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

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

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

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

I am not good as the others but try this. It will build what you want to achieve but not exactly as what was shown in the image. Maybe other can improve the code. (defun c:LayerLegend (/ doc lays lay laylist layname laycolor laydesc pt x y starty rowH txtH headH colHT col1 col2 col3 totalH legendBlock w) (defun GetTextWidth (txt height / doc ms txtObj minp maxp w) (if (or (not txt) (= txt "")) 0 (progn (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (setq ms (vla-get-ModelSpace doc)) ;; create temp text off-screen (setq txtObj (vla-AddText ms txt (vlax-3d-point -1000 -1000 0) height)) ;; initialize safearrays (setq minp (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbDouble '(0 . 2))) (setq maxp (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbDouble '(0 . 2))) ;; get bounding box safely (vl-catch-all-apply '(lambda () (vla-GetBoundingBox txtObj 'minp 'maxp) )) ;; width in X direction (setq w (abs (- (vlax-safearray-get-element maxp 0) (vlax-safearray-get-element minp 0)))) ;; delete temp text (vla-Delete txtObj) w ) ) ) (vl-load-com) (setq rowH 8.0) (setq txtH 2.0) (setq headH 2.5) (setq colHT 1.0) (setq col1 35.0) ;; fixed column 1 width (setq col2 50.0) ;; fixed column 2 width (setq col3 65.0) ;; fixed column 3 width (setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (setq lays (vla-get-Layers doc)) (setq laylist '()) (vlax-for lay lays (setq layname (vla-get-name lay)) (setq laydesc (if (vlax-property-available-p lay 'Description) (vla-get-description lay) "")) ;; Skip 0, Defpoints, XREF (if (and (/= layname "0") (/= (strcase layname) "DEFPOINTS") (not (vl-string-search "|" layname))) (progn (setq laycolor (vla-get-color lay)) (setq laylist (cons (list layname laycolor laydesc) laylist)) ) ) ) (setq laylist (vl-sort laylist '(lambda (a b) (< (strcase (car a)) (strcase (car b)))) ) ) (if (setq legendBlock (tblsearch "BLOCK" "LAYERLEGEND_MARK")) (command "_.erase" "B" "LAYERLEGEND_MARK" "") ) (setq pt (getpoint "\nPick insertion point: ")) (setq x (car pt)) (setq y (cadr pt)) (setq starty y) (setq totalH (* rowH (+ (length laylist) 1))) (entmakex (list '(0 . "LINE")(cons 8 "0") (cons 10 (list x starty 0)) (cons 11 (list (+ x col1 col2 col3) starty 0)))) (entmakex (list '(0 . "TEXT")(cons 8 "0") (cons 10 (list (+ x 3) (- y 5) 0)) (cons 40 headH) (cons 1 "COLOR NUMBER"))) (entmakex (list '(0 . "TEXT")(cons 8 "0") (cons 10 (list (+ x col1 3) (- y 5) 0)) (cons 40 headH) (cons 1 "LAYER NAME"))) (entmakex (list '(0 . "TEXT")(cons 8 "0") (cons 10 (list (+ x col1 col2 3) (- y 5) 0)) (cons 40 headH) (cons 1 "DESCRIPTION"))) ;; header bottom line (entmakex (list '(0 . "LINE")(cons 8 "0") (cons 10 (list x (- y rowH) 0)) (cons 11 (list (+ x col1 col2 col3) (- y rowH) 0)))) (setq y (- y rowH)) (foreach L laylist (setq layname (nth 0 L)) (setq laycolor (nth 1 L)) (setq laydesc (nth 2 L)) ;; Color number text (1 mm) on its layer (entmakex (list '(0 . "TEXT") (cons 8 layname) (cons 10 (list (+ x 3) (+ y -2.2) 0)) (cons 40 colHT) (cons 1 (itoa laycolor)))) ;; Sample line on its layer (entmakex (list '(0 . "LINE") (cons 8 layname) (cons 10 (list (+ x 3) (- y 3) 0)) (cons 11 (list (+ x col1 -3) (- y 3) 0)))) ;; Layer name text on its layer (entmakex (list '(0 . "TEXT") (cons 8 layname) (cons 10 (list (+ x col1 3) (- y 4) 0)) (cons 40 txtH) (cons 1 layname))) ;; Description text (Layer 0) (entmakex (list '(0 . "TEXT") (cons 8 "0") (cons 10 (list (+ x col1 col2 3) (- y 4) 0)) (cons 40 txtH) (cons 1 laydesc))) ;; Row horizontal line (entmakex (list '(0 . "LINE")(cons 8 "0") (cons 10 (list x (- y rowH) 0)) (cons 11 (list (+ x col1 col2 col3) (- y rowH) 0)))) (setq y (- y rowH)) ) (entmakex (list '(0 . "LINE")(cons 8 "0") (cons 10 (list x starty 0)) (cons 11 (list x (- starty totalH) 0)))) (entmakex (list '(0 . "LINE")(cons 8 "0") (cons 10 (list (+ x col1) starty 0)) (cons 11 (list (+ x col1) (- starty totalH) 0)))) (entmakex (list '(0 . "LINE")(cons 8 "0") (cons 10 (list (+ x col1 col2) starty 0)) (cons 11 (list (+ x col1 col2) (- starty totalH) 0)))) (entmakex (list '(0 . "LINE")(cons 8 "0") (cons 10 (list (+ x col1 col2 col3) starty 0)) (cons 11 (list (+ x col1 col2 col3) (- starty totalH) 0)))) (princ) )

