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Greetings to all members of Cad Tutor, Based on the upcoming holidays and New Year, I'v made something interesting which I want it to share with you. Everything was made using a Lisp. I hope it will interesting to all of you and maybe give some inspiration to the next year to made something different and share it with rest of us . Notice (it is on cyrillic, in Serbian language): - ЗИМСКА СЛУЖБА = Winter service on roads; - СРЕЋНА НОВА ГОДИНА = HAPPY NEW YEAR; - XO-XO-XOO = HO-HO-HOO (). Happy New Year 2026 to all members, and wish you all the best and new codes . NovaGodina2026_CadTutor.mp4 Best regards, Saxlle.

Attempt number 2: This code is intended to always return a centerline whose points are all perfectly equidistant from the margins. This should happen in all cases where two LWPOLYLINEs are provided, one for each margin. The case of islands has not been considered yet. The resulting centerline is geometrically dense. This can probably be simplified in a future version. The approach taken in this code has been to obtain points from the normals and the bisectors of each margin, which are then combined at the end to build a list of points. Therefore, it is a fragmentary and massive approach. For this reason, the code is not very fast. However, there is another, more elegant approach, based on dynamically relating the geometry of both margins. It is more complex, but it would also be faster, and the error margins would be “bridgable”. If this thread has enough life in it, I may feel sufficiently motivated to finish it. That’s all for now. ;|*********************** CENTER-LINE ************************* ************************ G L A V C V S ************************* ************************** F E C I T *************************** |; (defun c:CLG (/ PI/2 lst e1 e2 l1 l2 lp lp1 lp2 p0 p> p< r1? x m a tol autoInt? ordenaPts interCpta ptEqd) (defun autoInt? (l lp / p0 p1 p2);autointersecci贸n? (if l (setq p1 (polar (car l) (setq a (angle (car l) (cadr l))) 0.001) p2 (polar (cadr l) (+ a PI) 0.001) x (if (not (vl-some '(lambda (p) (if p0 (inters p0 (setq p0 p) p1 p2) (not (setq p0 p)))) lp)) l) ) ) ) (defun ordenaPts (lst / pIni dm d ps? ps lr); puntos en orden (setq pIni (mapcar '(lambda (a b) (/ (+ a b) 2.0)) (car lp1) (car lp2))) (while lst (foreach p lst (if (and dm (/= (min (setq d (distance (if ps ps pIni) p)) dm) dm)) (setq dm d ps? p) (if (not dm) (setq dm (distance (if ps ps pIni) p) ps? p)) ) ) (setq ps ps? ps? nil dm nil lst (vl-remove ps lst) lr (cons (cadr ps) (cons (car ps) lr))) ) lr ) (defun interCpta (pM p1 p2 lp / i? i1 i2 d a b); captura de los m谩rgenes (defun i? (pA pB lp / p0 i dm is a) (foreach p lp (if p0 (if (setq i (inters p0 (setq p0 p) pA pB)) (if (and dm (/= (min (setq d (distance pM i)) dm) dm)) (setq dm d is i) (if (not dm) (setq dm (distance pm i) is i)) ) ) ) (setq p0 p) ) (if is (list (car is) (cadr is) 0.0)) ) (if (and (setq a (i? p1 p2 lp1)) (setq b (i? p1 p2 lp2))) (list a b) ) ) (defun ptEqd (A B e1 e2 / eqDist-f t0 t1 f0 f1 tm fm n i v+- v*); captura punto equidistante (defun v+- (o a b) (mapcar o a b)) (defun v* (p s) (mapcar '(lambda (x) (* x s)) p)) (defun eqDist-f (ds A B e1 e2 / pt d1 d2) (setq pt (v+- '+ A (v* (v+- '- B A) ds)); Punto sobre AB: P(ds) = A + ds (B - A) d1 (distance pt (vlax-curve-getClosestPointTo e1 pt)) d2 (distance pt (vlax-curve-getClosestPointTo e2 pt)) ) (- d1 d2) ) (setq t0 0.0 t1 1.0) (while (and (< (setq n (if n (1+ n) 0)) 100) (> (- t1 t0) 1e-6));m茅todo de bisecci贸n (setq tm (/ (+ t0 t1) 2.0) fm (eqDist-f tm A B e1 e2) ) (if (< (abs fm) 1e-9) (setq n 100 t1 tm t0 tm) (if (< (* (if f0 f0 (eqDist-f t0 A B e1 e2)) fm) 0.0) (setq t1 tm f1 fm) (setq t0 tm f0 fm) ) ) ) (if (< t1 1.0) ; par谩metro final y punto equidistante (v+- '+ A (v* (v+- '- B A) (/ (+ t0 t1) 2.0))) ) ) (if (and (setq e1 (car (entsel "\nSelect FIRST LWPolyline..."))) (= (cdr (assoc 0 (setq l1 (entget e1)))) "LWPOLYLINE") ) (if (and (setq e2 (car (entsel "\nSelect SECOND LWPolyline..."))) (= (cdr (assoc 0 (setq l2 (entget e2)))) "LWPOLYLINE") ) (progn (foreach l l1 (if (= (car l) 10) (setq lp1 (cons (cdr l) lp1)))) (foreach l l2 (if (= (car l) 10) (setq lp2 (cons (cdr l) lp2)))) (setq r1? (> (distance (car lp1) (car lp2)) (distance (car lp1) (last lp2)))) (setq tol 0.01 PI/2 (/ PI 2.) lp1 (if r1? (reverse lp1) lp1)) (foreach e (list e1 e2) (setq p0 nil m nil r? (if (equal e e1) r1?) lp (if (equal e e1) lp2 lp1)) (while (setq p (vlax-curve-getPointAtParam e (setq m (if m ((if r? 1- 1+) m) (if r? (vlax-curve-getEndParam e) 0))))) (if p0 (progn (setq lAB (autoInt? (interCpta p (polar p (setq a (+ (angle p0 p) PI/2)) 10000) (polar p (+ a PI) 10000) lp) (if (equal e e1) lp1 lp2));NORMAL AL COMIENZO DEL SEGMENTO lst (if lAB (cons (ptEqd (car lAB) (cadr lAB) e1 e2) lst) lst) ) (if (setq p> (vlax-curve-getPointAtParam e ((if r? 1- 1+) m))) (setq lAB (autoInt? (interCpta p (polar p (setq a (/ (+ (angle p p0) (angle p p>)) 2.)) 10000) (polar p (+ a PI) 10000) lp) (if (equal e e1) lp1 lp2)) ; Bisectriz lst (if lAB (cons (ptEqd (car lAB) (cadr lAB) e1 e2) lst) lst) lAB (autoInt? (interCpta p (polar p (setq a (+ (angle p p>) PI/2)) 10000) (polar p (+ a PI) 10000) lp) (if (equal e e1) lp1 lp2));NORMAL AL FINAL DEL SEGMENTO lst (if lAB (cons (ptEqd (car lAB) (cadr lAB) e1 e2) lst) lst) ) ) (setq p< p0 p0 p) ) (if (setq p> (vlax-curve-getPointAtParam e ((if r? 1- 1+) m))) (setq lAB (autoInt? (interCpta p (polar (setq p0 p) (setq a (+ (angle p0 p>) PI/2)) 10000) (polar p0 (+ a PI) 10000) lp) (if (equal e e1) lp1 lp2)) lst (if lAB (cons (ptEqd (car lAB) (cadr lAB) e1 e2) lst) lst) ) ) ) ) ) (vla-AddLightWeightPolyline (vla-get-modelspace (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (vlax-Make-Variant (vlax-SafeArray-Fill (vlax-Make-SafeArray 5 (cons 0 (- (length (setq lst (reverse (ordenaPts lst)))) 1))) lst)) ) ) ) ) (princ) )

