CE1 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I can't figure out why my area measurement tool won't give me the area when I try to measure with point. It should give me the are after I put my points and click enter. But when I click enter, it keeps telling me to specify next point or [arc,length,undo]... How do I fix this? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emigrato Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 After the AREA command, you have to type in _OB then click on the boundary of the area, not inside it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE1 Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 I know measuring the area by object, but I want to do it by point, because I want to measure an area that doesn't have polylines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emigrato Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I want to measure an area that doesn't have polylines Drag&drop this humble small lisp in your modelspace, then run it with arealabel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE1 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Is there another way you can send me the link or "lisp" I haven't figured out what that is yet The link is blocked by our internet regulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Stop. AutoCAD will continue to keep asking for points until YOU stop picking them. That's the way it works. Pick your last point then hit the Enter key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE1 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 That's the problem, I pick the point and click enter and it just keeps asking me for the next point. It doesn't stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I'm using 2012 at the moment and it does stop. Not sure why you would be seeing something different. I'll have to check out how it works in 2013. I'll be back. Test completed. No difference in 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE1 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 I was wondering, maybe it's like a setting or something that's causing the problem. I don't know. It should work like the way described it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 You could use the BOUNDARY command to create a boundary (one polyline) then use the AREA command with the OBJECT option. If there is a "setting" then it is one I do not recall at the moment. I'll have to think on it and get back to you unless somebody else beats me to it like rkent or nestly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Do you get the same results if you use the MEASUREGEOM command with ARea option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE1 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 ReMark, Yes, It gives me the same result. I click enter on the keyboard and I tried right click and clicking on enter. ReMark Do you get the same results if you use the MEASUREGEOM command with ARea option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Both commands work as expected in 2013. Is the difference attributable to the fact that you are using a vertical product? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE1 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 I am sure it works and that's why I think I need to make a change on something and I don't know what it is. I am just making a simple conceptual site layout. Nothing 3D or anything. I am in the Civil 3D workspace. "ReMark Both commands work as expected in 2013. Is the difference attributable to the fact that you are using a vertical product?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 How are you starting the command? What does the command line say before you start picking? What does the command line say after you have picked the first point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE1 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 So I just opened a completely new file with nothing in it and the command works fine. So what is wrong with the file I am using? My file is corrupted somehow. Sometimes it doesn't save and I have to audit and then save it again. I don't know why it starts having problems all of a sudden... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emigrato Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Is there another way you can send me the link or "lisp" Copy&paste the following code in Notepad, then save the file as AREALABEL.LSP (defun c:AREALABEL (/ ar textht p1) (alert " CADTUTOR.NET 2012 \n\n Powered by: emigrato@wp.pl ") (initget 7) (setq textht (getreal "\nEnter text height: ")) (setq p1 (getpoint "\nPick point inside area to label: ")) (while (and p1) (command "_bpoly" p1 "") (command "_area" "_o" "_l") (command "_erase" "_l" "") (setq ar (rtos (getvar "AREA") 2 2)) (command "_text" "_m" p1 textht "0" (strcat "Area: " ar " m\\U+00B2")) (setq p1 (getpoint "\nPick point inside area to label: ")) ) (princ) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE1 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Thanks for the codes Emigrato. I just copied everything I have in the file and paste it in a new file. Area command now works fine. I just don't understand how things go wrong in these files sometimes. If I had a more complex file I wouldn't be able to copy/paste. The audit command doesn't seem to correct everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Did you do a command line purge of the drawing first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE1 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 No I didn't. I thought that command deleted all the unused layers. "ReMark Did you do a command line purge of the drawing first?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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