Nice program as always Tharwat. I think what the OP need is create a table as attached for visual reference.

I would ask that you delete your drawings. Why? Because another student could come along and borrow them, make minor changes then submit them as their own drawings thus saving hours of labor. You do all the work and they get the credit. Not kosher at all. Follow me? Addendum: Looks like someone has already done exactly that. Again, take your drawings down. There are plenty of image files (not CAD files for students) to reference. Thank you.

Here's my program : https://autolispprograms.wordpress.com/create-layers-from-excel-file/

This is what I use, I think the root LISP is the same as the OPs, over time I have added to it: txtfindreplace ;https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/find-and-replace-text/td-p/5649883 (defun FindReplace (Str$ Find$ Replace$ / Cnt# FindLen# Loop Mid$ NewStr$ ReplaceLen# acount) (setq Loop t Cnt# 1 NewStr$ Str$ FindLen# (strlen Find$) ReplaceLen# (strlen Replace$) ) (setq acount 0) (while Loop (setq Mid$ (substr NewStr$ Cnt# FindLen#)) (if (= Mid$ Find$) (progn (setq acount (+ acount 1)) (setq NewStr$ (strcat (substr NewStr$ 1 (1- Cnt#)) Replace$ (substr NewStr$ (+ Cnt# FindLen#))) Cnt# (+ Cnt# ReplaceLen#) );setq );end progn (setq Cnt# (1+ Cnt#)) );if (if (= Mid$ "") (setq Loop nil)) );while (list NewStr$ acount) );defun FindReplace (defun FindReplaceNew (Find$ Replace$ / SS acounter acount ent1 entlist1 entcodes1 EntType Text$ text01 ReplaceWith$ FoundReplaced NewTxt MyBlockEntList BlockCounter ) ;;;Sub Routines ;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/get-entities-inside-a-block/td-p/2644829 (defun getblkitems ( EntName / sel items) ;;Blocks: (setq nfo (entget EntName)) (progn (vlax-for item (vla-item (vla-get-blocks (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object) ) ) (cdr (assoc 2 nfo)) ) (setq items (cons (vlax-vla-object->ename item) items)) ) ;end vlax ) ; end progn ) ;end defun (defun updateblock ( EntType ent1 entlist1 acount Find$ Replace$ / MyBlockEntList BlockCounter EntType2 ent2 entlist2 ) (if (= EntType "INSERT") (progn ;;Updates block texts & block blocks (setq MyBlockEntList (getblkitems ent1) ) (setq BlockCounter 0) (while (< BlockCounter (length MyBlockEntList)) (setq ent2 (nth BlockCounter MyBlockEntList)) (setq entlist2 (entget ent2)) (setq EntType2 (cdr (assoc 0 entlist2)) ) ;;Attrributes (setq acount (updateattribvalues EntType ent1 entlist1 acount Find$ Replace$)) ;;Texts (if (or (= EntType2 "TEXT")(= EntType2 "MTEXT")(= EntType2 "MULTILEADER")) ;;attributes? (setq acount (updatetext EntType2 ent2 entlist2 acount Find$ Replace$)) ); end if ;;Changes Dimensions (if (or (= EntType2 "DIMENSION") ) (if (= (cdr (assoc 1 entlist2)) "") ;;if has text over ride () (progn (setq acount (updatetext EntType2 ent2 entlist2 acount Find$ Replace$)) ;;same as text -if- ent code 4 used (command ".-refedit" (cdr (assoc 10 entlist1)) "ok" "all" "yes") ;;update block definition (command "refclose" "s") );end progn ) ;end if ); end if (if (= EntType2 "ACAD_TABLE") (setq acount (UpdateTable EntType2 ent2 entlist2 acount Find$ Replace$)) );end if (if (= EntType2 "INSERT") ;;Blocks (setq acount (updateblock EntType2 ent2 entlist2 acount Find$ Replace$)) );end if (setq BlockCounter (+ BlockCounter 1)) ) ; end while );end progn );end if acount ) ;;End Blocks ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun updateattribvalues (EntType ent1 entlist1 acount Find$ Replace$ / ) (setq EntName^ ent1 EntList@ entlist1 EntType$ EntType Text$ (cdr (assoc 1 EntList@)) );setq (if (= EntType$ "INSERT") (if (assoc 66 EntList@) (progn (while (/= (cdr (assoc 0 EntList@)) "SEQEND") (setq EntList@ (entget EntName^)) (if (= (cdr (assoc 0 EntList@)) "ATTRIB") (progn (setq Text$ (cdr (assoc 1 EntList@))) (if (wcmatch Text$ (strcat "*" Find$ "*")) (progn (setq FoundReplaced (FindReplace