searching for a specific dimension value

[JamesBorubar]

Hi to all,

 

For some reason, I need to find drawings, among hundreds of others, containing dimension (dimensions) with a specific value.

 

Thanks in advance

 

James

Edited April 8, 2018 by JamesBorubar

[rlx]

obviously the first place to look is from the master himself :

 

http://www.lee-mac.com/bfind.html

 

have very quickly copied something together but it was (is) a rushjob and I have done zero testing so small chance it works... but if it does it places the names of the drawings thats contain the value you search in c:/temp/find_dimension_value_report.txt

 

gr. Rlx

FindDimensionValue.lsp

Edited April 8, 2018 by rlx

[JamesBorubar]

obviously the first place to look is from the master himself :

 

http://www.lee-mac.com/bfind.html

 

have very quickly copied something together but it was (is) a rushjob and I have done zero testing so small chance it works... but if it does it places the names of the drawings thats contain the value you search in c:/temp/find_dimension_value_report.txt

 

gr. Rlx

 

Thanks Rlx!

Looks good, but there is no "find_dimension_value_report.txt" file

[rlx]

Thanks Rlx!

Looks good, but there is no "find_dimension_value_report.txt" file

 

means no dimension was found matching your value. Possible problems I can think of , use of decimal point , for example 123.45 or 123,45. I use rtos function to convert a number to a string with a point and 2 decimals. Could try to turn it around and compare numbers rather than strings. Dimensions can have 2 values , the real (calculated) value and the override string. I would need a test drawing or you can do your own test in the visual lisp editor by placing a break before the test function : (equal dimval search-val) and inspect if they match.

 

gr. Rlx

[JamesBorubar]

means no dimension was found matching your value. Possible problems I can think of , use of decimal point , for example 123.45 or 123,45. I use rtos function to convert a number to a string with a point and 2 decimals. Could try to turn it around and compare numbers rather than strings. Dimensions can have 2 values , the real (calculated) value and the override string. I would need a test drawing or you can do your own test in the visual lisp editor by placing a break before the test function : (equal dimval search-val) and inspect if they match.

 

gr. Rlx

 

for the first simple test I put in two drawings the exact dimension d = 200, nothing more.

But in fact, in the 'real world' this can be a dot and comma problem.

Edited April 8, 2018 by JamesBorubar

[rlx]

else plan b , dragon-dim-Z : just save them all so you can inspect them in excel ...

 

gr. Rlx

FindAllDimensionValues.lsp

[JamesBorubar]

else plan b , dragon-dim-Z : just save them all so you can inspect them in excel ...

 

gr. Rlx

 

Good idea!

 

Thank you

 

J.

[rlx]

Good idea!

 

Thank you

 

J.

 

 

you're welcome :-)

 

 

ps. you might want to comment out the second write-line in order to reduce the size of the csv file (just thought it looked kinda cool or impressive to generate a big *ss file haha)

 

 

gr. Rlx