Their IT department even has a slogan (and I'm not kidding here) : You name it , we block it

The reason I clean the drawing is I once wrote a program to generate instrument loop diagrams from an excel file. I found the most stable and easy way was not to use a script but stay in the current drawing and from there save(as) each loop. I also made use from templates and also had the option to update the drawing in stead of generating the entire drawing. But at some time some templates had been given an update to a block definition and to be certain the latest version was used I had to make sure the old block was purged. Overkill , some times yes , but in my case it worked as it should. In this case , dxfin , probably overkill , but it doesn't hurt either. I tested it on Bricad 22 and the dwg extension was no problem, it worked as it should. The recommendation from the annoying paperclip oh , sorry , AI its called these days , to pimp the filename and use vla-saveas is not wrong though. Just didn't need it on my computer. Had it gave me an error I would have fixed it but it worked right from the start for me.

Obviously, this has now become something more than just the search for a solution to a single user’s problem. First of all, I should say that I myself was also reluctant to accept the concept of equidistance advocated by @GP_ and @dexus For the simple reason that applying this principle forced me to accept that the centerline should be the same in these two drawings. Equidistance requires ignoring those areas of the margins that do not geometrically affect the axis. This, which initially caused me some resistance, I eventually came to accept conceptually when I realized that it could serve as a criterion for defining what is a “recodo/inlet” and what is not. So I have abandoned my previous approach and adapted it to this new situation. Having made this clarification, I must say that this concept of equidistance makes the calculation of a centerline more feasible. I’ve been running some tests with Dexus’s latest code, which is the best so far. However, I’ve discovered some “holes” that I hadn’t noticed before. I’m attaching a few images showing this. In my view, these are conceptual errors rather than geometric limitations. And what can we consider “geometric limitations”? I believe that, in any case, every vertex of the centerline must be equidistant from both margins. If this is not the case, the result is not correct. However, the intermediate regions along each segment may be subject to geometric limitations depending on the desired precision. Therefore, in bends or turns, the points taken within the adjustment or “problematic” segments may deviate (within a tolerance) from strict equidistance. The goal, therefore (in my opinion), should be to achieve equidistance at every vertex and to remain within a tolerance in the intermediate zone of each segment. After everything written here so far, some might wonder: is it really possible to obtain a centerline that meets these requirements? As far as I’m concerned, I’m running some tests. GusanoAcad.mp4 I’ll post something over the weekend

This version should work in all cases, regardless of the complexity of the polygons ;******************* p o r d e s i a r g o ******************** ;************************ G L A V C V S ************************* ;************************** F E C I T *************************** (defun c:RectOffBatch (/ selset dist i ent pts offsetpt a70 es l le p1 p2 o sDir) (defun sDir (le i? / p1 p2 p ar ang ab dir tl) (foreach l le (if (and (= (car l) 10) (setq p (cdr l))) (progn (if p2 (if p1 (setq dir (cond ((< (abs (setq ang (- (setq ar (angle p1 p2)) (setq ab (angle p2 p))))) PI) ang) (T (if (<= ar PI) (+ ar (- (* 2 PI) ab)) (- (- ar (* 2 PI)) ab))) ) ) ) ) (if dir (setq tl (+ (if tl tl 0) dir))) (setq p1 p2 p2 p dir nil) ) ) ) (if (minusp tl) (if i? + -) (if i? - +)) ) (prompt "\nSelect rectangles (polylines): ") (setq selset (ssget '((0 . "*POLYLINE")))) (vl-cmdf "_.CONVERTPOLY" "_Light" selset "") (if selset (if (setq i -1 dist (getdist "\nEnter the offset distance: ")) (repeat (sslength selset) (setq ent (ssname selset (setq i (1+ i)))) (setq o (sDir (setq le (entget ent)) nil)); <-- CHANGE 'nil' TO 'T' FOR OFFSET INWARD TOWARD INTERIOR OF THE POLYGONS (if (= (rem (cdr (setq a70 (assoc 70 le))) 2) 0) (entmod (subst (cons 70 (+ (cdr a70) 1)) a70 le))) (setq pr (vlax-curve-getPointAtParam ent 0.5)) (setq offsetpt (polar pr (o (angle (vlax-curve-getPointAtParam ent 0) pr) (/ PI 2.)) 0.1)) (command "_.OFFSET" dist ent offsetpt "") ) ) ) (princ) )