Text$ Find$ Replace$)) (setq ReplaceWith$ (nth 0 FoundReplaced)) (setq acount (+ acount (nth 1 FoundReplaced))) (entmod (subst (cons 1 ReplaceWith$) (assoc 1 EntList@) EntList@)) (entupd EntName^) );progn );if );progn );end if attrib (setq EntName^ (entnext EntName^)) );while );progn );if );if acount ) ;end defun ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun updatetext (EntType ent1 entlist1 acount Find$ Replace$ / entcodes1 FoundReplaced NewTxt) (progn (setq entcodes1 (gettextdxfcodes entlist1) ) ;list of ent codes containing text. (setq text01 (gettextasstring ent1 entcodes1) ) ;Text as string (if (= text01 nil) () (progn (setq FoundReplaced (FindReplace text01 Find$ Replace$)) (setq NewTxt (nth 0 FoundReplaced)) (setq acount (+ acount (nth 1 FoundReplaced))) (addinnewtext NewTxt entlist1 ent1) )) ;end progn, end if ) ; end progn acount ) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun UpdateTable ( EntType ent1 entlist1 acount Find$ Replace$ / text01 Newentlist1 counter) (setq counter 0) (setq Newentlist1 '()) (while (< counter (length entlist1)) (if (or (= (nth 0 (nth counter entlist1)) 1)(= (nth 0 (nth counter entlist1)) 302) ) (progn (setq text01 (cdr (nth counter entlist1))) (setq FoundReplaced (FindReplace text01 Find$ Replace$)) (setq NewTxt (nth 0 FoundReplaced)) (setq acount (+ acount (nth 1 FoundReplaced))) (setq text01 NewTxt) (setq Newentlist1 (append Newentlist1 (list (cons (nth 0 (nth counter entlist1)) text01)))) ) ;end progn (setq Newentlist1 (append Newentlist1 (list (nth counter entlist1)))) ;;ignore entity item ) ;end if (setq counter (+ counter 1)) ) ;end while (setq entlist1 Newentlist1) (entmod entlist1) (entupd ent1) acount ) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;end subroutines 'findreplace' (setq acount 0) (setq acounter 0) (command "UNDO" "BEGIN") (setq SS (ssget "x" (list '(-4 . "<AND") '(-4 . "<OR") '(0 . "*TEXT") '(0 . "INSERT") '(0 . "ATTDEF") '(0 . "ATTRIB") '(0 . "DIMENSION") '(0 . "*LEADER") '(0 . "POSITIONMARKER") '(0 . "*TABLE") '(-4 . "OR>") (cons 410 (getvar "CTAB")) '(-4 . "AND>") ))) ; end setq, end ss, end list ;;;FILTER SS to text string (while (< acounter (sslength SS)) (setq ent1 (ssname SS acounter)) (setq entlist1 (entget ent1)) (setq EntType (cdr (assoc 0 entlist1)) ) (setq Text$ (cdr (assoc 1 entlist1)) ) ;;change this line to get all texts inc. long texts etc. ;;Changes Attribute Values - In Blocks (setq acount (updateattribvalues EntType ent1 entlist1 acount Find$ Replace$)) ;;Changes Block Texts (if (= EntType "INSERT") (setq acount (updateblock EntType ent1 entlist1 acount Find$ Replace$)) );end if ;;Changes Texts (if (or (= EntType "MTEXT")(= EntType "TEXT") (= EntType "MULTILEADER") (= EntType "POSITIONMARKER") ) (setq acount (updatetext EntType ent1 entlist1 acount Find$ Replace$)) ); end if (if (or (= EntType "DIMENSION") ) (if (= (cdr (assoc 1 entlist1)) "") ;;if has text over ride () (setq acount (updatetext EntType ent1 entlist1 acount Find$ Replace$)) ;;same as text -if- ent code 4 used ) ); end if (if (or (= EntType "ATTDEF")(= EntType "ATTRIB") ) (progn (setq ent2 (entget ent1)) (setq AttText (cdr (assoc 2 ent2))) (setq FoundReplaced (FindReplace AttText Find$ Replace$)) (setq NewTxt (nth 0 FoundReplaced)) (setq acount (+ acount (nth 1 FoundReplaced))) (setq newval Replace$) (entmod (subst (cons 2 NewTxt) (assoc 2 ent2) ent2)) (entupd ent1) );end progn ); end if (if (= EntType "ACAD_TABLE") (setq acount (UpdateTable EntType ent1 entlist1 acount Find$ Replace$)) );end if (setq acounter (+ 1 acounter)) ) ; end while (command "REGEN") (command "UNDO" "END") acount );defun FindReplaceNew (defun c:txtFindReplace( / old_text new_text) (setq old_text (getstring T "OLD Text to replace (replace in this model/paper space and text case as entered): ")) (setq new_text (getstring T "NEW Text: ")) (princ "Changes: ") (princ (FindReplaceNew old_text new_text) ) (princ) )

