Offset line

[MstrSn]

Is it possible to make some sort of offsetline?.

 

When you draw a line there will be on one or 2 sides of that line an offsetline at a distance you can determ?.

 

For example, when you have to draw a road, but ypu only have the middle line and the width of the road, you coald use that command. You would have to put in the distance from the middle line and you would only have to draw the middle line (probaply pline) and there would be automaticcaly a line at the offsetvalue you have chosen.

 

Is there something like that within AutoCAd?.

[RobDraw]

Look into multilines.

[MstrSn]

Ok, i'm using AutoCad Lt, i should have mensiond that.

 

Ik don't see such command.

[MstrSn]

Eureka, thanks. Because you mentioned Multiline, i discoverd the DLine command in Lt,this is what i was looking for.

 

Problem solved.

[tombu]

Eureka, thanks. Because you mentioned Multiline, i discoverd the DLine command in Lt,this is what i was looking for.

 

Problem solved.

 

DLine was a lisp that came with AutoCAD until Multiline came out. Multiline cannot do arcs like the old lisp routine. Does the Lt DLine command do arcs?

[MstrSn]

It is possible to make arcs, while your in the command.

 

[tombu]

Cool they need to add this to the full version of AutoCAD!

[BIGAL]

Tombu there are plenty of offset line routines out there via lisp, what about as many lines as you like on different layers and at any +/- offset as part of the input ?

 

; multiple pline including width & col function

; single entry is offset only

; two values 3,1 means offset 3 with width 1

; three values 3,2,1 means offset 3 with start width 2 end 1

[tombu]

Tombu there are plenty of offset line routines out there via lisp, what about as many lines as you like on different layers and at any +/- offset as part of the input ?

 

Sure and I've still got the '92 DLINE.LSP as well, just seemed unfair that the full version didn't have everything the LT version has. Like you say it's not something I need.