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Last Edited 3/7/2009
Down load ISODIM.LSP Isometric Dimensioning Utility.
V. 2.0 Corrects problems associated with Fractional and Architectural Units settings. Works in R12, R13, R14, A2K, A2Ki, and A2K2. Indispensable when working with Isometric illustrations drawing. Sorry. No skewed arrows or text included. At least not yet. Hey, what the heck! It's FREE, after all! You want better, I'll make it, but it will cost you. Otherwise, enjoy this one out of the goodness of my heart. Any problems other than arrows and text styles, write to me. I want to make good quality routines.
Down load LASF.LSP Layer Isolation Utility
V.3.0This works differently than the LAYISO routine supplied as an EXPRESS tool by Autodesk for AutoCAD. This routine isolates the layers by freezing all the rest. Selecting "ALL" after using this routine, will not cause selection of objects that reside on the layers that are frozen and not displayed, contrary to LAYISO. Error Checking has been added to this routine. If your REGENMODE gets changed if you cancel in the middle of the routine, let me know with an email message. It should now not change even if you cancel. This feature has been improved with Version 2.1 In Version 3.0, I added an UNLASF function. It works well, except for XREF layers. I need to figure out a way to reset those layers back to their original states.
MODATT.LSP This is a routine that I have had to edit every time they change how ATTEDIT works. So, anyway this one will work in A2K and R14. I'm pretty sure it works in R12. It will not work in R13. I am no longer supporting R13. I like R13, but I’m pretty much alone in that opinion. Anyway, start the routine, pick an attribute, the routine will assist you first in rotating the attribute to the desired orientation, then will ask you to move the attribute to the position you want to put it in. The original MODATT, was very simple in code and worked quite well in A2K and previous releases. But in A2K4 and above, it started acting screwy. You would pick a position and it would end up being somwhere else, or you had to ignore where it was looking like it was going and just pick the point. It was not fun anymore. So, with this version, (now enough of my own code to be able to post it here), It creates a text version of the attribute and allows you to rotate it and text it and then the attributes gets placed where you placed the text and then the text gets deleted – even if you decide to hit ESC before finishing. The routine has an error handler, so if anybody has any problems with this routine and how it handled cancelling out of the routine before finishing, please let me know, so I can work on it further. In my opinion a program is never finished until everyone like it. So, that means almost all of my routines are unfinished – kinda like Microsoft Windows.
Down load MHATCH.LSP Multiple Hatching Utility.
V. 1.1 allows you to create multiple hatches that are separate. You will need to have run BHATCH one time to get the pattern chosen or you can run HATCHSET.LSP to set the parameters. But after that, you can run MHATCH and choose between point picks or object picks. Tested in AutoCAD 2000 & 20002. It will not work in R13 or below because it uses the DRAWORDER command. V1.1 fixes a problem with SSADD not working completely when using the object selction method for hatching. Unfortunately, the drawing needs to regenerate twice because it used the draworder command twice when using the object selection option. I am open to suggestions.
TF.LSP (text find) V1.7
This routine searches for whatever you type. Now searches 1-character text as well as multi-character text. It draws lines from the middle of your screen to the insertion point of each text string it finds. Now works for 1-character strings as well as multiple character strings. Searches both TEXT and MTEXT objects. No longer any problem with UCS’s other than the WORLD The ony drawback to this is sometimes you get two lines to a piece of text. So, knowing that, you can just remember to erase them with a fence or crossing window. I like it. It looks for both lower and upper case versions of the sought text.
Down load UNMI.LSP Block horizontal unmirroring utility using a vertical mirror line.
V2.3 now includes attribute-containing
blocks. So, now, using a programmed vertical mirror line, you can unmirror all
horizontally mirrored blocks of any name by picking only one of them. The block
you pick doesn't have to be mirrored, either. If you want, you can enter the
block name at the keyboard. Recent
edits to the error checker will help isolate error checker problems if they
surface. If you want to vertically
mirror blocks on a programmed horizontal mirror line, an easy edit can be made
to the routine to accomplish that.
Changing the 12<90 to 12<0 does the trick. If you make that edit, let me
know. I need to know just how often
that need arises. If it happens
often enough, I’ll put in a choice of direction in the routine.
VALATT.LSP V2.0 Matches attribute values and text values to selected
attributes or texts or mtexts. Will also match dimensions to MTEXT content, and
text nested in blocks to text or attributes or even cells in TABLES (2006 and
above).
Very
handy to say the least.
WBLD.LSP Makes it easy to write a block
to the working folder. No more
browsing.
XLS.LSP V1.0 Click on a layer nested in an XREF (not a block). Doing so, will enable you to set to
that layer in the base drawing. If
the layer doesn’t exist in the base drawing, the routine will ask you if you
want to create the layer. If you
do, ent er Y at the command line, and the layer will be created with the
correct color and linetype. You
can add other layer properties later in the Layer Properties Manager.
XREFED.LSP V2.5 Originally for those who didn't have EXPRESS tools' XREFEDIT. Also, sometimes you’d rather quickly open a drawing than use refedit to edit it in the drawing editor. Now you can open and edit XREF drawings and reload them in one shot. You may need to change an option, and if you need to, a message comes up when you start the routine that tells you how to do that. But you will need to check with your CAD manager to see if he will allow the change (network ACAD users). If you make the change, you will probably have to start a new drawing in order for it to take effect. After loading, type XREFED to start; pick the XREF object and a new session of AutoCAD will start. It works well in ACAD2000 - 2006. It still requires that the file be in the ACAD file search path, and it used to require that the path or file has no spaces within their names. That may be different nowadays. It’s worth a try. There is some of my propietary stuff in this routine, but it will ignore them for your use.
Down load Z0.LSP Flattening Utility.
V. 2.08 Wipeouts have been added with this version. In prior version, XLINES and RAYS were added. Flattens all lines, by changing the Z axis coordinate of each ENDPoint, moves the insertion points of blocks and dimensions and tolerances to Z-zero. It also moves by changing elevation of polylines and lwpolylines (not each vertex), arcs, circles, ellipses, text, attribute definitions, hatches, splines, and solids (2-D). If you want more, let me know. I'll add it if I can. If you have EXPRESS TOOLS, there is a better routine in there called FLATTEN, however, on rare occasion, Flatten would give me trouble, so I would run this routine in addition to flatten, and problems were solved. There is a report at the end of my routine that attempts to tell you how many objects were moved. It isn’t always accurate, and I haven’t bothered to find out why, but it is accurate most of the time. That is to say it’s ALMOST accurate. Oh, well.
AutoCAD & AutoLISP are registered trademarks of AUTODESK, INC.
ATTREDEF.LSP is a routine that is supplied with AutoCAD.
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