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  1. CarlB

    Ugly Plot Style names

    I understand Bricscad has a Lisp environment, did you try the routine?
  2. CarlB

    Ugly Plot Style names

    Yes I see the copies you created still have the bad plot style; doesn't fix them like it does for me. Upon opening the file I get the message the file was created in other than AutoCAD, maybe that created the problem. Attached is a copy of drawing for which I used the "copy and delete original"...
  3. CarlB

    Ugly Plot Style names

    Something strange is happening with those dimensions. May have cropped in from a program other than AutoCAD? I notice when copying a problem dimension, the copy does not have the issue. So I suggest copying dimensions to the same location, then deleting the original, like below steps. Perhaps...
  4. CarlB

    Ugly Plot Style names

    Could you post a drawing with the offending dimension, I could see if some lisp magic could change the plot style of the text. I have limited rusty skills there.
  5. CarlB

    AutoCAD: How do I stop OSnap defaults from overriding @(relative x, y) coordinates?

    Not all system variables can be set through user accessed settings, but this one can be apparently (I read online, didn’t verify): Tools/Options/User Preferences/Prioroty for Coordinate Data Entry ... select "Keyboard Entry" vs "Running Object Snap".
  6. CarlB

    AutoCAD: How do I stop OSnap defaults from overriding @(relative x, y) coordinates?

    Set OSNAPCOORD to 1 or 2 to prevent osnaps from controlling during coordinate entries https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2025/ENU/?guid=GUID-94994960-5E62-4044-BEF7-9CF91667F641
  7. CarlB

    VIEW PORT LOCK STATUS

    What part isn't working, what is error message?
  8. CarlB

    Paperspace Problem

    This discussion may help: https://forum.bricsys.com/discussion/17237/confusion-about-psltscale-setting
  9. CarlB

    drawing a curve and find the formula

    Yes, in Excel. https://mathstat.slu.edu/~may/ExcelCalculus/sec-1-5-IntroBestFitCurves.html
  10. CarlB

    Lisp for translating the layers

    A "script" (*.scr file) could probably handle this, depending on your layer naming convention. Here's one site with info: http://www.lee-mac.com/scriptwriting.html The script file would look something like: layer color 8 (or other background color) * color (desired color here) LayerA,layerc (2...
  11. CarlB

    convert dwg file to searchable pdf

    To prevent shx fonts appearing as comments in a PDF, set AutoCad variable PDFSHX to 0 before creating the PDF.
  12. CarlB

    Error Isogen of Cadworx

    I don't have Cadworx to check, I just found that someone posted how they had solved it.. From that response, it appears there is a menu "Option" "Start In" that must not be blank. They used "c:\cadworx 2018\". You would enter path where yours is installed. If that doesn't do it, search and/or...
  13. CarlB

    Error Isogen of Cadworx

    Maybe this: http://forums.coade.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=72538
  14. CarlB

    AutoCad/Autolisp commands for rotating text and inputting rev notes

    It is possible with AutoLisp to accomplish any of those tasks. But it would be overkill, as most of those can be accomplished by good CAD practices. The Lisp routines won't prevent poor CAD practices from sabotaging the intent. For example, many firms use titleblock templates, and revisions are...
  15. CarlB

    Hi, everyone I am trying to draw

    AutoCAD will use the current object snaps while executing the lisp, so for points close together, the "endpoint" osnap may be affecting point/line placement. It's best to control osnaps within the lisp, such as by (setvar "osmode" "0") Actually you should capture current osmode, set the osmode...
  16. CarlB

    Get the name of current UCS

    In an AutoLisp program, I looked at other system variables: UCSORG, UCSXDIR, UCSYDIR And compared these to what they should be if current UCS was "World".
  17. CarlB

    AutoCAD - VBA macro...?

    A good discussion on difference between VBA and AutoLisp at https://www.cadalyst.com/cad/autocad/to-autolisp-or-vba-4813 Like you, I'd heard support to VBA was to be phased out, but it seems to be hanging on.
  18. CarlB

    LISP - Al's Steel Mill not working?

    At the Autodesk forum, a few posters had a similar problem and some suggestions were mentioned, have you tried those? It is odd that it worked, now doesn’t. Do you type “stl” and nothing happens?
  19. CarlB

    reading coordinates from autocad

    I assume you have AutoCAD LT or similar if it doesn't have the MASSPROP command. So then you also couldn't use a lisp routine to simplify an extract of coordinates. You should be able to pull the coordinates from a dxf file. Create a simple file with a hatch and look through the dxf file. You'll...
  20. CarlB

    Copy & Paste objects in a Border (polygon)

    There is probably a lisp solution available. I did only a quick search and found a routine something similar to your request, but it probably doesn't trim at the border or handle images. http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?57864-How-to-select-all-objects-enclosed-in-a-poly-line

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