editable obj)) (R0:CN-Fail (strcat "Existing marker layer is locked, frozen or off: " (cdr (assoc 8 (entget obj))) ". No markers replaced.")))) (if oldmarkers (princ (strcat "\nCN | Replacing " (itoa (length oldmarkers)) " existing markers beside this MTEXT."))))) (setq cn-blockname (R0:CN-BlockDef cn-doc)) (setq number (if relocate (R0:CN-Relocate space src parts height width point initial) (R0:CN-InPlace space src content records height width point initial))) (foreach obj cn-created (if (not (equal rotation 0.0 1e-12)) (vla-Rotate obj (vlax-3d-point point) rotation)) (vla-Update obj) (if (not (entget (vlax-vla-object->ename obj))) (R0:CN-Fail "Could not verify the output."))) (if (/= (length cn-created) (* (if relocate 2 1) (length parts))) (R0:CN-Fail "The output is incomplete.")) (R0:CN-RetireMarkers oldmarkers) (vla-Regen cn-doc 0) (redraw cn-source 4) (setq cn-highlight nil) (if (= option "Delete") (progn (setq cn-retiring T) (if (not (entdel cn-source)) (R0:CN-Fail "Could not delete the original.")))) (setq cn-created nil cn-retiring nil cn-newblock nil cn-erased nil) (R0:CN-Cleanup nil) (princ (strcat "\n[OK] " (itoa (length parts)) " paragraphs | Numbers " (itoa initial) " to " (itoa (1- number)) " | " (if relocate (strcat "Original " (if (= option "Delete") "deleted." "preserved.")) "Original MTEXT unchanged.")))) (R0:CN-Cleanup nil)) (princ)) ;;; Recognize only this routine's marker families and an editable NUM attribute. (defun R0:CN-NumAttribute (obj / att found) (if (= (vla-get-HasAttributes obj) :vlax-true) (foreach att (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-GetAttributes obj))) (if (= (strcase (vla-get-TagString att)) "NUM") (setq found att)))) found) (defun R0:CN-IsMarker (en / obj name) (if (= (cdr (assoc 0 (entget en))) "INSERT") (progn (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object en) name (strcase (if (vlax-property-available-p obj 'EffectiveName) (vla-get-EffectiveName obj) (vla-get-Name obj)))) (and (or (= name "IR_HEX") (= name "CN_HEX") (wcmatch name "CN_HEX_14_#,CN_HEX_14_##,CN_HEX_14_###,CN_HEX_14_####")) (R0:CN-NumAttribute obj))))) (defun R0:CN-Owner (en) (cdr (assoc 330 (reverse (entget en))))) (defun R0:CN-Editable (en / layer) (setq layer (tblsearch "LAYER" (cdr (assoc 8 (entget en))))) (and layer (= 0 (logand 5 (cdr (assoc 70 layer)))) (> (cdr (assoc 62 layer)) 0))) (defun R0:CN-Unrotate (p origin angle / x y c s) (setq x (- (car p) (car origin)) y (- (cadr p) (cadr origin)) c (cos angle) s (sin angle)) (list (+ (car origin) (* x c) (* y s)) (+ (cadr origin) (- (* y c) (* x s))) (caddr p))) (defun R0:CN-InColumn (p box height) (and (>= (car p) (- (caar box) (* 4.0 height))) (<= (car p) (- (caar box) (* 0.5 height))) (>= (cadr p) (- (cadar box) (* 0.10 height))) (<= (cadr p) (+ (cadadr box) (* 0.10 height))) (equal (caddr p) (caddar box) (max 1e-8 (* height 1e-6))))) ;;; Legacy markers have no ownership metadata: use a narrow, text-local left column. ;;; Never search inside definitions or across model/paper-space owners. (defun R0:CN-FindMarkers (src / en owner space probe box point rotation height ss i candidate obj p found) (setq en (vlax-vla-object->ename src) owner (R0:CN-Owner en) space (vlax-ename->vla-object owner) point (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-get-InsertionPoint src))) rotation (vla-get-Rotation src) height (vla-get-Height src)) (if (not (R0:CN-Editable en)) (R0:CN-Fail "The selected text layer is locked, frozen or off.")) (if (and (assoc 210 (entget en)) (not (equal (cdr (assoc 210 (entget en))) '(0.0 0.0 1.0) 1e-8))) (R0:CN-Fail "Marker detection requires MTEXT parallel to WCS XY.")) (setq probe (R0:CN-Text space src (vla-get-TextString src) (vla-get-Width src) height point (vla-get-AttachmentPoint src))) (vla-put-Visible probe :vlax-false) (setq box (R0:CN-Box probe)) (R0:CN-Discard probe) (setq ss (ssget "_X" '((0 . "INSERT"))) i 0) (if ss (repeat (sslength ss) (setq candidate (ssname ss i) i (1+ i)) (if (and (equal owner (R0:CN-Owner candidate)) (R0:CN-IsMarker candidate)) (progn (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object candidate) p (R0:CN-Unrotate (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-get-InsertionPoint obj))) point rotation)) (if (R0:CN-InColumn p box height) (setq found (cons candidate found))))))) found) ;;; Defer removal until new output is verified; record every erased reference for rollback. (defun R0:CN-RetireMarkers (items / en) (foreach en items (if (not (R0:CN-Editable en)) (R0:CN-Fail (strcat "Existing marker layer is locked, frozen or off: " (cdr (assoc 8 (entget en))) ". No markers replaced.")))) (foreach en items (setq cn-erased (cons en cn-erased)) (if (not (entdel en)) (R0:CN-Fail "Could not replace an existing marker.")))) (defun R0:CN-SortMarkers (items angle / rows en obj p index) (setq index 0) (foreach en items (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object en) p (R0:CN-Unrotate (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-get-InsertionPoint obj))) '(0.0 0.0 0.0) angle) rows (cons (list en (car p) (cadr p) index) rows) index (1+ index))) (mapcar 'car (vl-sort rows '(lambda (a b) (cond ((/= (caddr a) (caddr b)) (> (caddr a) (caddr b))) ((/= (cadr a) (cadr b)) (< (cadr a) (cadr b))) (T (< (cadddr a) (cadddr b)))))))) (defun R0:CN-Renumber (/ *error* cn-msg cn-created cn-source cn-highlight cn-doc cn-undo cn-vars cn-retiring cn-newblock cn-erased cn-saved cn-label ss i en obj items found candidate angle initial number att) (defun *error* (msg) (R0:CN-Cleanup T) (cond (cn-msg (princ (strcat "\n[!] CNR: " cn-msg))) ((and msg (not (wcmatch (strcase msg) "*CANCEL*,*QUIT*,*BREAK*,*EXIT*"))) (princ (strcat "\n[!] CNR: " msg))) (T (princ "\nCNR canceled. Previous numbers restored."))) (princ)) (setq cn-label "CNR" cn-doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) cn-vars (list (cons "DYNMODE" (getvar "DYNMODE")) (cons "DYNPROMPT" (getvar "DYNPROMPT")) (cons "ERRNO" (getvar "ERRNO")))) (setvar "DYNMODE" 3) (setvar "DYNPROMPT" 1) (princ "\nCNR | Select MTEXT to detect its markers, or select the hexagon blocks: ") (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "MTEXT,INSERT")))) (if ss (progn (if (and (= 1 (logand 1 (getvar "UNDOCTL"))) (= 0 (logand 8 (getvar "UNDOCTL")))) (progn (vla-StartUndoMark cn-doc) (setq cn-undo T))) (setq i 0) (repeat (sslength ss) (setq en (ssname ss i) i (1+ i) obj (vlax-ename->vla-object en)) (setq found (cond ((= (vla-get-ObjectName obj) "AcDbMText") (R0:CN-FindMarkers obj)) ((R0:CN-IsMarker en) (list en)))) (foreach candidate found (if (not (member candidate items)) (setq items (cons candidate items))))) (if (not items) (R0:CN-Fail "No recognized hexagons found. Select the marker blocks directly.")) (if (> (length items) 10000) (R0:CN-Fail "Select at most 10000 markers.")) (setq angle (vla-get-Rotation (vlax-ename->vla-object (car items)))) (foreach en items (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object en)) (if (not (R0:CN-Editable en)) (R0:CN-Fail (strcat "Marker layer is locked, frozen or off: " (cdr (assoc 8 (entget en))) ". No numbers changed."))) (if (not (equal (sin (/ (- (vla-get-Rotation obj) angle) 2.0)) 0.0 1e-6)) (R0:CN-Fail "Select one text orientation at a time."))) (setq items (R0:CN-SortMarkers items angle)) (princ (strcat "\nCNR | " (itoa (length items)) " markers | Top to bottom in text orientation.")) (setq initial (R0:CN-Initial) number initial) (if (> (+ initial (length items) -1) 999999999) (R0:CN-Fail "Final number exceeds 999999999.")) (foreach en items (setq att (R0:CN-NumAttribute (vlax-ename->vla-object en))) (setq cn-saved (cons (list att (vla-get-TextString att)) cn-saved)) (vla-put-TextString att (itoa number)) (vla-Update att) (if (/= (vla-get-TextString att) (itoa number)) (R0:CN-Fail "Could not verify a new number.")) (setq number (1+ number))) (vla-Regen cn-doc 0) (setq cn-saved nil) (princ (strcat "\n[OK] CNR | " (itoa (length items)) " markers | " (itoa initial) " to " (itoa (1- number)) " | Geometry and positions unchanged.")))) (R0:CN-Cleanup nil) (princ)) (defun c:CNR () (R0:CN-Renumber)) (defun c:CN () (R0:CN-Run nil)) (defun c:CNC () (R0:CN-Run T)) (princ "\nHEXENUM 1.5.1 | CN: number/replace | CNC: create elsewhere | CNR: renumber.") (princ) Hi @dber I’ve got the final version fully polished and working perfectly. Here is the updated code and a quick GIF showing it in action. All your requests are covered: Commands: Renamed to CN and CNC. Block Scaling & Style: The CN_HEX block now uses uniform scaling, matches your MTEXT text style and height perfectly, and won't distort or explode. Hexagon Positioning: Single and double lines are perfectly centered. For 3+ lines, the hexagon is now precisely aligned between the 1st and 2nd lines. Bonus features included: CNR Command: Use this to easily renumber existing hexagons if you ever need to change the starting number. Smart Replacement: If you run CN again, it automatically replaces the old markers without creating duplicates. Auto-Realignment: If you change the MTEXT width grip, just run CN again and it realigns everything instantly. Give it a try and let me know how it works for your project! Best, Romero

Hello everyone! Today, I’d like to share with you an AutoLISP routine for STEEL PLATE FABRICATION. Download: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aJmLA-P5mX8ykPFYp5ShD5DTIBxQkDKm?usp=sharing