I'll this topic a "wrap" Thanks to all here! rlx: I also have worked at my last company of fifteen years within a very locked down IT environment. Here and now, I am free! One caveat here is that there are limitations in acquiring additional Microsoft tools i.e., Power Platform tools, etc. due to the complexity introduced from being a client of an widely known commercial web hosting service. Happy, happy, happy! Clint

Use this and simply switch: *dist* (- *dist*) To: (- *dist*) *dist*

@Danielm103 ""with mtext, you have to use a fixed width font" I agree, Monotxt.sHx I think was what I used. monotxt_.ttf EXTRA FONTS A-Z.txt Banner heading3.lsp

I think with those big side offshoots you need to break the river into multiple plines so you would have two or more centrelines lines in that situation. As suggested by @SLW210 The problem will be how to work out the break offset shape.. Ps image dummied up.

This should achieve the desired result without overriding nested width formatting - (defun c:mtw ( / enx idx sel str wid ) (initget 6) (cond ( (not (setq wid (getreal "\nSpecify new width factor: ")))) ( (setq sel (ssget "_:L" '((0 . "MTEXT")))) (repeat (setq idx (sslength sel)) (setq idx (1- idx) enx (entget (ssname sel idx)) str (assoc 1 enx) ) (entmod (subst (cons 1 (addupdatewidth (cdr str) wid)) str enx)) ) ) ) (princ) ) (defun addupdatewidth ( str wid / ps1 ps2 ps3 ) (cond ( (= "" str) str) ( (and (setq ps1 (vl-string-search "{\\W" str)) (setq ps2 (vl-string-search ";" str ps1)) (setq ps3 (vl-string-search "}" str ps2)) ) (strcat (addupdatewidth (substr str 1 ps1) wid) (substr str (1+ ps1) 3) (rtos wid 2) (substr str (1+ ps2) (- ps3 ps2 -1)) (addupdatewidth (substr str (+ ps3 2)) wid) ) ) ( (strcat "{\\W" (rtos wid 2) ";" str "}")) ) ) (princ)

I think the real-world situation may be more complex than what we’ve seen here so far. I took a look at the links that @SLW210 attached and decided to test the Lisp codes proposed up to this point. I looked through my drawings for something that could serve as an example for this problem, but it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. So, in the end, I decided to look for something in the real world that clearly corresponds to this issue — something like this: So I drew those margins and tested all the codes that have appeared in this thread so far. The result was… this! In the drawing, you can see the ones that managed to reach the end. However, the codes by BIGAL, GP_, GLAVCVS, and MarkoRibar couldn't even do that. Here’s the drawing AxisExple4.dwg

Just use: (command "_.OFFSET" dist ent "_non" offsetpt "") And you no longer need to worry about OSMODE.

You would still need Visual Studio or similar and packages installed. Even for Visual Studio Code and LISP, I get PowerShell errors due to IT blocking it as well as the need to download the extension. Main issue is just lazy IT departments not wanting to due proper security, every issue I have had a work shows "improper server configuration" and/or "improper firewall configuration" when searching the issue. Anyone using Autodesk products (maybe other programs as well) has to manually override the proxy server on each restart of their computer or we have licensing issues. I had to to do all of the leg work on getting that issue resolved. Unfortunately that's just how many IT "professionals" are trained, "when in doubt, block it out". I normally don't have issues getting programs installed, just usually they are in no hurry to get it done. Autodesk is partly to blame, should be a better way to get apps, add-ons, etc. than needing an IT install. Even Microsoft, why do I need to update Windows and MS Office tools separately and need IT to allow use of PowerShell? To be honest though, I am just the AutoCAD guy, so they don't understand how programming with other tools is relevant.

