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Frequent contributor Alan Thompson is back this month with a nice little AutoCAD routine that's designed to be loaded at startup time, so insert this code into your ACADDOC.LSP fil... Read more
Alan Thompson is back this month with a routine that calculates area from points you select. The routine gives you feedback in the form of a "rubber band" line so you can... Read more
Editor's note: This LISP program was updated to v2.1 in April 2011. The table format is completely different, as it uses separate columns for each unit, and ... Read more
P-Area is a routine to assist you in labeling the area of polylines in AutoCAD. Many people have labeled polylines the traditional way, but what happens when the polyline changes? You have to relab... Read more
DuctiSoft President Andrea Andreetti is back this month with another great routine for AutoCAD. Tadd is a LISP routine that will display the ... Read more
Area Output (Tip #2139) from James J. Olszewski is a simple function that gets the area of a closed object (polyline) and outputs the text at a desired location. Load the LISP code and type AREAO t... Read more
Another tool for drawing floor plans is Room Area Dimensions (Tip #2133) by Rich Pellicane. With the LISP code loaded, type SQRD to start the dimensioning tool. The first tool will allow you to tra... Read more
Text Routines Jeffery Sanders gives us Get and Display Area (Tip #2000), an elegant and simple function. Load the ga.lsp AutoLISP file and then type GA at the AutoCAD command line. Select a po... Read more