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Inspired by SWL210 tonight... An update to this one.... it is a bit more complex then just grabbing an entity or entering a text value... Went down the grread route which gave the results I want. Command is (entortext "Message" '(List 1) '(List 2) ) Message: Text message such as "Enter a value, or select some text" '(List 1) - Control characters to end the selection process in ASCII codes: 13 = Enter, 32 = Space ('List 2) - Text Control for selections: "A" - Alphabetical characters only (a, A - z, Z) as text entry or any text entity selection "N" - Numerical Characters only (1-9 .) as text entry, or pure numerical text entity selection "P" - Punctuation characters (< > , . / ?.....) as "A" but text is only punctuation "M" - Mathematical modifiers (+ - / *.....) as "A" but text is only numerical modifiers (I should change this t be the same as "N") "E" - any entity is selectable. Without E is selection is text only List 2 can be joined eg '("A" "M" "N" "P") to select any text (also '("N" "P") works and enter any text Special option: If 'N' is used only numerical text is selectable, 'A' will allow any text entity to be selectable. Combined also works for selecting any text (but only entering A-Z, 1-9 here no punctuation) For example "Select an entity or 'O' for Options") '(79 111) '("E") Note: Distinguishes between cases.... Note here 'O' for options, for example, excludes that as part of a text string to be returned - selection is ended on 'O' There are examples, entorent, entorstring, entorvalue to look at in there. Returns: If text is entered: '("text", ASCII of enter method (13, 32..), nil) If Entity is selected: '(<entity name>, point selected, insert point of selection If Escape pressed: ("Lucky escape" 27 nil) - escape is captured and returned to the calling function - handy if selecting in a while loop If that makes sense, have a play. Oh, and an easter egg for you which might or might not work... ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun EntorCommand (/ *error* RunLispCommand RunNativeCommand MyCommand LispCheck Result ErrorMessage CommandStatus ) (defun *error* (Msg) (if (> (getvar "CMDACTIVE") 0) (command) ) ; ;; Cancel any native command still running. (cond ((null Msg) (princ "\nCommand ended with error.")) ((wcmatch (strcase Msg) "*BREAK*,*CANCEL*,*EXIT*" ) (princ "\nCommand cancelled.") ) (t (princ (strcat "\nCommand error: " Msg ))) ) ; End Cond (princ) ) ; End Defun *error* (defun RunLispCommand (LispFunction /) (apply LispFunction nil) ) ; End Defun RunLispCommand (defun RunNativeCommand (CommandName /) (command CommandName) (while (> (getvar "CMDACTIVE") 0) (command pause) ) ; End While ) ; End Defun RunNativeCommand (setq MyCommand (strcase (getstring "\nPausing Text Selection.\n(Command Line to) Enter Command: " ))) (setq LispCheck (vl-catch-all-apply 'eval (list (read (strcat "C:" MyCommand) )))) (if (and LispCheck (not (vl-catch-all-error-p LispCheck)) ) ; end and (progn ; LISP (setq Result (vl-catch-all-apply 'RunLispCommand (list (read (strcat "C:" MyCommand))))) (if (vl-catch-all-error-p Result) (progn ; LISP Error (setq ErrorMessage (vl-catch-all-error-message Result)) (if (wcmatch (strcase ErrorMessage) "*BREAK*,*CANCEL*,*EXIT*,*ABORT*" ) (princ (strcat "\nLISP command " MyCommand " cancelled: " ErrorMessage )) (princ (strcat "\nLISP Command " MyCommand " ended with an error: " ErrorMessage )) ) ; End If ) ; End Progn (progn ; LISP Completed (setq CommandStatus "completed") ) ; End Progn ) ; End If ) ; End Progn (progn ; Native AutoCAD Command (setq Result (vl-catch-all-apply 'RunNativeCommand (list MyCommand) )) (if (vl-catch-all-error-p Result) (progn ; Native Command Error (setq ErrorMessage (vl-catch-all-error-message Result)) (if (> (getvar "CMDACTIVE") 0) (command) ) ; Ends command if running (if (wcmatch (strcase ErrorMessage) "*BREAK*,*CANCEL*,*EXIT*,*ABORT*") (princ (strcat "\nCommand " MyCommand " cancelled: " ErrorMessage )) (princ (strcat "\nCommand " MyCommand " ended with an error: " ErrorMessage )) ) ; End If ) ; End Progn (progn ; Native Command Completed (setq CommandStatus "completed") ) ; End Progn ) ; End If ) ; End Progn ) ; End If (princ "\nEnded Command") (princ) ) ; End Defun ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;Ent Or Text options: ;;msg: Message to user ;;EndString: ASCII character code List '(13 32....) that will end the selection process. Note: add upper and lower cases ;;TextTypes: A list of letters to accept A: Alphabet, E: Entities, M: Mathematical symbols, N: Numbers, P: Punctuation symbols (defun EntOrEnt (msg EndString / TextTypes)(EntorText msg EndString '("E"))) ; entities only ; Equivalent to EntSel + Escape! (defun EntOrStr (msg EndString / TextTypes)(EntorText msg EndString '("N" "M" "A" "P" "E"))) (defun EntOrVal (msg EndString / TextTypes)(EntorText msg EndString '("N" "M" "E"))) (defun EntorText ( msg EndString TextTypes / MyTextType EndLoop grsel sela sel MyEnt MyValue MyCharacters MyCommand enta entb pt lw MyList MyTextString EscapeCode NestedSelection) (setq EscapeCode nil) (if (= (type EndString) 'LIST) (progn) (setq EndString (list 13 32)) ;; 13: Enter, 32: Space ('T' in getstring) ) ; End String (if (= (type msg) 'Str) (princ msg) (princ (setq msg "Select or enter text: ")) ) (if (= (type TextTypes) 'LIST) (progn) (setq TextTypes (list "A" "N" "P" "M")) ;; A: Alphabet, N: Numerical, P: Punctuation, M: Mathemtatical ) ; End String ;;Starting values (setq MyValue "") (setq MyEnt (list)) (setq EndLoop "No") (setq MyCommand 0) (setq MyTextType nil) (if (or (member "N" TextTypes)(member "n" TextTypes)) (setq MyTextType (strcat (if (= MyTextType nil) "" MyTextType) "1234567890.,"))) ; Numerical (if (or (member "A" TextTypes)(member "a" TextTypes)) (setq MyTextType (strcat (if (= MyTextType nil) "" MyTextType) "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"))) ; Alphabet (if (or (member "P" TextTypes)(member "p" TextTypes)) (setq MyTextType (strcat (if (= MyTextType nil) "" MyTextType) "`#`~`@\\|<`,>`.`?/¬``!\"£$%^&`*()`-_="))) ; Punctuation (if (or (member "M" TextTypes)(member "m" TextTypes)) (setq MyTextType (strcat (if (= MyTextType nil) "" MyTextType) "=/+-`*`.`,"))) ; Maths Functions (if (or (member "E" TextTypes)(member "e" TextTypes)) (setq MyTextType (strcat (if (= MyTextType nil) "" MyTextType) ""))) ; Entity (implied in code if not listed) (if (= MyTextType nil)(setq MyTextType "1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")) ;;Loop for grread function (while (= EndLoop "No") (setq grsel (vl-catch-all-apply 'grread '(nil 13 2))) ; catch errors (escape key) (if (vl-catch-all-error-p grsel) ;; escape pressed, end loop (progn (setq EndLoop "Yes") (princ (strcat "\n" (setq MyValue "Lucky escape"))) (setq escapecode 27) (setq MyEnt nil) (if lw (redraw lw 4) ) ) ;end progn escape pressed (progn (setq sela (car grsel)) (if (= sela 5) ; Highlight on hover (progn (if lw (redraw lw 4) ) ;Remove any highlight (if (and (setq pt (cadr grsel) ) (setq lw (ssget pt)) (setq lw (ssname lw 0)) ) ; end and (redraw lw 3) ) ; end if ) ; end progn ) ; end if (if (or (= sela 2)(= sela 3) ) ; text entry or mouse click (progn (setq sel (nth 1 grsel)) (if (= (type sel) 'LIST) (progn (setq MyList '("TEXT" "MTEXT" "RTEXT" "ATTRIB" "ATTDEF" "DIMENSION" "INSERT")) ; list of entity types allowed to select (if (or (member "E" TextTypes)(member "e" TextTypes)) (setq MyList (append MyList (list "LINE" "POLYLINE" "3DPOLYLINE" "LWPOLYLINE" "MLINE" "SPLINE" "POLYGON" "MPOLYGON" "VIEWPORT" "WIPEOUT" "ELLIPSE" "CIRCLE" "ARC" "POINT" "HATCH" "SURFACE" "SOLID3D" "SHAPE" "FACE" "3DFACE" "SOLID" "3DSOLID" "TRACE" "RAY" "XLINE" "RASTER" "XREF" ))) ) ;;SP TO complete this list with: ;;ACAD_PROXY_ENTITY, BODY, HELIX, IMAGE, LEADER LIGHT, MULTILEADER, MLEADERSTYLE, ;;OLEFRAME, OLE2FRAME, REGION, SECTION, SEQEND, SHAPE, SUN, TABLE, TOLERANCE,UNDERLAY, VERTEX, (setq MyEnt (nentselp sel)) (cond ((or (= nil MyEnt) (= (member (cdr (assoc 0 (entget(car MyEnt)))) MyList) nil) ) ; Endor (progn (Princ "\nMissed! Try again.\n")(princ msg) ;; or add in here 'ssget' (setq MyEnt nil) ) ) ( T ;; Text selected (if (equal TextTypes '("E"))(princ ": Ahh, you selected a thing")(princ ": Fantastic selecting ability.")) ;;Check if numerical only selection (if (or (equal TextTypes '("N")) (equal TextTypes '("n")) ) ; endor (progn (setq entb (last (last (nentselp (last grsel))))); grsel point value (if (and (/= entb nil) (/= (type entb) 'real)) (if (wcmatch (cdr (assoc 0 (entget entb))) "ACAD_TABLE,*DIMENSION,*LEADER")(setq MyEnt (list entb (last grsel)))) (progn) ) (setq MyTextString (cdr (assoc 1 (entget (car MyEnt)))) ) (setq mytextString (LM:Unformat MytextString nil)) ; Unformat string (if (or (wcmatch (strcat MyTextString) "*[~1234567890`.`,]*") (and (vl-string-search "." MyTextString) (vl-string-search "." MyTextString (+ (vl-string-search "." MyTextString) 1)) ) ; end and ) ; endor (progn (princ (strcat " However, selection is not numerical,\n" Msg ", or [esc]: ")) (setq MyEnt nil) ) ; end progn (progn (setq EndLoop "Yes") ) ) ; end if number check ) ; end progn numerical (progn (setq EndLoop "Yes") ) ; end progn ) ; end if ) ; end cond T ) ; end conds (if lw (redraw lw 4)) ; remember to (redraw xyz 3) in originating code to keep highlight (setq sel nil) ) ; end progn ; selection is list (progn (setq MyCharacters (list 137)) ; list of single characters to accept (if (member 32 Endstring)(progn)(setq MyCharacters (cons 32 MyCharacters))) ; add [space] if 't' (if (or ;;limit characters able to able to be used ;; remove escape keys later (wcmatch MyTextType (strcat "*" (strcase (chr sel)) "*"));; Strcase to include caps (= sel 92) ; '\' character for commands (member sel MyCharacters) ) ; endor (progn (if (= sel 92) ;; If double '\\' enter commands - check if '\' entered (progn (setq MyCommand (+ MyCommand 1)) (if (= MyCommand 2) (progn (princ (chr 8)) ; remove last '\' from command line (setq MyValue (vl-string-right-trim (chr 92) MyValue)) ; remove '\' from result (EntorCommand) (setq MyCommand 0) (setq sel nil) (princ "\nResume Text Selection.\n")(princ MSG)(if MyValue (princ MyValue)) ) ; end progn command = 2 (progn (if (member sel EndString) ;; remove escape keys from MyValue (progn) (progn (princ (chr sel)) (setq MyValue (strcat MyValue (chr sel) )) ) ; end progn ) ; end if ) ; end progn ) ; end if ) ; end progn (progn (setq MyCommand 0) (if (member sel EndString) ;; remove escape keys from MyValue (progn) (progn (princ (chr sel)) (setq MyValue (strcat MyValue (chr sel) )) ) ; end progn ) ; end if ) ; end progn ) ; end if ) ) (if (member sel EndString) ; enter (progn (setq EndLoop "Yes") (setq EscapeCode sel) ) ; end progn (progn ) ) ; end if (if (= sel 8) ; backspace (progn (if (> (strlen MyValue) 0) (progn (setq MyValue (substr MyValue 1 (- (strlen MyValue) 1))) (princ (chr sel)) ) ; end progn ) ; end if ) ; end progn (progn ) ) ; end if ) ; end progn ) ; end if list ) ; end progn ) ; end if text / mouse entry ) ; end progn ) ; end if catch-all-error ) ; end while (if (or ( = (length MyEnt) 0)(= MyEnt nil)) ;; if no entity selected.. text entry (progn ;; If text is entered ) ; end progn (progn (setq enta (car MyEnt)) (setq pt (cdr (assoc 10 (entget enta))) ) (setq entb (last (last (nentselp pt)))) ;; use sel? ;; nested entities (if (and (/= entb nil) (/= (type entb) 'real) (wcmatch (cdr (assoc 0 (entget entb))) "ACAD_TABLE,*DIMENSION,*LEADER") ) ; end and (setq MyValue entb) ; If entity is DIM, Table, Leader (setq MyValue enta) ; ELse entity ) ; end if ) ; end progn ) ; end if ;;Result - '(MyValue Pt) ;;'Ended ##' : An escape character code if entered ;;'Lucky Escape' : Escape key pressed ;;<Entity name: ##> : The selected entity ;;Other character : Entered Characters ;;(cadr grsel) - mouse point ;;pt - entity insert point (assoc 10) (if EscapeCode (setq MyValue (list MyValue EscapeCode nil)) (setq MyValue (list MyValue (cadr grsel) pt)) ) MyValue ) Al Still thinks this is a native command "EntOrText" by the way...