If you want to change the offset direction, you just need to change the 'i?' parameter used to call 'sDir' from 'nil' to 'T' (as indicated in the code comment). Nikon2.mp4 PS: The video shows the execution of the code with 'i?' set to 'T'.

I tested the code on your drawing and it works correctly. Perhaps you didn't use it correctly. Nikon1.mp4

Yikes! Working with your arms tied.. No way I could work effectively without my tools, I would at least need autohotkey. Last company I worked for, I automated their whole system, mostly because I was lazy and I wanted to eat donuts all day. AutoCAD ships with .NET, nothing to install, I would be rolling some goodies for sure. “We At ACME corporation stifle innovation by making everyone think inside the box”

For most things I do this is my default option, rarely need to do much other than that and if I do, drag and drop.

There's an app for that: https://apps.autodesk.com/ACD/en/Detail/Index?id=3434696327413675915&appLang=en&os=Win32_64

new to Bricad but this seems to work : (defun c:DxfToDwg ( / actDoc dxf-folder dxf-list ) (setq actDoc (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) (vl-load-com) (cond ((not (setq dxf-folder (_getfolder "Select folder with dxf files"))) (princ "\nNo folder selected")) ((not (vl-consp (setq dxf-list (_getfiles dxf-folder "*.dxf")))) (princ (strcat "\nNo dxf files in folder " dxf-folder))) (t (command ".undo" "mark")(setvar "expert" 2) (foreach dxf dxf-list (command ".erase" "all" "") (vla-purgeall actDoc) (vl-cmdf "_.dxfin" dxf) (vla-ZoomExtents (vlax-get-acad-object)) (command ".save" (strcat (vl-filename-directory dxf) "\\" (vl-filename-base dxf))) ) (command ".undo" "back") ) ) (princ) ) ; generic getfolder routine with possibility to create a new subfolder (_getfolder "select path") (defun _getfolder ( m / f s) (if (and (setq s (vlax-create-object "Shell.Application")) (setq f (vlax-invoke s 'browseforfolder 0 m 65536 "")))(setq f (vlax-get-property (vlax-get-property f 'self) 'path)) (setq f nil))(vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-release-object (list s)) (if f (vl-string-translate "\\" "/" f))) (defun void (x) (or (eq x nil) (and (listp x)(not (vl-consp x))) (and (eq 'STR (type x)) (eq "" (vl-string-trim " \t\r\n" x))))) (defun _getfiles ( fol ext / lst) (cond ((or (void fol) (not (vl-file-directory-p fol))) (princ (strcat "\nInvalid folder :" (vl-princ-to-string fol)))) (t (if (vl-consp (setq lst (vl-directory-files fol ext 1))) (setq lst (mapcar '(lambda (x)(strcat fol "/" x)) lst)))) ) lst )

Most of the members here have real jobs as well and provide help as their own busy schedules allow. I do not believe anyone was being rude, just nudging you along to do a little work for yourself.

I have done something like this a couple of years ago :

with mtext, you have to use a fixed width font import traceback from pyrx import Ap, Db, Ed import art @Ap.Command() def doit(): try: db = Db.curDb() mt = Db.MText() mt.setDatabaseDefaults() val = art.text2art("Sup Dude!", font="big", sep ="\\P") mt.setContents("{\\Fmonotxt8|c0;" + val + "}") db.addToModelspace(mt) except Exception as err: traceback.print_exception(err)

