Wipeouts... It's not what you think!

[qball]

I did some searching on wipeouts. It sounds like a lot of people have problems with plotting. Luckily, I don't. So I use wipeouts regularily.

Usually I'll wipeout a detail or a table for a "preliminary" drawing issue. But then I end up turning the frames off and then writing the word "wipeout" in big 'defpoints' letters somewhere on the screen to remind me that there's something there to unhide.

My question is: is there a function that I can add so when I do a wipeout it automatically writes "wipeout" on it in defpoints?

Probably a lisp wiz can help me out.

[rustysilo]

Only need lisp if you want it to be a user defined command you can key in on the command line. You could do a simple macro if you want it in a button without lisp.

[qball]

AaaaaaaaaaHHHHH!!!!!

I went to try a macro and then it reset all the menus and toolbars to default!!!!

I made a macro, made a button and made a new custom toolbar, put the macro button on the custom toolbar, "apply" and zipety-oh-crap! reset menus! how do I get my precious profile back?!

 

anyway, here's what I tried for the macro:

^C^CWIPEOUT;dtext;J;R;3,3;;WIPEOUT;;

 

but the wipeout command requires multiple points and when I pick the last point and hit enter, the macro ends.

 

So I tried this to see how the rest worked:

 

^C^CCircle;\\dtext;J;R;3,3;;WIPEOUT;;

 

it draws the circle at my selected points, starts dtext, Justify, Right, at 3,3 and when it says "Enter text:" it should enter "wipeout", but it doesn't. I have to manually insert the text. Then the wipeout command starts.

And instead of 3,3 I want the start point of the text to be the last point I clicked on the screen (ie the point of the wipeout polygon). I think I need a Getpoint Lisp for that part.

 

I also tried a converting a closed polyline to a wipeout, same problem as the wipeout.... it seems multiple pick points won't continue my original macro function.

[whitemarlin]

Imageclip is so so much better than wipeout my friend.

[DanT]

Imageclip is so so much better than wipeout my friend.

 

Some one correct me if I am wrong but aren't those two completely different commands that do not do the same thing??

[whitemarlin]

Some one correct me if I am wrong but aren't those two completely different commands that do not do the same thing??

 

 

wow. Well they can be and they cant be. I didnt know this was the place for that kind of response???

[kool130]

Wipe out shows the lines/frame when converted into pdf...

[wannabe]

Wipe out shows the lines/frame when converted into pdf...

 

Not if you use the postscript plotter that can be added via the plotting wizard in Autocad.

 

The files are pretty hefty. But that's the compromise I have to accept.

[kool130]

Not if you use the postscript plotter that can be added via the plotting wizard in Autocad.

 

The files are pretty hefty. But that's the compromise I have to accept.

 

Our office uses PDF995, I'll check that postscript plotter anyway..thanks

[Organic]

WIPEOUT always causes me more problems than it is worth.

[wannabe]

Our office uses PDF995, I'll check that postscript plotter anyway..thanks

 

I use the 995, too. But had a problem with Wipeouts, like yourself. So installed the system plotter within ACAD, postscript plotter, just for when I need wipeouts.

 

Free and works.

 

There are some PDF writers that allow you to print as in image; well that's what I read on here a while ago.

[Organic]

PrimeoPDf allows you to print as an image, although I've never use it.

[wannabe]

PrimeoPDf allows you to print as an image, although I've never use it.

 

Try it on a Wipeout drawing, if you wouldn't mind. Could be useful information to others.

[Organic]

Okay, will do at work tomorrow.