Python Slide(.SLD) to wxImage In the next release (3.1.16), I added a function, image: wx.Image = Gs.Core.slideToWxImage(test_slide_path, width, height, [R, G, B]) for people that are used to using slides in their dialogs.

Yes, I already mentioned that. Easy enough to place them manually, but replacing the dimrad/dimdia marks are not as easy as I was hoping, or I am going about it wrong. I set the Layer I create Centermark to Bylayer and the CENTERMARK layer on that with CENTERLTYPE to ByLayer and that issue is fixed. CENTERLTYPEFILE, I think I have a way to detect Metric and change that to acadiso.lin, so that's solved. I have to get it to find the object, since CENTERMARK works by getting the Circle or Arc object. I am thinking about just turning off the Dimrad/Dimdia Mark/Line and placing a CENTERMARK on all circles and arcs in current space or entire drawing, though that would have concentric objects with more than one, so I have to still sort for the largest for correct size. I have the original using lines working better and properly sizing automatically now, but still tweaking, I am leaving the crosshair lines option for older AutoCAD and CAD's that don't have CENTERMARK option.

1. too many lisp to remember what each one dose. 2. how to bring all of those lisp's up to a new computer. I have 189 lisps at the moment. well, 1. I have a simple excel table of all my lisps, the file name, the command and what they do. every time I add a lisp I add it to the file to keep track and to know what they do if I didn't add description in lisp file at the top as a remark. 2. to load them I don't use appload for each one. I use lisp file with autoload line for each lisp and use appload only for that file,one line only in the appload command. 3. upgrade to a new computer/laptop? copy all the lisp files to the new computer including the autoload lisp, run appload to load that startup lisp, check the "AUTOLOAD" check box and you are done, again - one lisp to load all the others. and if you had dependencies between lisp on the old machine they should work on the new one as well. one side note: for me, When I see a compiled file here on the forum I tend to stay away from it. This forum is built on open source, and compiled code here, at least for me, is some what of a bad taste...