I have to agree with Bigal about to (new)bee or not to (new)bee but to give you an idea ; (setq val (getentitytransparency (car (entsel)))) (defun getentitytransparency ( ent ) (cond ((= 'vla-object (type ent))(vla-get-entitytransparency ent)) ((= 'ename (type ent))(getentitytransparency (vlax-ename->vla-object ent))))) ; (< lower-limit test-number upper-limit) ; (putentitytransparency (car (entsel)) "ByBlock") (putentitytransparency (car (entsel)) 100) (defun putentitytransparency (e v / i o) (cond ((null v)(setq v "ByLayer"))((and (numberp v)(< 0 v 90))(setq v (itoa (fix v)))) ((and (= (type v) 'STR) (distof v) (>= 0 (setq i (fix (distof v))) 90))(setq v (itoa i))) ((and (= (type v) 'STR) (member (strcase v t)'("bylayer" "byblock"))) v)(t (setq v "0"))) (if (setq o (e->o e))(vla-put-entitytransparency o v)))

@mhupp do you want a lisp version of that ? It works same way uses "*". I think it was 1990.s used it as header in lisp programs.

Some really cool stuff here

test with wxPython

Note that you can use my Layer Director to preset & reset a layer (including layer creation) for both standard and custom commands: https://lee-mac.com/layerdirector.html

See on archive of the web: UNMI.LSP

Untested I remember Lee Mac saying it was important to release the html obj as it could cause a memory leak or something. ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------;; ;; Copy Selected Xref Path to Clipboard with prompt. ;; https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/98871-xref-path-copy-to-clipboard (defun c:XrefToClipBoard (/ SS Blk Path html) (vl-load-com) (if (setq SS (ssget "_+.:E:S" '((0 . "INSERT")))) (progn (setq blk (vla-get-effectivename (vlax-ename->vla-object (ssname SS 0)))) (setq blk (vla-item (vla-get-blocks (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object))) blk)) (if (= (vla-get-isxref blk) :vlax-true) (progn (setq Path (vla-get-Path blk)) (vlax-invoke (vlax-get (vlax-get (setq html (vlax-create-object "htmlfile")) 'ParentWindow) 'ClipBoardData) 'setData "Text" Path) (vlax-release-object html) (alert (strcat "\nPath Sent to Clipboard\n Xref Path: " Path)) ) (princ "\nSelected Block isn't an Xref.") ) ) (princ "\nNothing Selected") ) (princ) ) -edit updated code.

Thank you all for the replies. Lee & Tsuky, Your code works perfectly for me. Steven P, thanks for explaining what was happening under the hood, made perfect sense. As always, I appreciate it greatly!!

Hi @PGia, wow, you managed to find another example that fails. Good stress testing! The reason mine fails is because it ignores the offset lines that are split in two or more parts. But some of the parts are still be usable and should be used. I looked into fixing this and managed to add those lines, but this resulted in some other problems so I didn't update the code on the earlier post yet. The zigzag problem is coming back on your example. The result below. I really need to find a solution for that, but it looks like I might have to use a path finding algorithm which would slow down the code a lot. Sorting the points by distance on the offset line is not enough anymore.

Yes ! Your first step is get a copy of lee-mac dynamic block properties.lsp. I like others have used his code with great success. You may need to get all property names first, so you can then get in turn that property value, eg "Distance1", the current visibility state is much easier to get. If you get stuck just post again. https://www.lee-mac.com/dynamicblockfunctions.html

A simple script made with notepad. Open dwg1.dxf qsave dwg1 close Open dwg2.dxf qsave dwg2 close Open dwg3.dxf qsave dwg3 close Open dwg3.dxf qsave dwg3 close The dwg1 would be like "C:\\mydxfiles\\project123\\dwg1" There are various ways to make a list of dwg names, how many are we talking about ?