The OP seems to have exited the conversation, but just for others with the same inquiry. As I have mentioned, this is mostly an issue with your PDF editor, the instructions for using the OCR should be in Foxit Help. If this is something you need to do going forward without any effort, you need to use TTF.

As most of us use Microsoft Office products I switched from using AutoCAD's Swiss Lt BT TrueType font to ArialNarrow.ttf like SLW210 suggested as it's horizontally compressed to take up less space while being even more easily readable. While hindsight doesn't fix your immediate problem finding a font that doesn't cause issues with your PDF software before you need to output one to PDF again would solve your issues in the future. I've struggled with the same issue even with the full paid version of Adobe with drawings by others usually because of SHX text with various width factors. Never do that with a DWG you want to output to PDF unless you don't want anyone to convert that text back again.

I opened your PDF in Acrobat Pro and the text was editable. This seems to be a Foxit issue, though as mentioned, you might want to use a TTF font if that's what Foxit needs. ArialNarrow.ttf is a common replacement IIRC to ISOCP.shx

I implemented astar using a heap instead of the dictionnary proposed by @GLAVCVS. Safearray is used to simulate the heap. Was done with prompt in Google AI. Results the heap is faster specially if the graph is bigger. ;; ; ;; c:A* by ymg ; ;; Astar implemented with a Heap instead of a dictionnary ; ;; Edges of the Graph are drawn on layer identified by Golbal #Edgeslay ; ;; ; ;; Edges can be lines, lpolylines or 3dpolylines ; ;; You select Start and End points. Shortest is then found and drawn as a ; ;; 3D Polylines on layer, color and lineweight chosen via Global vars ; ;; found at beginning of this routine ; ;; ; ;; Heap has a faster running time than the dictionnary and list approach ; ;; as the size of the graph grows. ; ;; ; (defun c:A* (/ ss graph openH gScore cameFrom found cur curPt curK sNode sKey neighbor nKey t_g val oldG oldCF Startp Endp d minD en param endpar p1 p2 path k link pt i ti) (vl-load-com) (or #acdoc (setq #acdoc (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))) (set_errhandler '("CLAYER" "OSMODE" "CMDECHO" "DIMZIN")) (setvar 'CMDECHO 0) (setvar 'OSMODE 1) (setq #Edgelay "Edges" #Pathlay "Path" #Pathcol 1 #Pathlwt 70 #Hptr 0 ) ;; Selecting set of entities defining edges of graph. (if (not (setq ss (ssget "X" (list '(0 . "LINE,LWPOLYLINE,POLYLINE") (cons 8 #Edgelay))))) (progn (alert (strcat "\nError: No entities found on layer " #Edgelay)) (exit) ) ) (vla-startundomark #acdoc) ;; Geting Start and End points. (Use snap to endpoint) (setq Startp (getpoint "\nPick Start Point: ")) (mk_circle Startp 7.5 #Pathcol) (setq Endp (getpoint "\nPick End Point: ")) (mk_circle Endp 7.5 3) (setq ti (getvar 'MILLISECS)) ;Timer for execution time ; Building Graph... (setq graph nil i 0) (repeat (sslength ss) (setq en (ssname ss i) ent (entget en) param 0 endpar (vlax-curve-getEndParam en) i (1+ i) ) (while (< param endpar) (if (= (cdr (assoc 0 ent)) "LINE") (setq p1 (vlax-curve-getstartpoint en) p2 (vlax-curve-getendpoint en) param (1+ endpar) ) (setq p1 (vlax-curve-getPointAtParam en param) p2 (vlax-curve-getPointAtParam en (setq param (1+ param))) ) ) (setq k1 (pt->key p1) k2 (pt->key p2) graph (update-g graph k1 