@dber From your post, I understood that you want to number construction detail notes from an existing MTEXT object. I put together two versions so you can try both and choose whichever suits your workflow: - Loose geometry: separate hexagon outlines, solid fills and text numbers. - Block with attribute: each marker is a block with an editable number attribute. Both versions read manual paragraph breaks in the MTEXT. Wrapped lines remain part of the same numbered paragraph, and empty paragraphs are skipped. Each hexagon is sized proportionally to the text and centered vertically beside its paragraph. Commands: - HENL / HENB: add markers beside the existing MTEXT without moving or splitting it. - HENLC / HENBC: create separate numbered paragraphs at a location you pick, with the option to keep or delete the original. You can load both files together—their commands are different. These versions are intended for single-column, non-annotative MTEXT without fields. Give them a try and let me know how they work for your example. Code below. ;;; HEXENUM 1.2 - Loose geometry | AutoCAD Windows / Visual LISP ;;; HENL / HEXENUML: number the existing MTEXT in place. ;;; HENLC / HEXENUMLC: create separate paragraphs at a picked location. ;;; Hexagon side = 1.8 x nominal text height; SOLID fill = ACI 255. ;;; Both editions can be loaded together; command and helper names are isolated. (vl-load-com) (defun R0:HENL-Fail (msg) (setq henl-msg msg) (exit)) (defun R0:HENL-Prefix (frames / result frame) (setq result "") (foreach frame (reverse frames) (setq result (strcat result "{" frame))) result) (defun R0:HENL-Close (frames / result) (setq result "") (repeat (length frames) (setq result (strcat result "}"))) result) (defun R0:HENL-Records (s / i n ch next token frames part visible result j brk start) (setq i 1 n (strlen s) frames (list "") part "{" visible nil) (while (<= i n) (setq start i ch (substr s i 1) next (substr s (1+ i) 1) brk nil) (cond ((or (= ch (chr 10)) (= ch (chr 13))) (setq brk T) (if (and (= ch (chr 13)) (= next (chr 10))) (setq i (1+ i))) (setq i (1+ i))) ((= ch "\\") (cond ((= next "P") (setq brk T i (+ i 2))) ((= next "N") (R0:HENL-Fail "Column breaks found. Set the MTEXT to a single column.")) ((member next '("\\" "{" "}" "~")) (setq part (strcat part (substr s i 2)) i (+ i 2)) (if (/= next "~") (setq visible T))) ((member next '("A" "C" "c" "F" "f" "H" "Q" "T" "W" "p" "S")) (setq j (+ i 2)) (while (and (<= j n) (/= (substr s j 1) ";")) (setq j (1+ j))) (if (> j n) (R0:HENL-Fail "Incomplete MTEXT formatting code.")) (setq token (substr s i (1+ (- j i))) part (strcat part token) i (1+ j)) (if (= next "S") (setq visible T) (setq frames (cons (strcat (car frames) token) (cdr frames))))) ((member next '("L" "l" "O" "o" "K" "k")) (setq token (substr s i 2) part (strcat part token) i (+ i 2) frames (cons (strcat (car frames) token) (cdr frames)))) ((and (= next "U") (= (substr s (+ i 2) 1) "+")) (setq part (strcat part (substr s i 7)) i (+ i 7) visible T)) (T (setq part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i) visible T)))) ((= ch "{") (setq frames (cons "" frames) part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i))) ((= ch "}") (if (null (cdr frames)) (R0:HENL-Fail "Unbalanced formatting braces.")) (setq frames (cdr frames) part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i))) (T (setq part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i)) (if (not (member ch (list " " (chr 9)))) (setq visible T)))) (if brk (progn (if visible (setq result (cons (list (strcat part (R0:HENL-Close frames)) (1- start) (R0:HENL-Close frames)) result))) (setq part (R0:HENL-Prefix frames) visible nil)))) (if (/= (length frames) 1) (R0:HENL-Fail "Unbalanced formatting braces.")) (if visible (setq result (cons (list (strcat part (R0:HENL-Close frames)) n (R0:HENL-Close frames)) result))) (reverse result)) (defun R0:HENL-Split (s) (mapcar 'car (R0:HENL-Records s))) (defun R0:HENL-Normalize (s) (while (vl-string-search (strcat (chr 13) (chr 10)) s) (setq s (vl-string-subst "\\P" (strcat (chr 13) (chr 10)) s))) (while (vl-string-search (chr 13) s) (setq s (vl-string-subst "\\P" (chr 13) s))) (while (vl-string-search (chr 10) s) (setq s (vl-string-subst "\\P" (chr 10) s))) s) (defun R0:HENL-Register (obj) (setq henl-created (cons obj henl-created)) obj) (defun R0:HENL-Box (obj / lo hi) (vla-Update obj) (vla-GetBoundingBox obj 'lo 'hi) (list (vlax-safearray->list lo) (vlax-safearray->list hi))) (defun R0:HENL-Props (obj src) (vla-put-Layer obj (vla-get-Layer src)) (vla-put-TrueColor obj (vla-get-TrueColor src)) obj) (defun R0:HENL-Text (space src content width h at attach / obj) (setq obj (R0:HENL-Register (vla-AddMText space (vlax-3d-point at) width content))) (R0:HENL-Props obj src) (vla-put-StyleName obj (vla-get-StyleName src)) (vla-put-Height obj h) (vla-put-Rotation obj 0.0) (vla-put-AttachmentPoint obj attach) (vla-put-InsertionPoint obj (vlax-3d-point at)) (vla-put-LineSpacingStyle obj (vla-get-LineSpacingStyle src)) (vla-put-LineSpacingFactor obj (vla-get-LineSpacingFactor src)) obj) (defun R0:HENL-Hex (space src center side / coords k a arr obj) (setq k 5) (repeat 6 (setq a (* pi (/ k 3.0)) coords (cons (+ (car center) (* side (cos a))) (cons (+ (cadr center) (* side (sin a))) coords)) k (1- k))) (setq arr (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbDouble '(0 . 11))) (vlax-safearray-fill arr coords) (setq obj (R0:HENL-Register (vla-AddLightWeightPolyline space arr))) (R0:HENL-Props obj src) (vla-put-Elevation obj (caddr center)) (vla-put-Closed obj :vlax-true) (vla-put-ConstantWidth obj 0.0) (vla-put-Lineweight obj 0) obj) (defun R0:HENL-Number (space src number center h side / obj box w ht factor p q) (setq obj (R0:HENL-Text space src (itoa number) 0.0 h center 5) box (R0:HENL-Box obj) p (car box) q (cadr box) w (- (car q) (car p)) ht (- (cadr q) (cadr p)) factor (min 1.0 (/ (* side 1.45) (max w 1e-12)) (/ (* side 1.2) (max ht 1e-12)))) (if (< factor 1.0) (vla-put-Height obj (* h factor))) (setq box (R0:HENL-Box obj) p (car box) q (cadr box)) (vla-Move obj (vlax-3d-point (mapcar '(lambda (a b) (/ (+ a b) 2.0)) p q)) (vlax-3d-point center)) obj) (defun R0:HENL-Fill (space src boundary / arr obj) (setq arr (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbObject '(0 . 0))) (vlax-safearray-put-element arr 0 boundary) (setq obj (R0:HENL-Register (vla-AddHatch space 0 "SOLID" :vlax-false 0))) (vla-AppendOuterLoop obj arr) (vla-put-Elevation obj (vla-get-Elevation boundary)) (vla-put-Layer obj (vla-get-Layer src)) (vla-put-Color obj 255) (vla-put-EntityTransparency obj "0") (vla-Evaluate obj) (setq henl-fills (cons obj henl-fills)) obj) (defun R0:HENL-FillsBack (space / dict table arr) (if henl-fills (progn (setq dict (vla-GetExtensionDictionary space) table (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-GetObject (list dict "ACAD_SORTENTS"))) (if (vl-catch-all-error-p table) (setq table (vla-AddObject dict "ACAD_SORTENTS" "AcDbSortentsTable"))) (setq arr (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbObject (cons 0 (1- (length henl-fills))))) (vlax-safearray-fill arr henl-fills) (vla-MoveToBottom table arr)))) (defun R0:HENL-CenterY (obj box cy / mid) (setq mid (/ (+ (cadar box) (cadadr box)) 2.0)) (vla-Move obj (vlax-3d-point '(0.0 0.0 0.0)) (vlax-3d-point (list 0.0 (- cy mid) 0.0))) obj) (defun R0:HENL-Discard (obj) (vla-Delete obj) (setq henl-created (vl-remove obj henl-created))) (defun R0:HENL-InPlace (space src content records height width point initial / probe single box top left side rec prefix total partheight cy center boundary number previous overlaps) (setq probe (R0:HENL-Text space src content width height point (vla-get-AttachmentPoint src))) (vla-put-Visible probe :vlax-false) (setq box (R0:HENL-Box probe) top (cadadr box) left (caar box) side (* 1.8 height) number initial overlaps 0) (vla-put-AttachmentPoint probe 1) (vla-put-InsertionPoint probe (vlax-3d-point point)) (setq single (R0:HENL-Text space src "M" width height point 1)) (vla-put-Visible single :vlax-false) (foreach rec records (setq prefix (strcat "{" (substr content 1 (cadr rec)) (caddr rec))) (vla-put-TextString probe prefix) (setq box (R0:HENL-Box probe) total (- (cadadr box) (cadar box))) (vla-put-TextString single (car rec)) (setq box (R0:HENL-Box single) partheight (- (cadadr box) (cadar box)) cy (+ (- top total) (/ partheight 2.0)) center (list (- left side (* 0.7 height)) cy (caddr point))) (if (and previous (< (abs (- previous cy)) (* (sqrt 3.0) side))) (setq overlaps (1+ overlaps))) (setq boundary (R0:HENL-Hex space src center side)) (R0:HENL-Fill space src boundary) (R0:HENL-Number space src number center height side) (setq previous cy number (1+ number))) (R0:HENL-Discard single) (R0:HENL-Discard probe) (if (> overlaps 0) (princ (strcat "\n[!] " (itoa overlaps) " pairs of hexagons may overlap: insufficient paragraph spacing."))) number) (defun R0:HENL-Initial (/ s n valid) (while (not valid) (setq s (getstring "\nStarting NUMBER <1>: ")) (if (= s "") (setq s "1")) (if (and (<= (strlen s) 9) (vl-every '(lambda (c) (and (>= c 48) (<= c 57))) (vl-string->list s))) (setq n (atoi s) valid T) (princ "\nEnter an integer from 0 to 999999999."))) n) (defun R0:HENL-Annotative (ename / data) (setq data (assoc -3 (entget ename '("AcadAnnotative")))) (and data (member '(1070 . 1) (cdr (cadr data))))) (defun R0:HENL-Select (/ pick en data layer done) (while (not done) (setq pick (entsel "\nHENL | Select the MTEXT to number <Exit>: ")) (cond ((null pick) (setq done T en nil)) (T (setq en (car pick) data (entget en) layer (tblsearch "LAYER" (cdr (assoc 8 data)))) (cond ((/= (cdr (assoc 0 data)) "MTEXT") (princ "\nSelect an MTEXT object, not single-line text or a block.")) ((/= 0 (logand 5 (cdr (assoc 70 layer)))) (princ "\nThe layer is locked or frozen.")) ((minusp (cdr (assoc 62 layer))) (princ "\nThe layer is turned off.")) (T (setq done T)))))) en) (defun R0:HENL-Cleanup (rollback / obj result) (if (and rollback henl-retiring henl-source (null (entget henl-source))) (if (not (entdel henl-source)) (princ "\n[!] Check whether the original MTEXT was restored."))) (if rollback (foreach obj henl-created (setq result (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-Delete (list obj))) (if (vl-catch-all-error-p result) (princ "\n[!] Could not remove an output object; check the drawing.")))) (if henl-highlight (vl-catch-all-apply 'redraw (list henl-source 4))) (if henl-undo (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-EndUndoMark (list henl-doc))) (foreach obj henl-vars (vl-catch-all-apply 'setvar (list (car obj) (cdr obj)))) (princ)) (defun R0:HENL-Run (relocate / *error* henl-msg henl-created henl-source henl-highlight henl-doc henl-undo henl-vars henl-retiring henl-fills src data content parts height width angle normal space initial option point side cy center para textobj box realheight obj number style rowheight bottom boundary records) (defun *error* (msg) (R0:HENL-Cleanup T) (cond (henl-msg (princ (strcat "\n[!] HENL: " henl-msg))) ((and msg (not (wcmatch (strcase msg) "*CANCEL*,*QUIT*,*BREAK*,*EXIT*"))) (princ (strcat "\n[!] HENL: " msg))) (T (princ "\nHENL canceled. Original preserved."))) (princ)) (setq henl-doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) henl-vars (list (cons "DYNMODE" (getvar "DYNMODE")) (cons "DYNPROMPT" (getvar "DYNPROMPT")))) (setvar "DYNMODE" 3) (setvar "DYNPROMPT" 1) (if (setq henl-source (R0:HENL-Select)) (progn (setq src (vlax-ename->vla-object henl-source) data (entget henl-source) content (R0:HENL-Normalize (vla-get-TextString src)) height (vla-get-Height src) width (vla-get-Width src) angle (vla-get-Rotation src) normal (cdr (assoc 210 data)) style (tblobjname "STYLE" (vla-get-StyleName src))) (if (and normal (not (equal normal '(0.0 0.0 1.0) 1e-8))) (R0:HENL-Fail "This version requires text on a plane parallel to WCS XY.")) (if (vl-string-search "%<" content) (R0:HENL-Fail "MTEXT fields are not supported; the original has been preserved.")) (if (and (assoc 75 data) (/= 0 (cdr (assoc 75 data)))) (R0:HENL-Fail "Disable MTEXT columns before numbering.")) (if (or (= (cdr (assoc 72 data)) 3) (/= 0 (logand 4 (cdr (assoc 70 (tblsearch "STYLE" (vla-get-StyleName src))))))) (R0:HENL-Fail "Vertical text is not supported in this version.")) (if (or (R0:HENL-Annotative henl-source) (and style (R0:HENL-Annotative style))) (R0:HENL-Fail "Use non-annotative MTEXT and a non-annotative text style.")) (if (<= height 0.0) (R0:HENL-Fail "Invalid text height.")) (setq records (R0:HENL-Records content) parts (mapcar 'car records)) (if (null parts) (R0:HENL-Fail "No non-empty paragraphs found.")) (if (> (length parts) 10000) (R0:HENL-Fail "The limit is 10000 paragraphs per run.")) (redraw henl-source 3) (setq henl-highlight T) (princ (strcat "\n" (itoa (length parts)) " paragraphs | Hexagon side length: " (rtos (* 1.8 height) 2 4))) (setq initial (R0:HENL-Initial)) (if relocate (progn (initget "Keep Delete") (setq option (getkword "\nORIGINAL [Keep/Delete] <Keep>: ")) (initget 1) (setq point (trans (getpoint (strcat "\nCenter of the FIRST hexagon (" (itoa initial) "): ")) 1 0))) (setq option "Keep" point (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-get-InsertionPoint src))))) (setq space (vlax-ename->vla-object (cdr (assoc 330 (reverse data))))) (if (and (= 1 (logand 1 (getvar "UNDOCTL"))) (= 0 (logand 8 (getvar "UNDOCTL")))) (progn (vla-StartUndoMark henl-doc) (setq henl-undo T))) (setq side (* 1.8 height) cy (cadr point) number initial) (if relocate (progn (foreach para parts (setq textobj (R0:HENL-Text space src para width height (list (+ (car point) side (* 0.7 height)) cy (caddr point)) 1) box (R0:HENL-Box textobj) realheight (- (cadadr box) (cadar box)) rowheight (max realheight (* (sqrt 3.0) side))) (if bottom (setq cy (- bottom (* 0.8 height) (/ rowheight 2.0)))) (R0:HENL-CenterY textobj box cy) (setq center (list (car point) cy (caddr point)) boundary (R0:HENL-Hex space src center side)) (R0:HENL-Fill space src boundary) (R0:HENL-Number space src number center height side) (setq bottom (- cy (/ rowheight 2.0)) number (1+ number)))) (setq number (R0:HENL-InPlace space src content records height width point initial))) (foreach obj henl-created (if (not (equal angle 0.0 1e-12)) (vla-Rotate obj (vlax-3d-point point) angle)) (vla-Update obj) (if (not (entget (vlax-vla-object->ename obj))) (R0:HENL-Fail "Could not verify the output."))) (if (/= (length henl-created) (* (if relocate 4 3) (length parts))) (R0:HENL-Fail "The output is incomplete.")) (R0:HENL-FillsBack space) (vla-Regen henl-doc 0) (redraw henl-source 4) (setq henl-highlight nil) (if (= option "Delete") (progn (setq henl-retiring T) (if (not (entdel henl-source)) (R0:HENL-Fail "Could not delete the original.")))) (setq henl-created nil henl-retiring nil) (R0:HENL-Cleanup nil) (princ (strcat "\n[OK] " (itoa (length parts)) " paragraphs | Numbers " (itoa initial) " to " (itoa (1- number)) " | " (if relocate (strcat "Original " (if (= option "Delete") "deleted." "preserved.")) "Original MTEXT unchanged.")))) (R0:HENL-Cleanup nil)) (princ)) (defun c:HEXENUML () (R0:HENL-Run nil)) (defun c:HENL () (R0:HENL-Run nil)) (defun c:HEXENUMLC () (R0:HENL-Run T)) (defun c:HENLC () (R0:HENL-Run T)) (princ "\nHEXENUM 1.2 (loose geometry) | HENL: number in place | HENLC: create at another point.") (princ) ;;; HEXENUM 1.3 - Block with NUM attribute | AutoCAD Windows / Visual LISP ;;; HENB / HEXENUMB: number the existing MTEXT in place. ;;; HENBC / HEXENUMBC: create separate paragraphs at a picked location. ;;; Hexagon side = 1.8 x nominal text height; SOLID fill = ACI 255. ;;; Both editions can be loaded together; command and helper names are isolated. (vl-load-com) (defun R0:HENB-Fail (msg) (setq henb-msg msg) (exit)) (defun R0:HENB-Prefix (frames / result frame) (setq result "") (foreach frame (reverse frames) (setq result (strcat result "{" frame))) result) (defun R0:HENB-Close (frames / result) (setq result "") (repeat (length frames) (setq result (strcat result "}"))) result) (defun R0:HENB-Records (s / i n ch next token frames part visible result j brk start) (setq i 1 n (strlen s) frames (list "") part "{" visible nil) (while (<= i n) (setq start i ch (substr s i 1) next (substr s (1+ i) 1) brk nil) (cond ((or (= ch (chr 10)) (= ch (chr 13))) (setq brk T) (if (and (= ch (chr 13)) (= next (chr 10))) (setq i (1+ i))) (setq i (1+ i))) ((= ch "\\") (cond ((= next "P") (setq brk T i (+ i 2))) ((= next "N") (R0:HENB-Fail "Column breaks found. Set the MTEXT to a single column.")) ((member next '("\\" "{" "}" "~")) (setq part (strcat part (substr s i 2)) i (+ i 2)) (if (/= next "~") (setq visible T))) ((member next '("A" "C" "c" "F" "f" "H" "Q" "T" "W" "p" "S")) (setq j (+ i 2)) (while (and (<= j n) (/= (substr s j 1) ";")) (setq j (1+ j))) (if (> j n) (R0:HENB-Fail "Incomplete MTEXT formatting code.")) (setq token (substr s i (1+ (- j i))) part (strcat part token) i (1+ j)) (if (= next "S") (setq visible T) (setq frames (cons (strcat (car frames) token) (cdr frames))))) ((member next '("L" "l" "O" "o" "K" "k")) (setq token (substr s i 2) part (strcat part token) i (+ i 2) frames (cons (strcat (car frames) token) (cdr frames)))) ((and (= next "U") (= (substr s (+ i 2) 1) "+")) (setq part (strcat part (substr s i 7)) i (+ i 7) visible T)) (T (setq part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i) visible T)))) ((= ch "{") (setq frames (cons "" frames) part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i))) ((= ch "}") (if (null (cdr frames)) (R0:HENB-Fail "Unbalanced formatting braces.")) (setq frames (cdr frames) part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i))) (T (setq part (strcat part ch) i (1+ i)) (if (not (member ch (list " " (chr 9)))) (setq visible T)))) (if brk (progn (if visible (setq result (cons (list (strcat part (R0:HENB-Close frames)) (1- start) (R0:HENB-Close frames)) result))) (setq part (R0:HENB-Prefix frames) visible nil)))) (if (/= (length frames) 1) (R0:HENB-Fail "Unbalanced formatting braces.")) (if visible (setq result (cons (list (strcat part (R0:HENB-Close frames)) n (R0:HENB-Close frames)) result))) (reverse result)) (defun R0:HENB-Split (s) (mapcar 'car (R0:HENB-Records s))) (defun R0:HENB-Normalize (s) (while (vl-string-search (strcat (chr 13) (chr 10)) s) (setq s (vl-string-subst "\\P" (strcat (chr 13) (chr 10)) s))) (while (vl-string-search (chr 13) s) (setq s (vl-string-subst "\\P" (chr 13) s))) (while (vl-string-search (chr 10) s) (setq s (vl-string-subst "\\P" (chr 10) s))) s) (defun R0:HENB-Register (obj) (setq henb-created (cons obj henb-created)) obj) (defun R0:HENB-Box (obj / lo hi) (vla-Update obj) (vla-GetBoundingBox obj 'lo 'hi) (list (vlax-safearray->list lo) (vlax-safearray->list hi))) (defun R0:HENB-Props (obj src) (vla-put-Layer obj (vla-get-Layer src)) (vla-put-TrueColor obj (vla-get-TrueColor src)) obj) (defun R0:HENB-Text (space src content width h at attach / obj) (setq obj (R0:HENB-Register (vla-AddMText space (vlax-3d-point at) width content))) (R0:HENB-Props obj src) (vla-put-StyleName obj (vla-get-StyleName src)) (vla-put-Height obj h) (vla-put-Rotation obj 0.0) (vla-put-AttachmentPoint obj attach) (vla-put-InsertionPoint obj (vlax-3d-point at)) (vla-put-LineSpacingStyle obj (vla-get-LineSpacingStyle src)) (vla-put-LineSpacingFactor obj (vla-get-LineSpacingFactor src)) obj) (defun R0:HENB-BlockDef (doc nom / blks blk coords k a arr pl hat lazo att) (if (not (vl-catch-all-error-p (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-Item (list (vla-get-Blocks doc) nom)))) T (progn (setq blks (vla-get-Blocks doc) blk (vla-Add blks (vlax-3d-point '(0.0 0.0 0.0)) nom) k 5 coords nil) (repeat 6 (setq a (* pi (/ k 3.0)) coords (cons (cos a) (cons (sin a) coords)) k (1- k))) (setq arr (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbDouble '(0 . 11))) (vlax-safearray-fill arr coords) (setq pl (vla-AddLightWeightPolyline blk arr)) (vla-put-Closed pl :vlax-true) (setq hat (vla-AddHatch blk 0 "SOLID" :vlax-false 0) lazo (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbObject '(0 . 0))) (vlax-safearray-put-element lazo 0 pl) (vla-AppendOuterLoop hat lazo) (vla-put-Layer hat "0") (vla-put-Color hat 255) (vla-Evaluate hat) (vla-Delete pl) (setq pl (vla-AddLightWeightPolyline blk arr)) (vla-put-Closed pl :vlax-true) (vla-put-Layer pl "0") (vla-put-ConstantWidth pl 0.0) (setq att (vla-AddAttribute blk (/ 1.0 1.8) 0 "Number" (vlax-3d-point '(0.0 0.0 0.0)) "NUM" "1")) (vla-put-Layer att "0") (vla-put-Alignment att 10) (vla-put-TextAlignmentPoint att (vlax-3d-point '(0.0 0.0 0.0))) (not (vl-catch-all-error-p (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-Item (list blks nom))))))) (defun R0:HENB-Marker (space src center side number / obj atts a box p q w ht factor) (setq obj (R0:HENB-Register (vla-InsertBlock space (vlax-3d-point center) "IR_HEX" side side side 0.0))) (vla-put-Layer obj (vla-get-Layer src)) (vla-put-TrueColor obj (vla-get-TrueColor src)) (setq atts (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-GetAttributes (list obj))) (if (vl-catch-all-error-p atts) (R0:HENB-Fail "Could not read the marker attributes.") (foreach a (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value atts)) (vla-put-TextString a (itoa number)) (setq box (R0:HENB-Box a) p (car box) q (cadr box) w (- (car q) (car p)) ht (- (cadr q) (cadr p)) factor (min 1.0 (/ (* side 1.45) (max w 1e-12)) (/ (* side 1.2) (max ht 1e-12)))) (if (< factor 1.0) (vla-put-Height a (* (vla-get-Height a) factor))) (if (/= (itoa number) (vla-get-TextString a)) (R0:HENB-Fail (strcat "Marker " (itoa number) " has no number."))))) obj) (defun R0:HENB-CenterY (obj box cy / mid) (setq mid (/ (+ (cadar box) (cadadr box)) 2.0)) (vla-Move obj (vlax-3d-point '(0.0 0.0 0.0)) (vlax-3d-point (list 0.0 (- cy mid) 0.0))) obj) (defun R0:HENB-Discard (obj) (vla-Delete obj) (setq henb-created (vl-remove obj henb-created))) (defun R0:HENB-InPlace (space src content records height width point initial / probe single box top left side rec prefix total partheight cy center number previous overlaps) (setq probe (R0:HENB-Text space src content width height point (vla-get-AttachmentPoint src))) (vla-put-Visible probe :vlax-false) (setq box (R0:HENB-Box probe) top (cadadr box) left (caar box) side (* 1.8 height) number initial overlaps 0) (vla-put-AttachmentPoint probe 1) (vla-put-InsertionPoint probe (vlax-3d-point point)) (setq single (R0:HENB-Text space src "M" width height point 1)) (vla-put-Visible single :vlax-false) (foreach rec records (setq prefix (strcat "{" (substr content 1 (cadr rec)) (caddr rec))) (vla-put-TextString probe prefix) (setq box (R0:HENB-Box probe) total (- (cadadr box) (cadar box))) (vla-put-TextString single (car rec)) (setq box (R0:HENB-Box single) partheight (- (cadadr box) (cadar box)) cy (+ (- top total) (/ partheight 2.0)) center (list (- left side (* 0.7 height)) cy (caddr point))) (if (and previous (< (abs (- previous cy)) (* (sqrt 3.0) side))) (setq overlaps (1+ overlaps))) (R0:HENB-Marker space src center side number) (setq previous cy number (1+ number))) (R0:HENB-Discard single) (R0:HENB-Discard probe) (if (> overlaps 0) (princ (strcat "\n[!] " (itoa overlaps) " pairs of hexagons may overlap: insufficient paragraph spacing."))) number) (defun R0:HENB-Initial (/ s n valid) (while (not valid) (setq s (getstring "\nStarting NUMBER <1>: ")) (if (= s "") (setq s "1")) (if (and (<= (strlen s) 9) (vl-every '(lambda (c) (and (>= c 48) (<= c 57))) (vl-string->list s))) (setq n (atoi s) valid T) (princ "\nEnter an integer from 0 to 999999999."))) n) (defun R0:HENB-Annotative (ename / data) (setq data (assoc -3 (entget ename '("AcadAnnotative")))) (and data (member '(1070 . 1) (cdr (cadr data))))) (defun R0:HENB-Select (/ pick en data layer done) (while (not done) (setq pick (entsel "\nHENB | Select the MTEXT to number <Exit>: ")) (cond ((null pick) (setq done T en nil)) (T (setq en (car pick) data (entget en) layer (tblsearch "LAYER" (cdr (assoc 8 data)))) (cond ((/= (cdr (assoc 0 data)) "MTEXT") (princ "\nSelect an MTEXT object, not single-line text or a block.")) ((/= 0 (logand 5 (cdr (assoc 70 layer)))) (princ "\nThe layer is locked or frozen.")) ((minusp (cdr (assoc 62 layer))) (princ "\nThe layer is turned off.")) (T (setq done T)))))) en) (defun R0:HENB-Cleanup (rollback / obj result) (if (and rollback henb-retiring henb-source (null (entget henb-source))) (if (not (entdel henb-source)) (princ "\n[!] Check whether the original MTEXT was restored."))) (if rollback (foreach obj henb-created (setq result (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-Delete (list obj))) (if (vl-catch-all-error-p result) (princ "\n[!] Could not remove an output object; check the drawing.")))) (if henb-highlight (vl-catch-all-apply 'redraw (list henb-source 4))) (if henb-undo (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-EndUndoMark (list henb-doc))) (foreach obj henb-vars (vl-catch-all-apply 'setvar (list (car obj) (cdr obj)))) (princ)) (defun R0:HENB-Run (relocate / *error* henb-msg henb-created henb-source henb-highlight henb-doc henb-undo henb-vars henb-retiring src data content parts height width angRot normal space initial option point side cy center para textobj box realheight obj number style rowheight bottom records) (defun *error* (msg) (R0:HENB-Cleanup T) (cond (henb-msg (princ (strcat "\n[!] HENB: " henb-msg))) ((and msg (not (wcmatch (strcase msg) "*CANCEL*,*QUIT*,*BREAK*,*EXIT*"))) (princ (strcat "\n[!] HENB: " msg))) (T (princ "\nHENB canceled. Original preserved."))) (princ)) (setq henb-doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) henb-vars (list (cons "DYNMODE" (getvar "DYNMODE")) (cons "DYNPROMPT" (getvar "DYNPROMPT")))) (setvar "DYNMODE" 3) (setvar "DYNPROMPT" 1) (if (setq henb-source (R0:HENB-Select)) (progn (setq src (vlax-ename->vla-object henb-source) data (entget henb-source) content (R0:HENB-Normalize (vla-get-TextString src)) height (vla-get-Height src) width (vla-get-Width src) angRot (vla-get-Rotation src) normal (cdr (assoc 210 data)) style (tblobjname "STYLE" (vla-get-StyleName src))) (if (and normal (not (equal normal '(0.0 0.0 1.0) 1e-8))) (R0:HENB-Fail "This version requires text on a plane parallel to WCS XY.")) (if (vl-string-search "%<" content) (R0:HENB-Fail "MTEXT fields are not supported; the original has been preserved.")) (if (and (assoc 75 data) (/= 0 (cdr (assoc 75 data)))) (R0:HENB-Fail "Disable MTEXT columns before numbering.")) (if (or (= (cdr (assoc 72 data)) 3) (/= 0 (logand 4 (cdr (assoc 70 (tblsearch "STYLE" (vla-get-StyleName src))))))) (R0:HENB-Fail "Vertical text is not supported in this version.")) (if (or (R0:HENB-Annotative henb-source) (and style (R0:HENB-Annotative style))) (R0:HENB-Fail "Use non-annotative MTEXT and a non-annotative text style.")) (if (<= height 0.0) (R0:HENB-Fail "Invalid text height.")) (setq records (R0:HENB-Records content) parts (mapcar 'car records)) (if (null parts) (R0:HENB-Fail "No non-empty paragraphs found.")) (if (> (length parts) 10000) (R0:HENB-Fail "The limit is 10000 paragraphs per run.")) (redraw henb-source 3) (setq henb-highlight T) (princ (strcat "\n" (itoa (length parts)) " paragraphs | Hexagon side length: " (rtos (* 1.8 height) 2 4))) (setq initial (R0:HENB-Initial)) (if relocate (progn (initget "Keep Delete") (setq option (getkword "\nORIGINAL [Keep/Delete] <Keep>: ")) (initget 1) (setq point (trans (getpoint (strcat "\nCenter of the FIRST hexagon (" (itoa initial) "): ")) 1 0))) (setq option "Keep" point (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vla-get-InsertionPoint src))))) (setq space (vlax-ename->vla-object (cdr (assoc 330 (reverse data))))) (if (and (= 1 (logand 1 (getvar "UNDOCTL"))) (= 0 (logand 8 (getvar "UNDOCTL")))) (progn (vla-StartUndoMark henb-doc) (setq henb-undo T))) (if (not (R0:HENB-BlockDef henb-doc "IR_HEX")) (R0:HENB-Fail "Could not create the IR_HEX block.")) (setq side (* 1.8 height) cy (cadr point) number initial) (if relocate (progn (foreach para parts (setq textobj (R0:HENB-Text space src para width height (list (+ (car point) side (* 0.7 height)) cy (caddr point)) 1) box (R0:HENB-Box textobj) realheight (- (cadadr box) (cadar box)) rowheight (max realheight (* (sqrt 3.0) side))) (if bottom (setq cy (- bottom (* 0.8 height) (/ rowheight 2.0)))) (R0:HENB-CenterY textobj box cy) (setq center (list (car point) cy (caddr point))) (R0:HENB-Marker space src center side number) (setq bottom (- cy (/ rowheight 2.0)) number (1+ number)))) (setq number (R0:HENB-InPlace space src content records height width point initial))) (foreach obj henb-created (if (not (equal angRot 0.0 1e-12)) (vla-Rotate obj (vlax-3d-point point) angRot)) (vla-Update obj) (if (not (entget (vlax-vla-object->ename obj))) (R0:HENB-Fail "Could not verify the output."))) (if (/= (length henb-created) (* (if relocate 2 1) (length parts))) (R0:HENB-Fail "The output is incomplete.")) (vla-Regen henb-doc 0) (redraw henb-source 4) (setq henb-highlight nil) (if (= option "Delete") (progn (setq henb-retiring T) (if (not (entdel henb-source)) (R0:HENB-Fail "Could not delete the original.")))) (setq henb-created nil henb-retiring nil) (R0:HENB-Cleanup nil) (princ (strcat "\n[OK] " (itoa (length parts)) " paragraphs | Numbers " (itoa initial) " to " (itoa (1- number)) " | " (if relocate (strcat "Original " (if (= option "Delete") "deleted." "preserved.")) "Original MTEXT unchanged.")))) (R0:HENB-Cleanup nil)) (princ)) (defun c:HEXENUMB () (R0:HENB-Run nil)) (defun c:HENB () (R0:HENB-Run nil)) (defun c:HEXENUMBC () (R0:HENB-Run T)) (defun c:HENBC () (R0:HENB-Run T)) (princ "\nHEXENUM 1.3 (block + attribute) | HENB: number in place | HENBC: create at another point.") (princ)

