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Civil3D and AutoCAD skills required in the oil & gas industry.
PaddyFoodie posted a topic in Civil 3D & LDD
I am considering a transition from infrastructure and building structural detailing. What would most consider to be must have skills in O&G CAD work? Any additional info is more than welcome. TIA -
Need help reducing multiple oversized dimension text boxes at once
0misclose posted a topic in AutoCAD 2D Drafting, Object Properties & Interface
I have a drawing with multiple rotated dimensions and some are quite small resulting in text being offset to the leader. I was wondering if there is an easy way to change all the text box components of the dimensions to fit the actual size of the text so that it isn't so offset from the leader witho... -
Batch plot to pdf for DWG and layouts with different path and name
harimaddddy posted a topic in AutoLISP, Visual LISP & DCL
Hi everyone , I want to automate the process of converting multiple DWG files into PDFs, where each layout is saved as a separate PDF with a unique name and stored in specific directories. For example, if one DWG file has three layouts, those three layouts should be saved as three separa... -
I would like some help to create a function that would allow me to select a point in between two horizontal and/or vertical lines and it would give me the vertical and horizontal dimensions between those lines. It's a 2D drawing but some lines are of different z value. I have tried using chatgpt to...
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Hi my friends , Happy day.... I'm trying to solve an issue to help my non-coder friends. I'm using a Lisp file that contains all my routines, but I can't explain everything every time. So, I want to create a table inside AutoCAD that lists the shortcut commands and their descriptions, si...
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Hi, my ctb colours seem to select a lighter varient when plotted. For example, as you can see from the video, the colour 67 true colour is supposed to be 66,76,38, a dark shade of green. But when i confirm the colour and go back to select colour, its true colour is changed to a lighter shade, 131,14...
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Dear all, I just switched workplace with one of my colleague and she had been using a Chinese version of Autocad. How do I switch it back to English? I searched in the startup menu for "AutoCad 2013 - English" but it was no where to be found. I certainly don't want to go into all the hustle...
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Is There Any Way To Export All Layers Separately Into Pdf Format?
Shahtaj Bhutto posted a topic in Tutorials & Tips'n'Tricks
Hi Is there any way to export all layers separately into pdf format? i want to export all of them at once to edit them in illustrator. It's taking alot of time to export them one by one from autocad I don't have any professional Experience with programming but i have tried to m...- 10 replies
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Wish to separate similar blocks to assign different layers
TomKaner posted a topic in AutoCAD Drawing Management & Output
I have similar blocks of drilling points on a map and wish to assign them to different layers to color them differently. How can I select blocks by their name, or part of their name, instead of handpick the individually? I also have Civil3D if that helps Thank you -
Dimensions are not visible. They appear only when I zoom in on the drawing. My AutoCAD version is 2009.
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find the dimension and polyline distance using AUTOLISP
keku posted a topic in AutoLISP, Visual LISP & DCL
I'm new to Lisp and trying calculate the distance from a wall to a polygon box, as well as the distance between two polygon boxes. Additionally, I need to determine the dimensions of both the polygon box and the wall. I'm using Lee Mac's dimensioning code as a reference and trying to modify it to ac... -
Insert a block at multiple points or lines and scale
grouch19 posted a topic in AutoLISP, Visual LISP & DCL
G'day all I'm working on and editing a mapping project from photogrammetry. I have a block which indicates a square manhole cover. (File is attached to this post) My project area has hundreds of these manholes and my client needs each of them scaled and rotated to fit the exact size of t... -
Hello everyone, can anyone help me, I have a case example that is almost similar to the actual case I am experiencing now. In the 1st picture I have a shapefile of the administrative boundaries of the United States that I have entered into autocad, the shp attribute has been entered into the data ob...
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Conversion from string to type Integer is not valid
Musashi84 posted a topic in .NET, ObjectARX & VBA
So I have a VBA sub that assigns a variable to a drawing directly by its name. Trying to do the same thing in VB.NET however, it goes to an error like "Conversion from string to type Integer is not valid". Here is the code in vb.net, I have a opened autocad file named "Drawing3.dwg") and the error c... -
I have one AutoLISP to insert Dynamic Blocks containing Attributes. With this AutoLISP I can select the Value Attribute via the List DCL. I can insert Dynamic blocks wherever I want. The problem is, I want to use this AutoLISP by inserting dynamic blocks simultaneously at the midpoint of the line....
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I have created a new pipe catalogue from existing steel pipes catalogue. This is showing in my catalogue editor, but when I am defining pipe routing preference these new catalogue items are not showing up. what step am i missing?
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Hi everyone, I'm relatively new to VB and AutoCAD, and I've been trying to incorporate a command line method into my existing code to copy, move, and scale a drawing. However, I've hit a roadblock and would appreciate some guidance. Every time I try to run the code, I encounter an error st...
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if condition not working in delete circles using diameter
ajithkumar.t posted a topic in AutoLISP, Visual LISP & DCL
(defun c:deleteCirclesByDiameter () (setq f 0.5000) (setq ss (ssget "_X" '((0 . "CIRCLE")))) (if ss (progn (setq index 0) (repeat (sslength ss) (setq ent (ssname ss index)) (if ent (progn (setq diameter (cdr (assoc 40 (ent... -
Hello guys, I'm trying to do a intersection dynamic block (name = "handrail") with user selected Line. This dynamic block is made up of polylines only. In the intersections points a need make a circles. This is my code, but is not working with dynamic block, only with static block....
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Is there any chance of matchline automation using lisp in layout? I have attached sample dwg and screenshot of block for matchline. Please help. And thanks in advance. SRS.dwg
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Hi everyone, we have already placed a block object in multiple locations. Now we need the same block in a converter rectangle array format. Is there any idea or Lisp program available?ilable
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To calculate the number of rows and columns in an array, need Help
Tamim posted a topic in AutoLISP, Visual LISP & DCL
Here is an example of an array that needs to be worked on and I need an easy way to count the number of rows and columns. For example, I have 3 rows and 20 columns and I need to be able to select for multiple arrays. -
Dears, AUTOLIPS works on the english version but i want to use it on the frensh version, any kind of support Thanks
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Creating a surface model in Civil 3D from existing 3D polylines, lines and points
0misclose posted a topic in Civil 3D & LDD
Hi all, I'm quite new to Civil 3D and I've tried to have a look online to find what I'm looking for but I feel it might be easier to just ask. I'm wanting to generate a surface model of a complex feature survey which I currently have in AutoCad. All the 3D linework for kerbs,...- 2 replies
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autocad Can I see who the autocad file belongs to?
memento posted a topic in AutoCAD Beginners' Area
As I said, can I see who the autocad file belongs to? Is there any way to know if the person who delivered the file to me made this file on his own computer?