This was my 'Offset Inside' program: ;; Offset Inside - Lee Mac - www.lee-mac.com ;; Offsets a set of objects by a specified distance to the inside. (defun c:OffInside ( / acsel pos ) (if (and (setq *dist* (cond ( (getdist (strcat "\nOffset Distance" (if *dist* (strcat " <" (rtos *dist*) ">: ") ": ") ) ) ) ( *dist* ) ) ) (ssget '( (-4 . "<OR") (0 . "CIRCLE,ARC,ELLIPSE") (-4 . "<AND") (0 . "LWPOLYLINE,SPLINE") (-4 . "&=") (70 . 1) (-4 . "AND>") (-4 . "<AND") (0 . "POLYLINE") (-4 . "&=") (70 . 1) (-4 . "<NOT") (-4 . "&") (70 . 120) (-4 . "NOT>") (-4 . "AND>") (-4 . "OR>") ) ) ) (progn (vlax-for obj (setq acsel (vla-get-activeselectionset (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)) ) ) (vl-catch-all-apply 'vla-offset (list obj (if (and (setq pos (vl-position (vla-get-objectname obj) '("AcDbPolyline" "AcDb2dPolyline"))) (LM:ListClockwise-p (LM:GroupByNum (vlax-get obj 'coordinates) (+ pos 2))) ) *dist* (- *dist*) ) ) ) ) (vla-delete acsel) ) ) (princ) ) ;; List Clockwise-p - Lee Mac ;; Returns T if the point list is clockwise oriented (defun LM:ListClockwise-p ( lst ) (minusp (apply '+ (mapcar (function (lambda ( a b ) (- (* (car b) (cadr a)) (* (car a) (cadr b))) ) ) lst (cons (last lst) lst) ) ) ) ) ;; Group by Number - Lee Mac ;; Groups a list into a list of lists, each of length 'n' (defun LM:GroupByNum ( l n / r) (if l (cons (reverse (repeat n (setq r (cons (car l) r) l (cdr l)) r)) (LM:GroupByNum l n) ) ) ) (vl-load-com) (princ)

Excellent and encourages me all the more to learn more than lean so much.. Found a solution as when using a text with a space in front, it's automatically ignored.. Just slip this in after the: v (vla-get-TextString o) v (vl-string-left-trim " " v) ;; https://www.cadtutor.net/forum/topic/26510-remove-the-space-from-a-text/page/4/#findComment-324578

Hola. Contesto desde el móvil y sin probarlo, pero si no me equivoco bastaría con introducir el guión modificando esta parte del código así: (command "_exportlayout" (strcat (getvar "dwgprefix") (vl-filename-base (getvar "dwgname")) "-" presentacion ) ;(getvar "ctab") ".dwg") @ivaj Ya nos dices si te va.

Not too hard to create, a real pain to maintain as it must be compiled every time Autodesk decides to break binary compatibility

Hi mhupp, Thank you for the response. the result says: ; error: ActiveX Server returned the error: unknown name: IsXRef

Your code modified (defun C:MTW ; = MText Width (/ ss wf n mt val_text start end) (if (and (setq ss (ssget "_:L" '((0 . "MTEXT")))) (setq wf (getreal "\nWidth Factor to apply: ")) ); and (repeat (setq n (sslength ss)); then (setq mt (ssname ss (setq n (1- n)))) (setq val_text (getpropertyvalue mt "Contents")) (cond ((vl-string-search "{" val_text) (cond ((vl-string-search "\\W" val_text) (setq start (vl-string-search "\\W" val_text) end (vl-string-search ";" val_text 1) ) (repeat (1+ (- end start)) (setq val_text (vl-string-subst "" (chr (vl-string-elt val_text start)) val_text start)) ) (setpropertyvalue mt "Contents" val_text) ) (T (setpropertyvalue mt "Contents" (strcat "{\\W" (rtos wf 2) ";" (vl-string-left-trim "{" val_text) ) ) ) ) ) (T (setpropertyvalue mt "Contents" (strcat "{\\W" (rtos wf 2) ";" (getpropertyvalue mt "Contents") "}") ); setpropertyvalue ) ) ); repeat ); if (princ) )

