Dims, text and block scaling menu

[Granite]

Hi all,

 

I'm new here and looking for some advice with regards to setting up a pulldown menu for dim and text and block scaling.

The CAD area for where i currently work is abit all over the place with regards to how things are set up within the company, so i have decided to sort things out myself.

I am trying to get a pulldown menu set up which will list diffent scale factors and when you select the one which your drawing will be set up for in model space, all dimension, text and blocks will be scaled to that factor.

My previous copmpany used to have this set up and it worked very well. I'm not sure if a Lisp routine already exists for something like this but any help would be greatfully recieved.

 

Thanks.

[tzframpton]

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8543&highlight=dimension+style&page=2

 

Read post 11. Best thing to do is have everything saved as a block so when you INSERT it into the drawing, all your styles comes with it. Also, look into setting up a template that has everything set up initially, too.

[Granite]

Thanks for the reply. I already have something like that set up for dims.

 

What i'm after is a pull down menu with all the different scales listed, so that when you select a scale, say 1:50, all your text preferences are set to 1:50, all your dims 1:50 and when you pull in a block from a custom tool palette, like a block for a section mark or floor span, they are scaled to 1:50 too.

[tzframpton]

Uh, I don't know about all that. I think that will need some serious customization if I'm reading what you're needing correctly.

[Granite]

Thanks anyway.

 

I'm wondering if someone has written a Lisp routine or something for it as i have used it at a company i used to work for in the past and it worked really well when drawing plans, sections, elevation in model space at diffent scales.

[lpseifert]

Maybe you can use this after editing it as per your needs. I put each scale on a ToolPalette with a macro similar to this (for 50 scale)

c^c^p(if(not sc01)(load "scales"))(sc50);

Scales.lsp