p1 p2) graph (update-g graph k2 p2 p1) ) ) ) (setq minD 1.7e308) ; Initialize to infinity (foreach entry graph (if (< (setq d (distance (cadr entry) Startp)) minD) (setq minD d sNode entry) ) ) (setq sKey (car sNode) openH (heap:new (length graph)) gScore (list (cons sKey 0.0)) cameFrom nil found nil ) (heap:push openH (distance (cadr sNode) Endp) (cadr sNode)) (setq gbti (- (getvar 'MILLISECS) ti)) ;Start of Pathfinding... (while (and (> #Hptr 0) (not found)) (setq cur (heap:pop openH) curPt (cdr cur) curK (pt->key curPt) ) (if (< (distance curPt Endp) 0.1) (setq found T) (foreach neighbor (cddr (assoc curK graph)) (setq nKey (pt->key neighbor) val (assoc curK gScore) t_g (+ (cdr val) (distance curPt neighbor)) ) (if (or (null (setq oldG (assoc nKey gScore))) (< t_g (cdr oldG))) (progn (if oldG (setq gScore (vl-remove oldG gScore))) (setq gScore (cons (cons nKey t_g) gScore)) (if (setq oldCF (assoc nKey cameFrom)) (setq cameFrom (subst (cons nKey curPt) oldCF cameFrom)) (setq cameFrom (cons (cons nKey curPt) cameFrom)) ) (heap:push openH (+ t_g (distance neighbor Endp)) neighbor) ) ) ) ) ) ;; Result Handling (if found (progn (setq path (list curPt) k curK ) (while (setq link (assoc k cameFrom)) (setq pt (cdr link) k (pt->key pt) path (cons pt path) ) ) (mk_3dp path) ) (princ "\nNo path found.") ) (vla-endundomark #acdoc) (setq totaltime (- (getvar 'MILLISECS) ti)) (princ "\n ----- A* Optimized With Gemini ----- ") (princ (strcat "\n Graph Size: " (itoa (length graph)) " nodes")) (princ (strcat "\n Graph Building Time: " (itoa gbti) " ms.")) (princ (strcat "\n Pathfinding Time: " (itoa (- totaltime gbti)) " ms.")) (princ (strcat "\nTotal Execution time: " (itoa totaltime) " ms.")) (*error* nil) ) ;; ; ;; ERROR HANDLING & SYSTEM UTILITIES ; ;; ; ;; ; ;; set_errhandler by Elpanov Evgenyi ; ;; Captures system variable states into global #varl. ; ;; Argument 'l': List of strings naming system variables. ; ;; ; (defun set_errhandler (l) (setq #varl (mapcar (function (lambda (a) (list 'setvar a (getvar a)))) l)) ) ;; ; ;; *error* by Elpanov Evgenyi ; ;; Redefines the *error* function and display an error message. ; ;; Restores system variables and handles exit messages. ; ;; ; (defun *error* (msg) (mapcar 'eval #varl) (if (and msg (not (wcmatch (strcase msg) "*BREAK*,*CANCEL*,*EXIT*"))) (princ (strcat "\nError: " msg)) ) (princ) ) ;; ; ;; Heap Abstraction Utilities Using Safearray ; ;; ; ;; ; ;; heap:new ; ;; ; ;; Initializes a Variant Safearray as a Minimum-Heap and set the Heap pointer ; ;; Global Var #Hptr to 0 ; ;; ; ;; Argument: size, Total capacity for the Heap. ; ;; ; ;; Return : Safearray Object ; ;; ; (defun heap:new (size) (setq #Hptr 0) (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbVariant (cons 0 (max 1 (1- size))) '(0 . 1)) ) ;; ; ;; heap:get ; ;; ; ;; Fetch node data at given index in the heap ; ;; ; ;; Arguments: h, Heap name as a safearray object ; ;; idx, Index of the node ; ;; ; ;; Returns: A dotted pair, (Priority . Point) ; ;; ; (defun heap:get (h idx) (cons (vlax-variant-value (vlax-safearray-get-element h idx 0)) (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (vlax-safearray-get-element h idx 1))) ) ) ;; ; ;; heap:set ; ;; ; ;; Writes priority and point into heap at index. ; ;; Arguments: h, heap name ; ;; i, index ; ;; prio, double ; ;; p, point. ; ;; ; (defun heap:set (h i prio p / arr) (setq arr (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbDouble '(0 . 