getting X Y Z Coordinates of a line

is it possible to get the Start X Y Z and End X Y Z of a line to clipboard??

i needed to manually copy the coordinates and say paste it to text file?..

you know? CTRL+V it so somewhere else?

because i have this Macro code and i dont know much about lisp on how am i gonna get the XYZ coordinates into clipboard. so that i can use the macro to search the coordinared on extracted excel files

can someone help me make a lisp routine to only clipboard the x y z coordinates of a LINE?

so i can literally CTRL+V it to anywhere, weather its on excel cells, text, word, anywhere i can use CTRL+V shortcut key..

1 Try DATAEXTRACTION should do what you want.

2 List select line copy info, but you will get extra info.

3 use a lisp http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/pasteclip-and-copyclip-commands/td-p/3790508

Try the following:

(defun c:l2c ( / ent )
   (if (setq ent (LM:selectifobject "\nSelect line: " "LINE"))
       (if (LM:copytoclipboard
               (LM:lst->str
                   (mapcar 'rtos
                       (append
                           (cdr (assoc 10 (entget ent)))
                           (cdr (assoc 11 (entget ent)))
                       )
                   )
                   "\t"
               )
           )
           (princ "\nLine endpoints copied to clipboard.")
       )
   )
   (princ)
)
       
;; Same method as MP demonstrates here: http://bit.ly/170kacW
(defun LM:copytoclipboard ( str / clp htm par rtn )
   (if (setq htm (vlax-create-object "htmlfile"))
       (progn
           (setq rtn
               (vl-catch-all-apply
                  '(lambda ( )
                       (setq par (vlax-get htm 'parentwindow)
                             clp (vlax-get par 'clipboarddata)
                       )
                       (vlax-invoke clp 'setdata "Text" str)
                   )
               )
           )
           (foreach obj (list clp par htm)
               (if (= 'vla-object (type obj))
                   (vlax-release-object obj)
               )
           )
           (if (not (vl-catch-all-error-p rtn)) str)
       )
   )
)

;; Select if Object  -  Lee Mac
;; Continuously prompts the user for a selection of a specific object type

(defun LM:selectifobject ( msg typ / ent )
   (while
       (progn (setvar 'errno 0) (setq ent (car (entsel msg)))
           (cond
               (   (= 7 (getvar 'errno))
                   (princ "\nMissed, try again.")
               )
               (   (null ent) nil)
               (   (not (wcmatch (cdr (assoc 0 (entget ent))) typ))
                   (princ "\nInvalid object selected.")
               )
           )
       )
   )
   ent
)

;; List to String  -  Lee Mac
;; Concatenates each string in a supplied list, separated by a given delimiter
;; lst - [lst] List of strings to concatenate
;; del - [str] Delimiter string to separate each item

(defun LM:lst->str ( lst del )
   (if (cdr lst)
       (strcat (car lst) del (LM:lst->str (cdr lst) del))
       (car lst)
   )
)

(vl-load-com) (princ)

Try the following:

(defun c:l2c ( / ent )
   (if (setq ent (LM:selectifobject "\nSelect line: " "LINE"))
       (if (LM:copytoclipboard
               (LM:lst->str
                   (mapcar 'rtos
                       (append
                           (cdr (assoc 10 (entget ent)))
                           (cdr (assoc 11 (entget ent)))
                       )
                   )
                   "\t"
               )
           )
           (princ "\nLine endpoints copied to clipboard.")
       )
   )
   (princ)
)
       
;; Same method as MP demonstrates here: http://bit.ly/170kacW
(defun LM:copytoclipboard ( str / clp htm par rtn )
   (if (setq htm (vlax-create-object "htmlfile"))
       (progn
           (setq rtn
               (vl-catch-all-apply
                  '(lambda ( )
                       (setq par (vlax-get htm 'parentwindow)
                             clp (vlax-get par 'clipboarddata)
                       )
                       (vlax-invoke clp 'setdata "Text" str)
                   )
               )
           )
           (foreach obj (list clp par htm)
               (if (= 'vla-object (type obj))
                   (vlax-release-object obj)
               )
           )
           (if (not (vl-catch-all-error-p rtn)) str)
       )
   )
)

