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Tipster Tawfik Shehata shares a trick that allows you to update a distance from the drawing model in AutoCAD without using a measuring tool.

"The inquiry comm...  Read more

Tip#: 4204
Author: Tawfik Shehata
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 14-Oct-2013
Downloads: 0
Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

Tip author Sanjay Kulkarni had an occasion to measure multiple distances repeatedly, but found the built-in AutoCAD commands too tedious. That experience inspired him to create thi...  Read more

Tip#: 4187
Author: Sanjay Kulkarni
Rename File To: multiDist.LSP
Published on: 22-Sep-2013
Downloads: 800
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

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

Tip#: 3954
Author: Alan Thompson
Rename File To: AreaReactor.LSP
Published on: 14-Aug-2012
Downloads: 1204
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Bill DeShawn presents a tweak to AutoCAD's built-in Distance command. Bill works in architectural units, but he likes to spot-check distances, and he wants to see the result in dec...  Read more

Tip#: 3914
Author: Bill DeShawn
Rename File To: di.lsp,__MACOSX/,__MACOSX/._di.lsp
Published on: 17-Jun-2012
Downloads: 233
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Alan Thompson is back again with another great routine. This one reports the distance between two points along an entity in AutoCAD. You could use the MeasureGeom command to obtain...  Read more

Tip#: 3753
Author: Alan Thompson
Rename File To: DistanceBetweenPoints.LSP
Published on: 17-Oct-2011
Downloads: 1129
Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

Designer Terry Priest sends us a LISP routine to use in AutoCAD — and it's one of our shortest ever.

"Load the routine, then type DN to start it. It measures the d...  Read more

Tip#: 3695
Author: Terry Priest
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 31-Jul-2011
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

This routine from Alan Thompson reports the total distance between any number of chosen points. It works similarly to the built-in Dist command, except that with this routine, you ...  Read more

Tip#: 3644
Author: Alan Thompson
Rename File To: AccumulativeDistance.LSP
Published on: 15-May-2011
Downloads: 407
Rating:
3
  Rated by 3 users

Tipster Ed Galicki shares a command macro that he uses in AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop (AMD) that helps him calculate centering distances for stacked plates.

"I got ...  Read more

Tip#: 3539
Author: Ed Galicki
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 22-Nov-2010
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

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

Tip#: 3527
Author: Andrea Andreetti
Rename File To: tadd/,tadd/TADD.LSP,tadd/tadd.png
Published on: 11-Nov-2010
Downloads: 15341
Rating:
4.5
  Rated by 2 users

Lee McDonnell is back again, this time with a routine that labels AutoCAD entities with their length. This routine works for circles, lines, arcs, and polylines. Start by loading t...  Read more

Tip#: 3491
Author: Lee McDonnell
Rename File To: LengthAtMidpoint.lsp
Published on: 10-Sep-2010
Downloads: 2213
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users