2))) (vlax-safearray-fill arr (mapcar 'float p)) (vlax-safearray-put-element h i 0 (vlax-make-variant prio vlax-vbDouble)) (vlax-safearray-put-element h i 1 arr) ) ;; ; ;; heap:swap ; ;; ; ;; Swaps two elements the heap ; ;; ; ;; Arguments: h, heap name ; ;; i, index of first element ; ;; j, index of second element ; ;; ; (defun heap:swap (h i j / tp tv) (setq tp (vlax-safearray-get-element h i 0) tv (vlax-safearray-get-element h i 1) ) (vlax-safearray-put-element h i 0 (vlax-safearray-get-element h j 0)) (vlax-safearray-put-element h i 1 (vlax-safearray-get-element h j 1)) (vlax-safearray-put-element h j 0 tp) (vlax-safearray-put-element h j 1 tv) ) ;; ; ;; heap:push ; ;; Adds a node, re-sorts heap via sift-up and adjust the heap pointer ; ;; ; ;; Arguments: h, heap name ; ;; prio, priority ; ;; pt, point ; ;; ; ;; Returns: Value of heap pointer ; ;; ; (defun heap:push (h prio pt / i p) (heap:set h #Hptr prio pt) (setq i #Hptr) (while (and (> i 0) (< prio (car (heap:get h (setq p (/ (1- i) 2)))))) (heap:swap h i p) (setq i p) ) (setq #Hptr (1+ #Hptr)) ) ;; ; ;; heap:pop ; ;; ; ;; Removes root node, re-sorts the heap by sift-down updates #Hptr ; ;; ; ;; Argument: h, heap name ; ;; ; ;; Return: root node as dotted pair (Priority . Point) ; ;; ; (defun heap:pop (h / root size i l r s i-prio l-prio r-prio) (if (> #Hptr 0) (progn (setq root (heap:get h 0) #Hptr (1- #Hptr)) (if (> #Hptr 0) (progn (heap:swap h 0 #Hptr) (setq i 0 size #Hptr) (while (< (setq l (1+ (* i 2))) size) (setq r (1+ l) ;; Get priorities once to avoid redundant safearray lookups i-prio (vlax-variant-value (vlax-safearray-get-element h i 0)) l-prio (vlax-variant-value (vlax-safearray-get-element h l 0)) s l ) ;; Check if right child exists and is smaller than left (if (and (< r size) (< (setq r-prio (vlax-variant-value (vlax-safearray-get-element h r 0))) l-prio)) (setq s r l-prio r-prio)) ;; Update smallest index and priority ;; If smallest child is smaller than current, swap (if (< l-prio i-prio) (progn (heap:swap h i s) (setq i s)) (setq i size)) ;; Else, heap property restored ) ) ) root ) ) ) ;; ; ;; GRAPH & DRAWING UTILITIES ; ;; ; ;; ; ;; pt->key ; ;; Converts 3D point to a string key "X,Y,Z". ; ;; Argument 'p': 3D point list. ; ;; ; (defun pt->key (p) (strcat (rtos (car p) 2 2) " " (rtos (cadr p) 2 2) " " (rtos (caddr p) 2 2))) ;; ; ;; update-g ; ;; Links nodes in graph association list. ; ;; ; ;; Arguments: g, graph list ; ;; k, key ; ;; p, point ; ;; n, neighbor. ; ; ;; ; (defun update-g (g k p n / ex) (if (setq ex (assoc k g)) (subst (append ex (list n)) ex g) (cons (list k p n) g) ) ) ;; ; ;; mk_3dp by Alan J Thompson ; ;; ; ;; Entmakes a 3D Polyline. Global Vars #Pathlay, #Pathcol and #Pathlwt have ; ;; to be set in calling program. ; ;; ; ;; Argument: lst, List of 3D points. ; ;; ; ;; Returns: Entity Name of Polyline ; ;; ; (defun mk_3dp (lst / vtx) (if (and lst (> (length lst) 1)) (progn (entmakex (list '(0 . "POLYLINE") '(10 0. 0. 0.) (cons 8 #Pathlay) (cons 62 #Pathcol) (cons 370 #Pathlwt) '(70 . 8) ) ) (foreach vtx lst (entmakex (list '(0 . "VERTEX") (cons 10 vtx) '(70 . 32) ) ) ) (entmakex '((0 . "SEQEND"))) ) ) ) (defun mk_circle (ctr rad color) (entmakex (list (cons 0 "CIRCLE") (cons 10 ctr) (cons 40 rad) (cons 8 #Pathlay) (cons 62 color) (cons 370 #Pathlwt) ) ) ) (princ "\nCommand A* loaded.") (princ) Astar3dHeap.LSP

