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"Select All" in Macro
I have what I hope is a quick question.. Trying to add this macro to a new command in my cui. Does Select all not work in macros? ^C^Clayiso;\;_select;all;;_chprop;la;c-rway-x;; Thanks in advance!
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Parametric Dimension Linking
Hi All,Does anyone know if it is possible to link parametric dimensions so that if I change one dimension, other instances that are linked to it will change throughout the drawing? In the attached...
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Tool Palette - Blocks won't insert correctly
Hey all, So my goal is to create a tool palette with all of the different legend blocks for mechanical work.The blocks have all been created before I started working here.I have the actual palettes...
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How to define OPM property tooltip description?
Hi, I'd like to define a custom OPM tooltip description like this: I was able to define a custom name by implementing STDMETHOD(GetDisplayName)(DISPID dispId, BSTR *propName). Is there an equivalent...
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AModeler library and thread safety
Hello. I want to know if the AModeler library is thread safe (the documentation says nothing about this). Inspecting the headers, I found a bunch of global variables used for floating point...
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new drawings
I am using Autocad Electrical 2013. I want to know if it is possible to create a new drawing without it being attached to any project. I can create the drawing using add new drawing and selecting the...
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Change attribute color/layer per one block only
Hello! I've read this post:http://through-the-interface.typepad.com/through_the_interface/2007/02/changing_the_co.html Everything works fine, but I have one problem.I just want to change colors for all...
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set bylayer lisp routine wont execute properly
Hi guys, me and a friend are trying to work on a LISP routine to select objects in a drawing and change their attributes to "ByLayer" and other things. He is a familiar with the AutoCAD commands, I...
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Accessing Data from an AcDbScale Object
I'm stuck! I can't seem to figure out how to access the information stored with an AcDbScale object using Visual Lisp. I can convert the vla-object to an ename and then use association codes to...
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Trick to use layout as model view
As the layout tabs I'd like to have a multiple model-views tabs.I can use layouts tabs, I can change the background color to same as model tab and all its ok. However I'm unable to set scale to have...
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Cursor jumping and slow
Hi All....I am running a new full version of AutoCAD 2014 on Windows 7 64 bit. It is litterally taking 5-7 seconds to zoom, switch pages, regen, or mostly anything else. Is there a fix for this. It is...
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AutoCAD 2013 free student version. Cant save files!
Hi i have aproblem saving file. This is what comes up: "You do not have permission to save to this location. Contact your administrator to obtain permission. Any suggestions what to do? Yhank...
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AutoCAD 2011 Table edit glitch
When I insert a table onto paperspace the format gets overriden. This could be a scale issue but i've tried changing the units to make sure i'm inserting imperial/inches or metric/mm still having this...
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Linetype that will not purge
Having an issue with linetypes that are proprogating within all our drawings in our office... I have tried to purge, delete all and wblock and nothing seems to work. The only thing that I found to...
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odd problem... lots of unknown linetypes are showing up from nowhere???
basically i have two drawing files. Both have the same linetypes. I draw a line (doesn't matter in which file) on any linetype. Then cut and past it into the other drawing. Then for some reason a whole...
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Lines Appearing In Paste Special Excel Tables PDF Plots
I apologize ahead of time if this problem has already been solved. Any links to solutions, or material already posted on this forum is appreciated. I'm having a problem with "phantom" lines appearing...
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Mtext Command causing high CPU usage
I'm currently using AutoCad 2013 on a Lenovo Thinkpad X230 with windows 7 64 bit. I have 8 gb of ram and a core I7 processor which seem up to the task for the rather small files I create. My issue is...
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invisible text appears when i do find and replace
Hello, I have a dwg with (dynamic) blocks and when i do a find and replace, it finds ivisbile text that aren't there. i did allready purge, there is no freezed or off layer. even when i copy the whole...
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HELP
Ive uploaded a 3D model to help explain the situation. In reality the members (lines) in one direction will be in a different plane to the members running in another direction (3No. planes in total). I...
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Any idea about finding the cardinal points of a closed polyline?
Hello,I want to find the cardinal points ( N, S, E, W) of each face of a closed polyline, can you give me ideas about how?Thanks,
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