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Juan Villarreal is back this month with a very nice routine. Years ago, before there were table objects in AutoCAD, we made tables with lines and text. Often it would be much easie...  Read more

Tip#: 4276
Author: Juan Villarreal
Rename File To: TableExport/,TableExport/Original.dwg,TableExport/TE_TableExport.lsp
Published on: 24-Mar-2014
Downloads: 73335
Rating:
3.333335
  Rated by 3 users

Our last tip of the month is Hatch Maker (Tip #2065) from Lanny Schiele. Hatch Maker is a nifty utility for creating hatch patterns. If you have tried to create a hatch pattern by hand, you know th...  Read more

Tip#: 2065
Author: Lanny Schiele
Rename File To: Tip2065: HatchMaker.lsp
Published on: 01-Oct-2005
Downloads: 38268
Rating:
4.75
  Rated by 4 users

Updated in September 2013. It has come to the author’s attention that the routine fails if there are coincident vertices at the beginning of a polyline. The new file acco...  Read more

Tip#: 3352
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: PLDiet.lsp
Published on: 22-Feb-2010
Downloads: 25427
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

George Anderson of Eugene, Oregon, e-mailed a request to turn 3D polylines into 2D polylines. Several routines he downloaded from the Internet claimed to perform this function, but all failed to se...  Read more

Tip#: ALSP0903
Author: Tony Hotchkiss
Rename File To: pline-3d-2d.lsp.
Published on: 01-Sep-2003
Downloads: 22208
Rating:
4.5
  Rated by 2 users

Dialog box interface to draw all types of steels shapes in 2D and 3D.

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Tip#: 1779
Author: Al Rogers
Rename File To: Tip1779: STL.ZIP
Published on: 01-Mar-2002
Downloads: 17804
Rating:
4.285715
  Rated by 7 users

Michael Stachulak provided AIA Standard Layers, a must-have utility for architects who create all the layers needed for the American Institute of Architects standards according to the 1997 AIA CAD ...  Read more

Tip#: 3010
Author: Mike Stachulak
Rename File To: AIA Layers/AIA Layers/,AIA Layers/AIA Layers/AIAlayers.lsp,AIA Layers/AIA Layers/AIAlayersdemo.lsp,AIA Layers/AIA Layers/AIAlayersexst.lsp,AIA Layers/AIA Layers/AIAlayersneww.lsp,AIA Layers/AIA Layers2009/,AIA Layers/AIA Layers2009/AIALayers2009.lsp,AIA Layers/AIA Layers2009/AIALayers2009demo.lsp,AIA Layers/AIA Layers2009/AIALayers2009exst.lsp,AIA Layers/AIA Layers2009/AIAlayers2009neww.lsp,AIA Layers/AIA Monochrome.ctb,AIA Layers/Demo.lin,AIA Layers/
Published on: 03-Sep-2008
Downloads: 16780
Rating:
3.625
  Rated by 8 users

Pedro Gerstberger e-mailed a request to export x,y,z points from either polylines or AutoCAD point entities. The AutoLISP solution plist.lsp lets you select lightweight polylines, 2D polylines, or ...  Read more

Tip#: ALSP1202
Author: Tony Hotchkiss
Rename File To: PLIST.LSP
Published on: 01-Dec-2002
Downloads: 15919
Rating:
3
  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

Export Text from a Drawing to an Excel Spreadsheet C:Txt2Xls is a LISP command for exporting text from a drawing to an Excel spreadsheet. This command will attempt to locate text in columns based o...  Read more

Tip#: 3030
Author: Pedro Ferreira
Rename File To: txt2xls.LSP
Published on: 01-Dec-2008
Downloads: 14524
Rating:
2.5
  Rated by 2 users

This routine from Robert Zipprich will return the total length of any number of lines, arcs, and/or polylines that you select. Load the LISP file and type in the command AddLine. S...  Read more

Tip#: 3488
Author: Robert Zipprich
Rename File To: Addline.LSP
Published on: 10-Sep-2010
Downloads: 12346
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users