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

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

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

Should get you what your looking for. code below

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You created this thread before even trying it in your AutoCAD?

Did you google found lots of ideas.

In this link, it's written that OOPS command exist : In AutoCAD since version ≤ R12...

Bit odd yes tested in Bricscad, I will look at the getcellextents, this gives the XY position of the corners of the table cell. If the line is 69 times repeated it sounds like that is the problem. I will make a little test program so can look at what is going on when calculating the Pt1 and Pt2. the code is done that way so if row height is changed for other users the lines are still central in the cell. Add the (princ line and look at the Y value displayed, it should change for every row. Please let me know if it is not changing. (setq pt2 (list (nth 6 pts)(nth 7 pts) 0.0)) (princ (strcat "\n" (rtos (cadr pt1) 2 3) " ")) (setq vdist (/ (- (cadr pt1) (cadr pt2)) 2.0)) Another test could some one try on Acad. 0 is 1st column. (setq objtable (vlax-ename->vla-object (car (entsel "\nPick a table ")))) ; put a number like 3+ in row variable ; then copy this line to command line change the 3 etc to 4 5 6 and so on ; The Y value should change (setq pts (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (VLA-GETCELLEXTENTS objtable 3 0 :vlax-false))))

Works with BricsCAD. I know you have to wrap points in AutoCAD sometimes with (vlax-3d-point pt2) not sure about entmake tho.

