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Editor's Note: The macro code has been revised per the reader comments. Our apologies for the confusion. (9/30/15)

I like to make buttons for things I do over and over, if only...  Read more

Tip#: 4533
Author: Jerri Thompson
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 31-Aug-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

When working with long polylines and splines, you may find it desirable to have persistent grips to help with visibility and printing. This LISP routine will create “point” entities at ...  Read more

Tip#: 4504
Author: Brian Bennett
Rename File To: PRINTGRIPS.lsp
Published on: 13-Jul-2015
Downloads: 179
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

CAD Tip No. 4402, also from Kent Cooper, converts 3D faces to lines in AutoCAD. This routine is similar, except it co...  Read more

Tip#: 4445
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: 3DFacesTo3DPolylines.lsp
Published on: 30-Mar-2015
Downloads: 3785
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Kent Cooper created this routine in response to a question in the Autodesk customization forums; the user wanted to trim AutoCAD objects where the cutting edge turned out to be 3D ...  Read more

Tip#: 4402
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: 3DFacesToLines.lsp
Published on: 23-Nov-2014
Downloads: 1318
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

This routine from Jay Thomas is an excellent example of combining LISP code with a dialog box with graphics. Its purpose is to draw railing elevations in AutoCAD.

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Tip#: 4401
Author: Jay Thomas
Rename File To: RailElevation/,RailElevation/Rail_Elev.dcl,RailElevation/Rail_Elev.lsp,RailElevation/Rail_Elev.slb,RailElevation/Rail_Elev.txt
Published on: 23-Nov-2014
Downloads: 337
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

James Maeding sent in these nice examples of defining LISP functions on the fly. One of the two examples provided defines the LISP functions L1, L2, L3 … L255 used to create...  Read more

Tip#: 4348
Author: James Maeding
Rename File To: func1.lsp
Published on: 26-Jul-2014
Downloads: 381
Rating:  Not Yet Rated
Tip#: 4328
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: LabelTextTrim.LSP
Published on: 29-Jun-2014
Downloads: 395
Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

This routine is an alternate to “Label Entity with Break,” also from Kent Cooper. That tip inserts a text string into an entity by physically breaking the entity. This ...  Read more

Tip#: 4329
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: LabelTextMask.LSP
Published on: 29-Jun-2014
Downloads: 341
Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

Levi Connolly shares this time-saving AutoCAD tip.

I execute most of my AutoCAD commands from the keyboard. Even though there are buttons that do most of these macros, I ge...  Read more

Tip#: 4305
Author: Levi Connolly
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 19-May-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

In this tip, James J. Olszewski explains the benefits of adjusting the fuzz distance to eliminate gaps between polyline segments in AutoCAD.

This is a Polyline Edi...  Read more

Tip#: 4284
Author: James Olszewski
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 07-Apr-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users