I have a Zoom Extents in Modelspace and Zooms Extents, then .9x in all layouts, it helps with the offset AutoCAD puts on some drawings when opening them, plus works for finding odd paperspace items, zooms just a little more to show the edges. Still trying to determine what is wrong with Lee Mac VPOUTLINE LISP? Are you looking for a count of true viewports? I have a LISP that gives this report of true viewports in all layouts, as well as places a border in modelspace and creates/checks for my viewport layer. ====================================== AutoVPBrdr REPORT ====================================== True layout viewports: 5 Viewport layer assignments: 5 Layer assignment failures: 0 Modelspace borders created: 5 Viewports skipped: 0 -------------------------------------- Layer: Viewport Color: 45 Plot: OFF ====================================== It only places a border for a viewport referencing Top/Plan view.

I have a couple apps on the autodesk store. here's one XLSX field evaluator. https://apps.autodesk.com/ACD/en/Detail/HelpDoc?appId=4867035866745163447&appLang=en&os=Win64 Anyway, I use Autodesk's entitlement API. All you need to do is register your application , they give you an Application id. you can see the ID in the link all you need to do is query the server with the ONLINEUSERID. You need to be able to let the user use your application offline, my app checks at the beginning of each month here's a quick lisp sample (defun c:IsEntitled (/ http response) (setq appId (getstring "Enter AppId ")) (setq userId (getvar "ONLINEUSERID")) (setq url (strcat "https://apps.autodesk.com/webservices/checkentitlement?userid=" userId "&appid=" appId ) ) ;https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/ms759148(v=vs.85) (if (setq http (vlax-create-object "MSXML2.XMLHTTP")) (progn (vlax-invoke-method http 'open "get" url :vlax-false) (if (not (vl-catch-all-error-p (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-invoke (list http 'send))) ) (setq response (vlax-get http 'responseText)) ) (vlax-release-object http) ) ) (cond ((> (vl-string-search "true" response) 0) (princ "\nTrue")) (t (princ "\nFalse")) ) (princ) );def

For pure LISP, FAS and VLX are generally OK - commercially these are used. Unless you are selling thousands of copies for thousands each time to make it worth while to break the coding, perhaps selling a few copies to each company doesn't make it worth breaking them. It is possible but the forums (including this one) are very quick to stop any such requests. I'd be happy to sell these in formats. Then of course you have sent your file out into the wild, it can be copied and sent around an office as fast as an email. You could hard code each file with details specific to the computer / user (www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/34596-computer-name/) - perhaps check (getenv "ComputerName") and (getenv "UserName") and test these against a (unique) hard coded variable in each file that you sell. Down side is you have to trust them when they want an updated file if they update their computer (Limit this to '1 updated computer every 4 years is allowed') - though you could also do a check that the AutoCAD version has also increased when requesting a new LISP file. That does mean extra work for you or your team though, and not a fully automated process. These 2 should be enough to protect yourself from legitimate business stealing your code. After that your protection has to come out of AutoCAD and LISP and into professional file hosting solutions - not my thing there - but one solution was to again hard code their LISP file to link to a cloud based LISP file that will return a code to the first LISP - this, computer name, user name can validate that they are in their license period and LISP can run. Benefit here is you have complete control if they can get access and of course, the date / expiry is hard coded into the remote / your LISP. I'd have one remote LISP file for each licensed File you send out. Downside here is a financial cost to maintain a web presence, with firewall and authentication systems. Since it is just a file most commercial thing should do what you want, and you need internet access for that initial validation in each CAD instance. Taking that a step further, the file you sell could be a simple "appload" command linking to your remote files, once validated apploaded into that CAD instance - offline use will be OK s long as there was internet to connect and download initially for that CAD instance. Noting that any remote file is not copied to their system and to access it / read it needs the user to break the encoding to get the file path, to copy it to break the coding again to copy the programming. Good question - I might be out tomorrow with a systems architect and this is his thing - if I remember I'll see his thoughts, but that is who you want to talk to. It might be possible to host it all yourself. Of the developers on here Tharwat sells his work commercially and is up to speed with protecting his stuff, he might be around to give a few pointers. Final part - reverse engineering - if it is being used, not a lot you can do about that, just got to hope that whoever buys it realises the time and cost to remake it and that yours is a lot better value.

SlbMgr is a Slide Library Manager written in AutoLISP that requires VBScript and Word to be installed. 1) Select an AutoCAD Slide Library (like acad.slb but must be in a writable folder) 2) A Slide Manager window appears listing Slides in the selected Slide Library file 3) Select Slides to Subtract or Slides stored locally to Add 4) File Explorer opens in location where Updated Slide Library file is created Feedback welcome. SlbMgr.lsp

Attached is code SlbShow.lsp that ChatGpt help me generate which would run on AutoCAD on Windows OS. It'll first open a file window to select an existing slide library file like acad.slb Then run a vbscript to extract the names of the slides inside the selected slide library and place this into a text file. Next, the slides inside the selected slide library will be displayed in a custom dcl made up of a row of 4 x 5 column image buttons. Finally, when an Image button is clicked another window appears showing the slide in a larger image button view. I would like to know when vbscript or wscript is restricted does the code handle this and exit properly. Any other feedback is welcome. SlbShow.lsp

I have been pretty busy with the grandkids back and it near Halloween here and the 3D printing, but I did get the CENTERMARK replacement working last week. I created some tough test examples, so there are a few bugs to workout where the native AutoCAD CENTERMARK fails and it uses the crosshairs. I'll try to iron those out next week, the version I have now is working in most situations, the ones not working are blocks that have curve features dimensioned in paperspace through the viewport, and a few odd circles in paperspace, others work in the same layout, I think I know the difference. CENTERMARK command requires an object, so selecting the proper curves by the dimension seems the main issue, though I have that sorted for most situations. This relates back to the samples from my GETLENGTH.lsp and the SOLPROF created viewports and the blocks inside, so normally what I have now should work for most people. If anyone is interested in seeing what I have so far, I might go ahead and post it if there is interest.

Update V2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tKI38W60KEjrlQ-NF4Rh-gctgxSd8HQf/view?usp=drive_link

Tried it in Bricscad V25 worked ok, a side issue it pops open the text file in Notepad which I have to close. I really don't want these TXT files being added to the chosen slb directory. They should be deleted or an option keep or delete.

Just putting this up here as something I wanted for a while and had 10 minutes to think last night. I'd been wanting a routine "Select an entity or enter a value". Been doing it with initget which gives discrete values and not every possibility. So made up the following. All good so far, haven't found out where it is broken yet. Just to get your brains working then, trying to figure out how to change the mouse pointer as it hovers over an entity and not select it? Using grread and it's options you either get mouse pointer change and it selects automatically or no mouse pointer change and select with a mouse click as far as I can see. Any ideas? Thanks (defun c:EntOrValue ( / msg MyResult) (setq msg "\nSelect an Entity or enter a value: \n") (setq MyResult (EntorValue msg) ) ; end defun ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun EntorValue ( MSG / EndLoop sel MyEnt MyValue enta entb pt) (setq MyValue "") (setq MyEnt (list)) (setq EndLoop "No") (princ MSG) (while (= EndLoop "No") ; start loop (setq sel (nth 1 (grread nil 0 2))) ; read keyboard / mouse inputs. Ignore mouse position, only if clicked (if (= (type sel) 'LIST) (progn ; if sel is a LIST,... ie. a mouse click, a point returned (setq MyEnt (nentselp sel)) ; select entity from point (if (= nil MyEnt) (Princ "\nMissed! Try again. Select text or enter a value: ") ; entity not selected (setq EndLoop "Yes") ; entity selected, end while loop ) ; end if ) ; end progn (progn ; if sel is not a LIST, i.e. a single keyboard entry (if (or (and (> sel 47)(< sel 57))(= sel 46)) ; numbers only (progn (princ (chr sel)) (setq MyValue (strcat MyValue (chr sel) )) ) ) (if (= sel 45) ; -ve ; make negative number (progn (setq MyValue (strcat (chr sel) MyValue )) (princ " Making -ve\n")(princ MyValue) ) ; end progn ) ; end if (if (= sel 13) ; enter - end number input, end loop (progn (setq EndLoop "Yes") ) ; end progn ) ; end if ) ; end progn ) ; end if list ) ; end while (if ( = (length MyEnt) 0) ; if entity not selected (progn MyValue ; return number entered ) ; end progn (progn ;;GetEnt code (setq enta (car MyEnt)) (setq pt (cdr (assoc 10 (entget enta))) ) ;;fix for nenset or entsel requirements (setq entb (last (last (nentselp pt)))) ;; use sel? (if (and (/= entb nil) (/= (type entb) 'real) ) (progn (if (wcmatch (cdr (assoc 0 (entget entb))) "ACAD_TABLE,*DIMENSION,*LEADER")(setq enta entb)) ) ) (setq MyEnt enta) MyEnt ; return entity name, including nested say text from dimensions ) ; end progn ) ; end if )

I think that the will to simplify the proccess of controling our environment (Ribbons,Menues,Varaibles,Lisps Etc.) can leed to more complications... and I also feel it loose it's original goal wich is to control our cad environment. It started with how to manage our lisp's, CUI (ribbon and menues) and varaibles setting and ended up with cloud-based app that (in my eyes...) only add complictions and I didn't fully understand its goal... to control the lisps - one autoload lisp file do it, and for organizations it can sit in a shared location. simple documantation file like excel or other formats can use to tell users what each lisp dose . organazations have system administrators for that. about settings: Bricscad have On_Doc_Load & on_start files, Autocad have its equivalents, and that is where varaibles can be set automatically. about the Ribbon and menues: CUI files can be deployed and loaded. there are other ways to progrematically do it like mentioned here through the registry and more, but I feel that some significant overshoot was displayed here. and do it through the cloud also raise some doubts for me.

FYI, I used to run the LIST command quite a bit to give me information about the object(s) in question. But with the introduction of the Properties command in AutoCAD 2000, I slowly got used to leaving the Properties window opened/docked in the drawing area. Then as an object is selected, it's "properties" would automatically be filled out for me to inspect inside the Properties window. There's no need to run an extra command sequence like the LIST command which then would have to display the information on on a separate Text screen. In addition, the Properties window makes it possible for you to enter new values into those property items that can be modified.

@SLW210 Note - There are several system variables (saved in the drawing) you can change to make the CENTERMARK command behave the way you want: CENTERLAYER = Default Layer CENTERLTYPE = Default LT (can be set to CONTINUOUS) CENTERLTSCALE = Centermark LT Scale CENTERLTYPEFILE = Center LT File used (like acad.lin) CENTERMARKEXE = Centermark Extensions ON/OFF CENTERCROSSGAP = Centermark Cross Gap value (can be relative or hard number) CENTERCROSSSIZE = Centermark Cross Size (can be relative or hard number) CENTEREXE = Centermark Extension Distance

When I run into a situation like this, the complexity or the effort can become too much, especially if there's a deadline. In that case I'll draw a polyline along the border and use that as the boundary for the hatch. Of course the polyline goes on a nonplotting layer.

Def going to use some coding from this. Thought id share a few different options that i came up with over the years. check error message agaist a list (if (not (member msg '("Console Break" "Function cancelled" "quit / exit abort"))) (princ (strcat "\nError: " msg)) ) using cond inside setq for default option. (initget "Select Current All") (setq mode (cond ((getkword "\nMode [<Select>/Current/All]: ")) ("Select") ) )

Have you tried: https://www.lee-mac.com/associativecenterlines.html ?

This looks amazing! Thank you so much! I did notice a couple random multi-line blocks were placed on the 1st line, but other than that this is amazing!