Almost there its a table fixed a couple of bugs and done. Tested on a dwg with 500 layers a little slow takes a few seconds. ; https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/99017-layer-table-lines-and-text/ ; Make a lgend of layers in dwg. ; Bt AlanH March 2026 (defun c:mktablay ( / colwidth doc lay lcol ldesc lname lst numrows objtable oldsnap pt pt1 pt2 rowheight) (defun CreateTableStyle ( / dicts dictobj key class custobj dwglays ) (setq dicts (vla-get-Dictionaries (vla-get-ActiveDocument(vlax-get-acad-object)))) (setq dictObj (vla-Item dicts "acad_tablestyle")) (vlax-for dname dictobj (if (= (vla-get-name dname) "DWGLAYERS" ) ; does it exist (princ "Found DWGLAYERS") (setq dwglays "No") ) ) (if (= dwglays "No") (progn (setq key "DWGLAYERS" class "AcDbTableStyle") (setq custObj (vla-AddObject dictObj key class)) (vla-put-Name custObj "DWGLAYERS") (vla-put-Description custObj "Dwg Index custom table style") (vla-put-BitFlags custObj 1) (vla-put-FlowDirection custObj acTableTopToBottom) (vla-put-HorzCellMargin custObj txtht ) (vla-put-VertCellMargin custObj txtht ) (vla-SetAlignment custObj (+ acDataRow acHeaderRow acTitleRow) acMiddleCenter) (vla-SetTextHeight custObj acDataRow txtht) (vla-SetTextHeight custObj acHeaderRow (* txtht 1.2)) (vla-SetTextHeight custObj acTitleRow (* txtht 1.5)) (vla-SetTextStyle custObj (+ acDataRow acHeaderRow acTitleRow) "Standard") ) ) (princ) ) (setq oldsnap (getvar 'osmode)) (setvar 'osmode 0) (setq txtht 1.5) (CreateTableStyle) (setvar 'ctablestyle "DWGLAYERS") (setq lays (vla-get-layers (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))) (setq lst '()) (vlax-for lay lays (setq lname (vlax-get lay 'name)) (setq lcol (vlax-get lay 'color)) (setq ldesc (vlax-get lay 'description)) (setq lst (cons (list lcol lname ldesc) lst)) ) (setq lst (vl-sort lst '(lambda (x y) (< (cadr x)(cadr y))))) (setq pt (vlax-3d-point (getpoint "\npick a point for table "))) (setq doc (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object) )) (if (= (vla-get-activespace doc) 0) (setq curspc (vla-get-paperspace doc)) (setq curspc (vla-get-modelspace doc)) ) (setq numrows 3) (setq numcolumns 3) (setq rowht 5) (setq colwidth 50) (setq objtable (vla-addtable curspc pt numrows numcolumns rowht colwidth)) (vla-settext objtable 0 0 "Layer Details") (vla-settext objtable 1 0 "Color Numb. & Linetype") (vla-settext objtable 1 1 "Layer Name") (vla-settext objtable 1 2 "Layer description") (setq objtable (vlax-ename->vla-object (entlast))) (setq rowht (vla-getrowheight objtable 1)) (vla-put-regeneratetablesuppressed objtable :vlax-true) (setq row 2) (foreach lay lst (princ (cadr lay)) (vla-settext objtable row 0 (strcat (rtos (car lay) 2 0) " ")) (vla-setcellalignment objtable row 0 acMiddleRight) (vla-settext objtable row 1 (cadr lay)) (if (= (caddr lay) "") (setq desc (cadr lay)) (setq desc (caddr lay)) ) (vla-settext objtable row 2 desc) (setq pts (vlax-safearray->list (vlax-variant-value (VLA-GETCELLEXTENTS objtable row 0 :vlax-false)))) (setq pt1 (list (nth 0 pts)(nth 1 pts) 0.0)) (setq pt2 (list (nth 6 pts)(nth 7 pts) 0.0)) (setq vdist (/ (- (cadr pt1) (cadr pt2)) 2.0)) (setq pt1 (mapcar '+ pt1 (list 5.0 (- vdist) 0.0))) (setq pt2 (list (nth 3 pts)(nth 4 pts) 0.0)) (setq pt2 (mapcar '+ pt2 (list (- 7.0) (- vdist) 0.0))) (entmake (list (cons 0 "LINE") (cons 10 pt1) (cons 11 pt2) (cons 8 (cadr lay)))) (vla-insertrows objtable (setq row (1+ row)) rowht 1) ) (vla-put-regeneratetablesuppressed objtable :vlax-false) (setvar 'osmode oldsnap) (princ) ) (c:mktablay)

Thanks!! it's working fine. It's okay if it's not exactly the same from mine but as long as it can generate the table it's fine. saved me a lot of time.

Thank you I can use this as well...

yah it is... I overlooked it. All good now.

Gotcha, thx Remark

not sure what your trying to do. you can set entlast before the explode then add all the entities into the selection set. (setq LastEnt (entlast)) (command "_.explode" ss) (setq SS1 (ssadd)) ;create a blank selection set or add to an existing one. (while (setq LastEnt (entnext LastEnt)) (ssadd LastEnt SS1) )

You may not have a choice here, but can you convert your text to TTF from SHX? PDF should accept that as text.

We used AutoTurn by Transoft for years as an AutoCAD plugin years before Vehicle Tracking or even Civil 2D was added to AutoCAD. It was a company in England at the time but it's worldwide now and no longer a simple AutoCAD plugin!

Just remember with say a semi you have to turn outward before turning in the direction you want for tight corners, same with exit oversteer corner. It normally took say 3+ goes to get a smooth path. Followed a road train go through multiple roundabouts in Darwin, a road train is 3 x 19m trailers 66 ton. The driver would go left and right crossing 3 lanes but did not go slow, What was that bump ?

Not sure if this will work the way you want. I created a dummy drawing with a dummy block and a dummy attribute. When you set the attribute to Invisible, you can't see it any more, but you can edit it. I know, that's not what you want. I include it so you don't waste time trying it for yourself. When you set the attribute to Constant, you can't edit it at all. It no longer shows up in the Properties, and it doesn't show up in the block. If you change the attribute back to not constant, you can insert a new block and give it a different value, but it's still invisible and it does show up in Properties. Could be a bug? Or the way I handled it.

My fault for not stating all the angles were to be measured CW or CCW from 0°.

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

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

Here is my version but its not a freeware.

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

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

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

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

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