Applied material dissapears from part of block when inserted into drawing
I have a library of blocks that I built for our company to use. We recently upgraded from 2013 to 2014 and boy did it throw our library for a loop! There is a check box (reflectivity) that leaves the...
View ArticleLisp Routine that opens multiple scripts
Is there a way to have a Lisp Routine open multiple script files? I have 10 types of scripts, that are specific to the type of file they open (as shown below). which simply open a file, purge/audit,...
View ArticleMissing bars' texts
Hi, I'm having a problema on my UI.All the text on my palletes and bars are not appearing. I can see only the numbers that were on them.The same happen with list of layers, colors and every dropdown...
View Article.Net DWG viewer again - options?
Hello, I am struggling trying to find a .net DWG viewer component that actually works and having a very hard time. I tried DWG Viewer from SkySoft and cannot get it to register in VS 2010, I...
View ArticleAutodesk.AutoCAD.PlottingServices undefined even though AcMgd.dll is referenced
Environment:AutoCAD 2013VS 2010, VB.net 4.0 I'm trying to create a multi page pdf with all layouts and all code exapmles I find are based on Autodesk.AutoCAD.PlottingServices (I assume,...
View Articleextracting excel x,y,z coordinates points from a 3dsolid
hello,im trying to make an accurate 3dsolid in autocad (i dont think i'll have much problem here), then import x,y,z points from excel with a description (the description is basically the name of the...
View ArticleRibbon minimize state not remembering selction.
Hellol. I found a similar question about toggling ribbonclose and ribbon but that did not answer my question. I'm using AutoCAD 2014 and there is a setting to either toggle through all ribbon states...
View ArticleMirror BlockReference on UCS
I having problems mirroring blockreferences when the active coordinate system is not the WCS. We are mirroring through the base point of the blockreference. On the WCS I am doing this: Pt =...
View ArticleAutoCAD User Profiles
I've read through the many posts on these forums about the user profiles (.arg), but I am still confused.How do these things work? We use Civil3D, but I think this is a AutoCAD issue rather than...
View ArticleExtruding splines
Hello I'm trying to extrude a closed spline but I get an error saying that it can not be extruded because sweep self intersects, I don't even understand what it means. How can I solve it? The spline...
View ArticleUnpurgeable Lintypes
I have several CAD files and blocks that have, over the past couple of months, been embedded with various linetypes that I cannot purge, delete, find, or even see in the drawing (picture attached). The...
View ArticleTransferring Custom Macro from AutoCAD 2004 to AutoCAD 2012
We are now running AutoCAD 2012 on our network. We had a third party come in a long time ago and write us a custom macro that generates specsheets for our product. The problem is it was written for...
View Article3D verticle section lines to paper -------------(print issue) (AutoCAD)
Hi all new user of the software, just having an issue with converting my sections into a printable 2d format. preffibly keeping the spaces equal or equvilantly spaced. see image....
View ArticleHELP! Parent view?
Hello! I have one problem. I need order Parent view, but I don't know how to do that.I found some advices on the Internet but or either I can't understand them or they are useless.So, I need to select...
View ArticleNeed a Lisp to create layouts in multiple drawings
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2010-2011-2012-DWG/LISP-to-create-layouts-using-csv-file/m-p/4361810#M88584 Moved post: I have a csv file that has the drawing names and their layout names listed...
View ArticleAutoCAD 2010 hanges up and get's caught in Loop
I have AutoCAD 2010. When I start it up, and draw simple lines in the drawing editer and then try to save the drawing,AutoCAD gets hug up in a loop, and stops working.I have tryed the repair option and...
View ArticleHow to accept Spacebar as a char when in the acquireString function?
A JIG project,I meet a problem:How to accept Spacebar as a char,not as a return , when I using the acquireString function?Like this: setUserInputControls ((AcEdJig::UserInputControls)(m_flag));...
View ArticleArrows doesn't appear in my Auto Cad
Look this print:Can somebody help me?Sorry if my english is not very clear.
View Articlealgorithm for point label placement inside polygon
Hi. I have a database containig more than 5000 parcels. each parcel have its set of points with their labels, and for each parcel I have to generate a drawing. Is there an algorithm for placing point...
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