Made the notes in Word with a hexagon font. The indents are Character plus a period, that is why second hexagon appears, looking at setting Word style not "A." but "A" only. Can do numbers as well. Copied to Bricscad but the font is not supported in Bricscad to old a font, yes found that out. removed period from bullet style. If you open your notes in word should be able to reset the bullets and save then into MTEXT. In Bricscad with a bit of care you can highlite the bullet character and change it to another font, ie a hexagon font. Hopefully only need to do once. and save your notes, then you add or remove paragraphs. The one above is called HEX:gon Expanded. Above 9 get two hexagons. A-Z is ok tested on Word Doc.

That's g r e a t!

an AI translation (defun c:ldoit ( / ss i ent dxf x1 x2 rot normal dirVec vAxis projDist newX2 ) ;; 1. Select only DIMENSION objects (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "DIMENSION")))) (if ss (progn ;; Iterate backwards through the selection set (repeat (setq i (sslength ss)) (setq i (1- i)) (setq ent (ssname ss i)) (setq dxf (entget ent)) ;; Ensure it is specifically a Rotated/Linear dimension (if (member '(100 . "AcDbRotatedDimension") dxf) (progn ;; 2. Corrected DXF Codes: 13 maps to xLine1Point, 14 maps to xLine2Point (setq x1 (cdr (assoc 13 dxf))) ; xLine1Point (Defpoint 1) (setq x2 (cdr (assoc 14 dxf))) ; xLine2Point (Defpoint 2) (setq rot (cdr (assoc 50 dxf))) ; Rotation angle (in radians) (setq normal (cdr (assoc 210 dxf))) ; Normal Vector ;; 3. Compute direction vector based on rotation angle (setq dirVec (list (cos rot) (sin rot) 0.0)) ;; 4. Vector subtraction: vAxis = x2 - x1 (setq vAxis (mapcar '- x2 x1)) ;; 5. Dot Product: vAxis . dirVec (setq projDist (+ (* (car vAxis) (car dirVec)) (* (cadr vAxis) (cadr dirVec)) (* (caddr vAxis) (caddr dirVec)))) ;; 6. Calculate new X2 point: x1 + (dirVec * projDist) (setq newX2 (list (+ (car x1) (* (car dirVec) projDist)) (+ (cadr x1) (* (cadr dirVec) projDist)) (+ (caddr x1) (* (caddr dirVec) projDist)))) ;; 7. Replace the old DXF 14 (xLine2Point) with the calculated coordinates (setq dxf (subst (cons 14 newX2) (assoc 14 dxf) dxf)) ;; 8. Update and refresh the entity in the CAD database (entmod dxf) (entupd ent) ) ) ) ) ) (princ) )

So the blocks are easy to make with an attribute for the number. Have the attribute with a default value such as '.' If you have one block entered with the attribute competed, this should allow you to increment the others - you need to select the first block attribute to get the value needed and then hit each other attribute in turn to add the next number. Try this LISP for incremental numbering - a part of something much larger so perhaps it isn't as nice as it could be but it works. This should also work for lettering (A -> B, and 1A ->1B, A1 ->A2) Then just have to split the mtext into parts I think - Lee Macs string to list can do part of this - just making a note in case I get time tomorrow to do that for you. Suspect you will need 2 LISPS, the one below to number the block attributes and one to split the text. (defun c:ctx+ ( / increment sel ) ;;Sub Functions (defun LM:roundm ( n m ) ;;http://www.lee-mac.com/round.html (* m (atoi (rtos (/ n (float m)) 2 0))) ) (defun uprev (base sel increments / ent entlst currentrevision revlength revisionprefix anumber ones leadingzero revcode revletter revnumber leadingzeros RL) ;;Sub routines (defun itsnotadate ( increments revlength entlst currentrevision base revisionprefix anumber / currentrevision revlength revisionprefix anumber ones leadingzero revcode revletter) (if (or (= (rtos (atof currentrevision)) currentrevision) (= (type currentrevision) 'INT) ) ; endor (progn (if (= (type currentrevision) 'STR) (setq revletter (+ (atof currentrevision) increments )) (setq revletter (+ currentrevision increments)) ) ; end if (setq revletter (rtos revletter)) ) ; end progn numbers only (progn (setq increments (LM:roundm increments 1 )) ;; set increments to integer, nearest nth (if (< 0 revlength) (progn (setq ones (substr currentrevision revlength)) (if (numberp (read ones))(setq anumber 1)) ) ) ;end if end progn (setq RL 0) ; length or numerical part (while (< RL revlength) (if (and (= RL anumber) (numberp (read (substr (substr currentrevision (- revlength RL) RL ) 1 1)))) (setq anumber (+ RL 1))) (setq RL (+ RL 1)) ) ; end while ;;work out numerical revision. (if (> anumber 0) (progn (setq revnumber (substr currentrevision (- revlength (- anumber 1)) anumber)) (setq revnumber (itoa (+ increments (read revnumber)))) ;;increase rev number by 1 (if (and (> revlength anumber)(/= revlength anumber)) (setq revisionprefix (substr currentrevision 1 (- revlength anumber))) ;;first characters of revision ) ; end if ;;fix leading zeros (setq leadingzeros (- anumber (strlen revnumber))) (setq leadingzero "") (repeat leadingzeros (setq leadingzero (strcat leadingzero "0")) ) ; end repeat (setq revletter (strcat revisionprefix leadingzero revnumber)) ) ; end progn ) ; end if anumber > 0 ;;Work out letters revisions (if (= anumber 0) (progn (setq revcode (+ increments (ascii ones))) ;;increase rev letter by 1 ;;set exceptions here ; (if (= 73 revcode)(setq revcode 74)) ;;I ;; if Rev Box, skip I ; (if (= 79 revcode)(setq revcode 80)) ;;O ;; If Rev Box, skip O ; (if (= 105 revcode)(setq revcode 106)) ;;i ; (if (= 111 revcode)(setq revcode 112)) ;;o.. its of to work we go. (if (= 91 revcode)(setq revcode 65)) ;;Z -> A. Won't increment 'tens' value (if (= 123 revcode)(setq revcode 97)) ;;z -> a Won't increment 'tens' value (setq revisionprefix (substr currentrevision 1 (- revlength 1))) ;;first characters of revision (setq revletter (strcat revisionprefix (chr revcode))) ) ; end progn ) ; end if ) ; end progn alpha-numeric ) ; end if number processing revletter ) ; end defun not date ;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (if (= (type sel) 'LIST) ; if selection is (<entname> (0 1 2)) or just <entname> (setq ent (car sel)) (setq ent sel) ) (setq entlst (entget ent)) ;;entity definiton (setq currentrevision base) ;;text string passed to function (setq revlength (strlen currentrevision)) ;;length of selected revision (setq revisionprefix "") ;;set prefix to blank (setq anumber 0) ;;a counter (setq revletter (itsnotadate increments revlength entlst currentrevision base revisionprefix anumber) ) (setq entlst (subst (cons 1 revletter) (assoc 1 entlst) entlst)) (entmod entlst) (entupd ent) revletter ) (if (= increments nil)(setq increments 1) ) ;; Checks if increments is a value (if (= (type increments) 'STR) (if (= nil (distof increments)) (setq increments 1) (setq increments (distof increments)) ) ) (setq increments (atoi (rtos increments))) (setq endloop "No") ; a marker (setq sel "1") ; Increment amount (while (= endloop "No") ; Select a text of enter a value loop (initget "4 3 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 Exit") ; increment amount accepted. Increase list if needed (setq sel (nentsel (strcat "\nSelect Text or Enter Text Increment (" (itoa increments) ") [3/2/1/0/-1/-2/-3/Exit]: ") ) ) (cond ( (null sel)(setq endloop "Yes") ) ( (= "Exit" sel)(princ)(exit) ) ((member sel '("-4" "-3" "-2" "-1" "0" "1" "2" "3" "4")) (setq increments (atoi sel)) ) ( (if (and (cdr (assoc 1 (entget (car sel))))(wcmatch (cdr (assoc 0 (entget (car sel)))) "TEXT,MTEXT,ATTRIB,*LEADER") ) (setq endloop "Yes")) ) ( (if (not (wcmatch (cdr (assoc 0 (entget (car sel)))) "TEXT,MTEXT,ATTRIB,*LEADER") ) (princ "\nThats not text...\n")) ) ) ) ;;end while (setq endloop "No") (setq ent (car sel)) (setq entlst (entget ent)) (setq base (cdr (assoc 1 entlst))) (setq base (vl-string-right-trim " " base)) ;; remove trailing spaces (princ ": ")(princ base) (if (= increment nil) (setq increment increments)) (while (while (= endloop "No") (setq sel (nentsel "\nSelect Text to Replace and Increment: ") ) (cond ( (null sel)(setq endloop "Yes") ) ( (= "Exit" sel)(princ)(exit) ) ( (if (and (cdr (assoc 1 (entget (car sel))))(wcmatch (cdr (assoc 0 (entget (car sel)))) "TEXT,MTEXT,ATTRIB,*LEADER") ) (setq endloop "Yes")) ) ( (if (not (wcmatch (cdr (assoc 0 (entget (car sel)))) "TEXT,MTEXT,ATTRIB,*LEADER") ) (princ "\nThats not text...\n")) ) ) ) ;;end while (princ (uprev base sel increment)) (setq endloop "No") (setq increment (+ increment increments)) );;end while (setvar "CMDECHO" 0) (command "regen") ;;in case of nested blocks (setvar "CMDECHO" 1) (princ) )

Thanks for the link, I am happy with this code for now: (defun EntorValue ( MSG / EndLoop sel MyEnt MyValue enta entb pt) (princ MSG) ; message (setq MyValue "") (setq MyEnt (list)) (setq EndLoop "No") (while (= EndLoop "No") (setq grsel (grread nil 4 2)) ; Read from mouse or keyboard entry (setq sela (car grsel)) ; type of entry (if (or (= sela 2)(= sela 3) ) ; text entry or mouse click (setq sel (nth 1 grsel)) ; what was entered, a point, or text ) (if (= (type sel) 'LIST) (progn (setq MyEnt (nentselp sel)) ; if mouse entry selected en entity (if (= nil MyEnt) (Princ "\nMissed! Try again: ") (setq EndLoop "Yes") ) ; end if ) ; end progn (progn (if (or (and (> sel 47)(< sel 57))(= sel 46)) ; if keyboard entry is a number (progn (princ (chr sel)) (setq MyValue (strcat MyValue (chr sel) )) ) ) (if (= sel 45) ; -ve ; if keyboead entry is '-' add '-' to beginning of string ;;Future check to be done if using A-Z keyboard entry, not just numbers ;;Future check in case number is allready -ve (progn (setq MyValue (strcat (chr sel) MyValue )) (princ " Making -ve\n")(princ MyValue) ) ; end progn ) ; end if (if (= sel 13) ; enter ; end keyboard entry. Note mouse selection cancels keyboard entry (progn (setq EndLoop "Yes") ) ; end progn ) ; end if ) ; end progn ) ; end if list ) ; end while (if ( = (length MyEnt) 0) (progn MyValue ; return MyValue ) ; end progn (progn ; entget for nested entities ; Also see Lee Mac CTX for alternative method ;;GetEnt code (setq enta (car MyEnt)) (setq pt (cdr (assoc 10 (entget enta))) ) ;;fix for nenset or entsel requirements (setq entb (last (last (nentselp pt)))) ;; use sel? (if (and (/= entb nil) (/= (type entb) 'real) ) (progn (if (wcmatch (cdr (assoc 0 (entget entb))) "ACAD_TABLE,*DIMENSION,*LEADER")(setq enta entb)) ) ) (setq MyEnt enta) MyEnt ; return entity name ) ; end progn ) ; end if )