The code is adding a width string to the text. These characters are hidden but will show up if you click on the text and look at it in the properties menu, or via the LISP line: (assoc 1 (entget(car(entsel)))) In the code it adds {\\W'wf'; to the string where wf is the width factor Something like {\\W0.8;Here is a text string} If you run the code again, it will add another width factor to the text string... but won't remove the first, so you get something like this: {\\W0.5;{\\W0.8;Here is a text string}} - noting that the new text width is applied and then the first one is applied.. result is you only see what was applied first. Need to remove this formatting to the text string before applying a new one. You might also have issues if other text formatting is used, such as underlined, italics, bold... For width you might be able to amend Lee Macs Unformat LISP to just unformat the width portion: https://lee-mac.com/unformatstring.html In these text strings replace with just 'W' ACcFfHLlOopQTW and here ACcFfHLlOoPpQSTW change to SW ... and then apply the new width formatting from your LISP .. though CAD is off so not tested - all part of the fun for you! ...if Lee Mac is passing through, feel free to correct me, though many years later I am just about understanding some of your codes.

IIRC, those are tough to manage on GIS programs with Add-ons made with Python, .NET, etc. Remember, real rivers/roads/ROWs have curves and organic shapes, not just straight lines. I did see some information on how to tackle those, hopefully it can be worked out, but don't expect perfection. As I mentioned, from what my daughter said and what I've seen in various related forums, the GIS pros are using whatever program and add-ons they can to get the bulk of it and cleaning up and filling in manually. Most that are doing those shapes want the main channel center, if needed I would ignore the very wide sections and side pieces and get those as center lines running back to the main channel separately. As your example shows, it would take separate polylines, so it will need to account for those sections and then ran again on the offshoots. You still haven't answered all of the questions asked. What type of work are you doing? What you have posted looks to be Civil and/or GIS work. I'll try some more on this when I can, I have also looked at some different shortest path codes, the last example is way over my head in LISP, I'll concentrate on the previous examples then try to run just the main channel on the last example .dwg. I have a full slate at work again today, but I'll try to jump back on this when I get some things out of the way. Home time is limited, but I'll try to get back on this with QGIS solution, I may see if my daughter's coworkers want to take a shot at these.

Based on the title of your thread, here's an existing program to match dynamic block properties: https://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=44444.msg496892#msg496892 Where mirroring text in blocks is concerned, here's some food for thought: https://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=46271.msg513250#msg513250

Don't use CIV3D much anymore but there is the command IMPORTSTYLES if I have the command name correct can choose what is imported from another dwg.

Yes, but as it for as Title name for the topic. The plot is different. So, you're code will certenatly accomplish the desired result.

As @Clint ask for

Yes, this will substitued all layers into the UPPERCASE.

If I getted correct, this can be accomplish, but you need to do a systematization in naming the layers. One of the approaches can be to make an .txt file in which you will store the systematizated layers (the proper order must be, for e.g. "Tropic,Train,Traffic" or "Tropic\n" "Train\n" "Traffic\n" etc. The \n means new line). Then, you will run the code from my post, get an list of layers inside the drawing, then select desired layers to matches with .txt file from which you want to get a proper names (for e.g. in .txt file you have the layer name "TrAffiC", after choosing the layer "Traffic" in the drawing with "TrAffiC", you can substitued with proper name).

@Clint Please give it a try (defun c:lay-nam-to-capital (/ (ACAD-OBJ ADOC LAY-COLL)) (VL-LOAD-COM) (SETQ ACAD-OBJ (VLAX-GET-ACAD-OBJECT)) (SETQ ADOC (VLA-GET-ACTIVEDOCUMENT ACAD-OBJ)) (SETQ LAY-COLL (VLA-GET-LAYERS ADOC)) (vlax-for lay lay-coll (vla-put-name lay (strcase (vla-get-name lay))) ) ;_ end of vlax-for ) ;_ end of defun

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