Hi,

Question, is there a direct procedure to get a surface form a solid but the obtained surface shall be in the centre of the solid? In. example for a bracket generated as a solid shall be a surface only showing the bracket shape but with the thickness =0.

Trying to learn and migrate to BricsCAD, but have not many documentation.

Hi to all,

 

I hope you can assist me in creating a Lisp routine that will systematically change all elements in the architectural layer within the drawing file to the XR layer and set their color to 252. This includes all entities such as blocks, text, etc.; everything must be moved to the XR layer.

 

The drawing should be purged afterward to remove any unused elements. The only exception to this change are the lighting fixtures, which the Lisp routine should prompt the user to specify.

 

I've attached the drawing file in AutoCAD 2018 format for your reference.

 

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

 

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

I never did Publish the lisp.

;; Call IT Helpdesk Script

;; Using Outlook, this script will email selected objects in a temporary DWG file.
;; Credits to Ron Perez (ronjonp) for the Outlook example:
;; http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=26953.msg324794#msg324794
;; http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=55486.0
;; Lonnie Shaw 2020-01-06

;; Enter the Email Addresses Here as Strings
(setq *IT-Email* "lshaw@coname.net"
      *CC-Email* "bsmead@coname.net"
      *BCC-Email* "bseverson@coname.net; dsmith@coname.net; tmcauley@coname.net; jnewton@coname.net; pwyman@coname.net; rstock@coname.net; jarreola@coname.net"
      *Fileset1* (strcat "\nI need assistance from a CAD area Lead. Thank you!"
                         "\nExample file from"
                         "\n" (getvar "dwgprefix")
                         "\"" (getvar "dwgname") "\"")
)

(defun c:CRGhelp (/ _catch cc file outlook email sf si ni)

  ;; Load the Visual LISP extension
  (vl-load-com)

  ;; Define a helper function to catch errors
  (defun _catch (f a) (not (vl-catch-all-error-p (vl-catch-all-apply f a))))

  ;; Alert the user to select objects and send mail from Outlook
  (alert "Please create a scratch file by selecting the elements you are having problems with. \n\nAfter you select objects to mail, remember to send mail from Outlook.")

  (if
    (and
      ;; Get selected objects
      (or (ssget "_I") (prompt "\nSelect object(s) to eMail: ") (ssget))
      ;; Create a temporary DWG file
      (setq file (vl-filename-mktemp "" nil ".dwg"))
      (_catch 'vla-WBlock
              (list (cond (*AcadDoc*)
                          ((setq *AcadDoc* (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))))
                    file
                    (vla-get-activeselectionset *AcadDoc*)))
      ;; Create an Outlook application instance
      (setq outlook (vlax-get-or-create-object "Outlook.Application"))
      (setq sf (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-invoke (list (setq ns (vlax-invoke outlook 'GetNameSpace "MAPI")) 'GetDefaultFolder 5)))
      (setq si (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-get (list (vlax-get sf 'items) 'count)))
      ;; Create a new email item
      (setq email (vlax-invoke-method outlook 'CreateItem 0))
      ;; Set email subject
      (_catch 'vlax-put (list email 'Subject "Helpdesk Ticket: "))
      ;; Attach the temporary DWG file
      (_catch 'vlax-invoke (list (vlax-get email 'Attachments) 'Add file))
      ;; Add recipients
      (_catch 'vlax-invoke (list (vlax-get email 'Recipients) 'Add *IT-Email*))
      (setq cc (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-invoke (list (vlax-get email 'Recipients) 'Add *CC-Email*)))
      (setq bcc (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-invoke (list (vlax-get email 'Recipients) 'Add *BCC-Email*)))
      ;; Set recipient types
      (_catch 'vlax-put (list cc 'Type 2))  ;; CC
      (_catch 'vlax-put (list bcc 'Type 3)) ;; BCC
      ;; Set the email body
      (_catch 'vlax-put (list email 'Body *Fileset1*))
    )
    ;; Display the email in Outlook and handle file cleanup
    (progn
      (princ "\nOutlook active...")
      (vlax-invoke email 'Display :vlax-true)
      (if (= (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-get (list email 'Sent)) :vlax-true)
          (vl-file-delete file)
          (progn
            (if (= (setq ni (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-get (list (vlax-get sf 'items) 'count))) si)
                (vl-file-delete file) ;; No email was added to Sent Items - delete the file
            )
          )
      )
    )
  )
  ;; Release COM objects
  (foreach x (list sf ns email outlook) (and x (vlax-release-object x)))
  (princ)
)



You may be able to do with VL lisp but like the .Net answer would create a cogo point with a description and put it in a CIV3D group say "TEXTS" then can use CIV3D label styles. May be faster to export all the text into a CSV file PXYZD then import file into a group.

If you look into the CIV3D samples deep down in C:\program files\autodesk there may be a VL example of import points. I know they exist, not on CIV3D at moment.