Time tracker

[CadFrank]

Hi, I would like to know if there's a lisp routine that can manage the time you spend on a drawing from the time you open it and close its with a save.

 

What i would like is that when i save it send the time i spent on the drawing to a excel sheet or maybe even so to a notepad or command line

 

if this exist i would be pleased and it would save me some time

 

thx for all the help !

 

Cheers & Beers !

[ReMark]

That topic has been discussed a couple of times and various methods/routines have been proposed. Try a search of the site. If you have no luck post back. I'm sure someone will be able to point you in the right direction.

 

Here's another alternative called JobTime.

 

JobTime - time-tracking reactor - net editing time spent on DWG drawings (edittime) - VLX for AutoCAD

 

Find it at the CAD Forum in the Downloads section.

 

http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/download.asp

[LibertyOne]

Of course it would be great to do all of that out of AutoCAD, but you know what I do? It takes some discipline on your part, and I use it for all sorts of notes as I'm working.

 

Right click on your desktop and select new -> text document

Name the file whatever you prefer and save. TimeTrack.txt, Captian's Log.txt, whatever...

open the file and write in the first line: .LOG

save the file and close.

now every time you open this file, a date and time will appear and you can write notes down, lisp code, etc.

save the file and close after making notes.

I do this for my weekly time sheet...if I'm away from my computer during the day I'll jot it down in my moleskine and add it to the log later.

[ReMark]

CadFrank:

 

Check out this thread. Two or three ways to track CAD drawing time mentioned.

 

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?55728-Time-Tracking&highlight=track+time

[alanjt]

CadFrank:

 

Check out this thread. Two or three ways to track CAD drawing time mentioned.

 

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?55728-Time-Tracking&highlight=track+time

HaHa, I remember that thread. I took Jack_O'neill's advice and ordered a package of the Sharpie liquid pencils and threw them away after my first sentence.

[CadFrank]

Hi and thx alot for all the suggestion i will take a look at them and see what goes better for me all taugh i like LibertyOne advice looks simple and works well but i think if i could have a lisp opening that file eachtime i save would be great but since i dont know how to make one well i guess ill wait to take my lisp cours that should be soon.

 

 

Thx alot and cheers!

[lamensterms]

Thats a really neat trick, thanks LibertyOne.

 

Ill certainly be doing that to keep track of what i do and when i do it... cheers.

[BIGAL]

Search here for PRODUCTIVITY_ANALYSIS_TOOL this is a pretty good time tool shows how a person also drafts and you can look and maybe improve their skills. As manager also revealed time v's commands v's output, generally more commands more output, clock keeps ticking while they have the drawing open and chatting about friday nights football.

 

CREATED BY:  Konstantin Gerasimov,
;;;              Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria 
;;; DATE:        22.Jan.2010
;;; VERSION:     v1.1
;;; 
;;; This lisp program counts the AutoCAD commands you have copleted and how much time you have spent on each command. 

[ReMark]

Now we have computers doing time management studies to improve productivity. Yeah!

 

Count the number of commands and the time spent on each. Is this what it has come down to? Jeez, give me a break.

[alanjt]

Is this what it has come down to? Jeez, give me a break.

Based on the program, I don't think that's allowed.

[ReMark]

No it probably wouldn't. NO BREAK FOR YOU! GET BACK TO WORK LACKEY!

 

I think it would be fun to write a script that emulates doing a drawing and just loop it.

[CadFrank]

Haha!! making them think your working.. Brilliant !!

[alanjt]

Sadly, the monitoring software will be quickly reworked to account for a lack of data coming from the mouse and keyboard ports.

[CadFrank]

Omg! damn technologie!! going to fast.. lets regroupe

[ReMark]

I'm sure we could find a way around that. Our cat is constantly playing with the computer mouse and walking on the keyboard!

[alanjt]

I'm sure we could find a way around that. Our cat is constantly playing with the computer mouse and walking on the keyboard!

Or the episode of The Simpsons where Homer is declared obese so he can work at home. He just has the plastic bird water drinker pushing the button.

[ReMark]

Ah yes, the continuously "bobbing" bird. Edmund's Scientific used to sell it. Was it ether in the bulb?

[alanjt]

Ah yes, the continuously "bobbing" bird. Edmund's Scientific used to sell it. Was it ether in the bulb?

NOD

I've never actually seen one in person. The first time I ever saw one was when I watched the Darkman movie as a kid.

[ReMark]

The bobbing bird was a favorite in our grade school science class along with the solar weather vane in a glass globe.

[alanjt]

The bobbing bird was a favorite in our grade school science class along with the solar weather vane in a glass globe.

I just remember spending a lot of time in our greenhouse learning about transplanting, etc.