This old example may provide some food for thought

As I state in the header, I found the AutoCAD dimension "MARK" to be less than useful, so over the years I have used my own, eventually writing some LISP, as well as having found the mentioned LISP by alanjt. I really don't care for mucking around with the new CENTERMARK either. Thought I might as well share it, some may find it handy. ;;; Replace Diameter/Radius dimension CenterMarks with two CENTER2 linetype lines. ;;; ;;; https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/99350-center-mark-replacement/#findComment-680408 ;;; ;;; By SLW210 (a.k.a. Steve Wilson) ;;; ;;;| Since AutoCAD in there infinite wisdom makes the default dimdia and dimrad center marks useless by not allowing them to be associated by other dimensions and not allowing an individual color and linetype I came up with this little routine. Much faster, it was using some commands, I went to removing commands. I used to get rid of the default the drew a centermark and copied from center to center, a bit tedious at best. I started with this from Alan J Thompson, so thanks to him. ================================================================ Turn off the centermark for diameter and radius dimensions https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/18792-request-routint-to-turn-off-center-mark-for-single-entity/#findComment-153451 By alanjt|; ;;; ;;; ================================================================ ;;; ================================================================ ;;; CtrMrkRep.lsp ;;; ;;; Replace Diameter/Radius dimension center marks with ;;; two CENTER2 linetype lines. ;;; ;;; ;;; AutoCAD 2018-2026 should work as well as BricsCAD and others. ;;; ;;; ================================================================ ;;; ================================================================ ;;; Original dimensions are retained. ;;; ;;; Replacement geometry: ;;; Layer : CenterMark ;;; Color : ByLayer ;;; Linetype : ByLayer ;;; Layer Color : ACI 5 (Blue) ;;; Layer Linetype : CENTER2 ;;; ;;; Modes: ;;; Select - manually selected DIMDIAMETER/DIMRADIUS ;;; Current - all such dimensions in current Model/Layout space ;;; All - all such dimensions in all paperspace layouts ;;; ;;; Associated dimension center marks: ;;; Disabled using ActiveX acCenterNone. ;;; ;;; Duplicate centers: ;;; Only one centerline cross is created for each unique center ;;; within each Model/Layout space. ;;; ================================================================ CtrMrkRep.lsp

@BIGAL I just want to add more detail to @VicoWang explanation. To begin with, I would like to point out that I have over 11 apps all written in AutoLISP & DCL. When installed successfully the added commands from a typical app are presented with the loading of a partial menu which adds a panel under the Add-ins section of the Ribbon along with Toolbar so the end user knows exactly where to go to access the added commands. Prior to VedaCAD, these apps are all marketed on the Autodesk app store which is now called Design and Make Marketplace. Autodesk has a set a fairly vigorous review standards that must be met in order for a third party app to qualify in their app store. In additional, as a developer, you would have to submit everything to them to generate the msi setup file for user download and installation. This submittal for review process can take a number of weeks to approve before your app can go live on their app store. But then enters VedaCAD. I now can use the VC vlx app to create my own installation bundle without a need to submit my files to another company to review for approval. There's also no need for an msi setup file but instead all that is needed is the VC ID code that references that bundle on the VedaCAD server for complete installation. After the end user loads the VC .vlx app, all that is required is to import that VC ID code and my app is now installed exactly like it is using msi setup file. But the difference with VedaCAD is that the end user must now always load the VC.vlx file in order to have access to the added app. Hope this clarifies a bit more as to what VedaCAD does for you.

I am still confused, yes I have around 150 lisps behind 3 pop menu's, and the idea of being simply able to find them I understand, but from a dumb user perspective how do I know how to call up a Lisp program, despite numerous post I still don't see how to call the lisps. There is no way where I worked in a team environment they would know the name of a lisp or a command that ran it. They would just walk away. @VicoWang Maybe show your CAD setup.

Would going down the dynamic block be a way to always get a Cross at center point of a fixed size then adjust the 4xdistance on the quad legs. Would need a gap distance in the block as say fixed also. I am not the best at dynamic blocks maybe some one else can try it. Using a lisp allows the working out of all the distance parameters and reset them. This would be repeated 4 times. can use D2=D1 and so on. Just did a linear constraint. Trying to remember how to d2=d1.

Thank you for the reference, I made the Multi getval lisps as had so many lisp's that asked for a value after a value then realise have typed one wrong. Also set default values. The approach being can use in any code, the multi radio buttons being a replace for the Initget function. There are versions like one column or two or even three. Something still on the back burner is write a lisp/dcl code based on dwg objects. Have started.

As a "tangent" (pun intended) I really like the CENTERLINE command. I think it's extremely useful how the associativity is made and stays.

Sure, I know what you mean. I have my own routine i spun years ago that i still use. i use a linetype scale ratio to keep the center with a single set of gaps and centermark. Although it's not perfect, it's good enough for me.

I know of that one, but my LISP replaces the centermarks for dimdiameter and dimradius, by selection, by current or all. I could possibly add reactors to mine, not sure it's necessary.

When you mention dimension mark I assume you’re referring to AutoCADs original DIMCENTER command which I agree is quite useless. But I do think the number of commands beginning with the word center introduced back in 2017 were a lot more useful since finally the “marks” can now be made associatively to the objects selected.

I followed this method as well. I avoid using surfaces whenever possible due to problems (sometimes) with converting them to solids.

I doubt if this has anything to do with AutoCAD, usually if the print preview is correct it goes to something past AutoCAD. Autodesk site recommends changing the "Capture fonts used in the drawing" to "Convert all text to geometry" for PDF specific font issues, is this an option for you? Did you try some of the other PDF plotters, full AutoCAD has a few more, I would think LT does as well? Did this start after a Windows update or the AutoCAD update?

You already have a thread on this topic. Stop creating the same threads over and over, please. I have already had to delete some threads you already had previously posted. You look more and more like a bot or spammer. Not sure what you are up to with all of this, everything seems copy and paste over and over. Title: Why can a LOFT create a twisted 3D shape even when the profiles look correct? - AutoCAD 3D Modelling & Rendering - AutoCAD Forums

If you can work with vectors, all you need is the dotProduct @Ap.Command() def doit(): ps, ss = Ed.Editor.select([(0, "DIMENSION")]) if ps != Ed.PromptStatus.eOk: return for id in ss.objectIds(Db.RotatedDimension.desc()): rotdim = Db.RotatedDimension(id, Db.OpenMode.kForWrite) x1 = rotdim.xLine1Point() x2 = rotdim.xLine2Point() dir_vec = Ge.Vector3d.kXAxis.rotateBy(rotdim.rotation(), rotdim.normal()) v_axis = x2 - x1 proj_dist = v_axis.dotProduct(dir_vec) rotdim.setXLine2Point(x1 + (dir_vec * proj_dist))

Pick to right of + sign use "Begin/end select" is what I do, though I don't use Notepad++ very much. The CTRL+ALT+b is pretty easy for me if I am using a right-hand mouse, like Daniel I would have to figure out a good shortcut if using a mouse left-handed. I used to use a lot of custom shortcuts/ inputs, but at one point I was working on various computers doing things and would have a "brain freeze" trying to figure out how it was normally done on some things so got out of the habit. Now I don't really do much that's not on one of my computers or work computer, though occasionally I get an email or call on how to do something, so probably a good time to go back to using shortcuts. Not sure what everybody else has, but my MS VS Code, I just select just inside a bracket and double-click to select all between the related brackets.

;;; DIMFL - Shorten the extension lines of selected dimensions. ;;; ;;; Applies a per-dimension override of DIMFXLON / DIMFXL, so the extension line ;;; starts at a fixed distance from the dimension line instead of at the ;;; definition point. Fixes the dimensions you pick, not the whole style. ;;; ;;; NO MEASUREMENT CHANGES. Definition points are not moved; only how far the ;;; extension line is DRAWN. A 50 stays a 50. ;;; Reversible with the Restore option. One Ctrl+Z undoes the whole pass. ;;; ;;; WARNING: if a dimension looks wrong because its definition point MOVED, this ;;; fixes the look but not the value, and makes the error harder to spot. Check ;;; the numbers before shortening anything. (vl-load-com) (defun R0:DFL-Get (obj prop / r) (setq r (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-get (list obj prop))) (if (vl-catch-all-error-p r) nil r)) (defun R0:DFL-Put (obj prop val / r) (setq r (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-put (list obj prop val))) (not (vl-catch-all-error-p r))) ;; (logand 4 nil) throws, so a missing layer record answers "not locked". (defun R0:DFL-Bloqueada (en / cap) (setq cap (tblsearch "LAYER" (cdr (assoc 8 (entget en))))) (and cap (= 4 (logand 4 (cdr (assoc 70 cap)))))) ;; Default length = whatever the first picked dimension already carries. Whoever ;; set up the style usually chose a number that suits the drawing scale. (defun R0:DFL-Sugerido (ss / i en obj v) (setq i 0 v nil) (while (and (< i (sslength ss)) (null v)) (setq en (ssname ss i) i (1+ i) obj (vlax-ename->vla-object en) v (R0:DFL-Get obj 'ExtLineFixedLen)) (if (or (not (numberp v)) (<= v 1e-9)) (setq v nil))) (if v v 2.5)) (defun c:DIMFL ( / *error* ss i en obj largo sug modo hechos fallo bloq und doc) (defun *error* (msg) (if und (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-EndUndoMark (list doc))) (if (and msg (not (wcmatch (strcase msg) "*CANCEL*,*QUIT*,*BREAK*,*EXIT*,*ABORT*"))) (princ (strcat "\n[X] DIMFL: " msg))) (princ)) (princ "\nDIMFL | Shorten extension lines (no measurement is changed).") (princ "\n Select dimensions: ") (if (null (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "DIMENSION"))))) (princ "\n[!] DIMFL: nothing selected.") (progn (princ "\n Shorten = fixed length extension lines") (princ "\n Restore = back to starting at the definition point (LONG again)") (initget "Shorten Restore") (setq modo (getkword "\n [Shorten/Restore] <Shorten>: ")) (if (null modo) (setq modo "Shorten")) (if (= modo "Shorten") (progn (setq sug (R0:DFL-Sugerido ss)) (initget 6) (setq largo (getdist (strcat "\n Extension line length <" (rtos sug 2 3) ">: "))) (if (null largo) (setq largo sug)))) (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) und T) (vla-StartUndoMark doc) (setq i 0 hechos 0 fallo 0 bloq 0) (while (< i (sslength ss)) (setq en (ssname ss i) i (1+ i)) (if (R0:DFL-Bloqueada en) (setq bloq (1+ bloq)) (progn (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object en)) ;; ExtLineFixedLen = DIMFXL, ExtLineFixedLenSuppress = DIMFXLON. ;; Despite the "Suppress" name the value follows DIMFXLON: 0 = off ;; (long lines), -1 = on (fixed length). Length first, switch second. (if (= modo "Shorten") (if (and (R0:DFL-Put obj 'ExtLineFixedLen largo) (R0:DFL-Put obj 'ExtLineFixedLenSuppress -1)) (setq hechos (1+ hechos)) (setq fallo (1+ fallo))) (if (R0:DFL-Put obj 'ExtLineFixedLenSuppress 0) (setq hechos (1+ hechos)) (setq fallo (1+ fallo)))) (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-Update (list obj))))) (vla-EndUndoMark doc) (setq und nil) (princ (strcat "\n\n[OK] DIMFL: " (itoa hechos) " dimension(s) " (if (= modo "Shorten") (strcat "with a " (rtos largo 2 3) " extension line") "restored: their lines are LONG again"))) (if (> bloq 0) (princ (strcat "\n " (itoa bloq) " on locked layers: skipped."))) (if (> fallo 0) (princ (strcat "\n " (itoa fallo) " did not accept the change."))) (if (= modo "Shorten") (princ "\n No measurement changed. To revert: DIMFL, Restore option.") (princ "\n To shorten them again: DIMFL, Shorten option.")))) (princ)) (princ "\n[DIMFL] loaded. Type DIMFL to shorten extension lines.") (princ)

We basically used our DWT so would insert an external dwg then way more than units were correct. The only disclaimer is that most of our dwg's started off with "Model" only no layouts. Our design process created those.

Though I would quite often check because I would need to change the PRECISION or make sure the INSUNITS are correctly set by using the UNITS command, I would seldom check the actual drawing units by using the -DWGUNITS command. I would say it's most important to make sure the current units are recognized by AutoCAD as mm or inches and etc than if it's Architectural/Engineering/Decimal.

Here's a simple workaround. When you get a drawing from someone else, open a New drawing (from one of your templates). Xref their drawing into that one and Bind it as an insertion. That gives you a block, which you can edit to clean it up and then explode. If there's a scale problem, it will show up there. Voila! You have their drawing with all your settings applied.

It may now look like a "Medion Design USB Graphics pad". Yes did get it to work with CAD but went back to a mouse, I dont do enough true drafting to really get into using it. Maybe Win 10.