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Senior Engineering Designer Perry Medina describes a quick way to access various linetype files if you keep them in folders other than AutoCAD's default location.
Tip 2292: Area of Closed Polylines Area of Closed Polylines, sent in by Ronald Maneja, automatically computes and adds an area annotation for closed polylines. Load the LISP code and type Area... Read more
Tip 2293: Add Text Values Brock Narum submitted Add Text Values, which adds the values found in text and attribute entity objects. Load the LISP code and type AddValues at the AutoCAD Command... Read more
Tip 2282: Area Calculation and Output Theodorus Winata sent in Area Calculation and Output, a very useful tool for those involved in mapping or facilities management. Comprising a LISP and a D... Read more
Tip 2268: Mass Drawing Clean-Up Michael Kolomiyets submitted Mass Drawing Clean-Up, which consists of one LISP and one dialog box DCL file. This program will process drawings in a folder and r... Read more
Tip 2265: P&ID Linetypes Library Jay Thomas sent in a library of complex piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) linetypes. This tip is a LIN file that can be placed in the AutoCAD s... Read more
Rich Smith e-mailed me a request asking how to add blocks to an AutoCAD drawing using a transformation matrix to place the blocks in the correct position and orientation. In his scenario, a series ... Read more
Tip 2238: Enhanced Attribute Editor Tool The Enhanced Attribute Editor Tool comes from Michel Chayer. The LISP code in this file is a programmer's tool for creating an attribute editor system.... Read more
Tip 2234: AutoCAD Tables to Excel And finally, the top tip of the month is AutoCAD Tables to Excel by Doug Barnes. This utility quickly converts tables of text in an AutoCAD drawing to a comma... Read more