;; Select if Object  -  Lee Mac
;; Continuously prompts the user for a selection of a specific object type

(defun LM:selectifobject ( msg typ / ent )
   (while
       (progn (setvar 'errno 0) (setq ent (car (entsel msg)))
           (cond
               (   (= 7 (getvar 'errno))
                   (princ "\nMissed, try again.")
               )
               (   (null ent) nil)
               (   (not (wcmatch (cdr (assoc 0 (entget ent))) typ))
                   (princ "\nInvalid object selected.")
               )
           )
       )
   )
   ent
)

;; List to String  -  Lee Mac
;; Concatenates each string in a supplied list, separated by a given delimiter
;; lst - [lst] List of strings to concatenate
;; del - [str] Delimiter string to separate each item

(defun LM:lst->str ( lst del )
   (if (cdr lst)
       (strcat (car lst) del (LM:lst->str (cdr lst) del))
       (car lst)
   )
)

(vl-load-com) (princ)

EXACTLY WHAT i needed!!!! thank you so much! i can now use this! OMG your genius!

You're welcome!

You're welcome!

sir one question...

i cant use the command:

"Select P" anymore after selecting the line, how na i change the way i select the line?

sir one question...

i cant use the command:

"Select P" anymore after selecting the line, how na i change the way i select the line?

Please try the following modified code:

(defun c:l2c ( / ent )
   (if (or (and (setq ent (ssget "_I" '((0 . "LINE"))))
                (setq ent (ssname ent 0))
           )
           (setq ent (LM:selectifobject "\nSelect line: " "LINE"))
       )
       (if (LM:copytoclipboard
               (LM:lst->str
                   (mapcar 'rtos
                       (append
                           (cdr (assoc 10 (entget ent)))
                           (cdr (assoc 11 (entget ent)))
                       )
                   )
                   "\t"
               )
           )
           (princ "\nLine endpoints copied to clipboard.")
       )
   )
   (princ)
)
       
;; Same method as MP demonstrates here: http://bit.ly/170kacW
(defun LM:copytoclipboard ( str / clp htm par rtn )
   (if (setq htm (vlax-create-object "htmlfile"))
       (progn
           (setq rtn
               (vl-catch-all-apply
                  '(lambda ( )
                       (setq par (vlax-get htm 'parentwindow)
                             clp (vlax-get par 'clipboarddata)
                       )
                       (vlax-invoke clp 'setdata "Text" str)
                   )
               )
           )
           (foreach obj (list clp par htm)
               (if (= 'vla-object (type obj))
                   (vlax-release-object obj)
               )
           )
           (if (not (vl-catch-all-error-p rtn)) str)
       )
   )
)

;; Select if Object  -  Lee Mac
;; Continuously prompts the user for a selection of a specific object type

(defun LM:selectifobject ( msg typ / ent )
   (while
       (progn (setvar 'errno 0) (setq ent (car (entsel msg)))
           (cond
               (   (= 7 (getvar 'errno))
                   (princ "\nMissed, try again.")
               )
               (   (null ent) nil)
               (   (not (wcmatch (cdr (assoc 0 (entget ent))) typ))
                   (princ "\nInvalid object selected.")
               )
           )
       )
   )
   ent
)

;; List to String  -  Lee Mac
;; Concatenates each string in a supplied list, separated by a given delimiter
;; lst - [lst] List of strings to concatenate
;; del - [str] Delimiter string to separate each item

(defun LM:lst->str ( lst del )
   (if (cdr lst)
       (strcat (car lst) del (LM:lst->str (cdr lst) del))
       (car lst)
   )
)

(vl-load-com) (princ)