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In a part model, go to User Parameters to add new numeric parameters (ft, mm, etc.).

Select consecutive unit type (ft, mm, etc.).

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Tip#: 4563
Author: Alex Kaplan
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 16-Nov-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Here is a little tip that shows how to modify a parts list to better fit a drawing. Sometimes you need the extra real estate on your drawing for views — not the parts list.

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Tip#: 4392
Author: David Gaskill
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 10-Nov-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

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: 73351
Rating:
3.333335
  Rated by 3 users

Frequent tipster Leonid Nemirovsky shares a tip about how and when to make AutoCAD table borders invisible.

"Create a table and highlight it as shown in the pictur...  Read more

Tip#: 4093
Author: Leonid Nemirovsky
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 25-Mar-2013
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Tip author Juan Villarreal sends us a super LISP routine for converting plain geometry into a table entity. Before table entities were available in AutoCAD, you had to create your ...  Read more

Tip#: 3604
Author: Juan Villarreal
Rename File To: COT_Convert_Old_TableV1.4.lsp
Published on: 25-Mar-2011
Downloads: 3817
Rating:
5
  Rated by 3 users

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

Tip#: 3562
Author: Juan Villarreal
Rename File To: AC_AREA-CALC_v2.1.lsp
Published on: 15-Jan-2011
Downloads: 1760
Rating:
1
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Replace Text with Incremental Value replaces text strings with an incrementing value, very useful for labeling columns and rows in a grid. After loading the LSP file, type Counter to activate the text...  Read more
Tip#: 3023
Author: Eric Brown
Rename File To: COUNTER.LSP
Published on: 18-Nov-2008
Downloads: 1437
Rating:
4
  Rated by 2 users

Jeff Smith of Ohio e-mailed a request to create a spreadsheet kind of table by converting tables made prior to the introduction of AutoCAD's Table command. At first, I thought this could be accompl...  Read more

Tip#: ALSPSOL0308
Author: Tony Hotchkiss
Rename File To: Tip ALSPSOL0308: MakeTable.LSP
Published on: 01-Mar-2008
Downloads: 6748
Rating:
3.5
  Rated by 2 users

Another regular contributor, Leonid Nemirovsky, shares a utility that adds the values in a table created in AutoCAD. Sum Table Values (Tip #1994) is a Visual LISP macro set. Load the LSP file and t...  Read more

Tip#: 1994
Author: Leonid Nemirovsky
Rename File To: Tip1994: TTR.LSP
Published on: 01-Nov-2004
Downloads: 580
Rating:
1.5
  Rated by 2 users

Field Features (Tip #1978), also from Leonid, explores the field features of AutoCAD 2005. A field is text you expect to change during the lifecycle of a drawing. Typical fields are those data elem...  Read more

Tip#: 1978
Author: Leonid Nemirovsky
Rename File To: Tip1978: SFLD.LSP
Published on: 01-Sep-2004
Downloads: 620
Rating:
3
  Rated by 1 users