in this issue
Visual Basic & AutoCAD
At the beginning of February, I presented a class on
using Visual Basic with AutoCAD to the San Francisco
AutoCAD User Group. I was warmly received and it was
good to see so many familiar faces.
As usual, I used a real world scenario. I had a
collection of project drawings that needed an attribute
in a titleblock changed. I wanted to change the
project title so that it was the same across the
project. Rather than do it by opening each drawing
and tediously making the change, I opted to write a VB
program where the user selects the drawings to be
changed, the new title, and let the program do the rest.
The program, written in Visual Basic 6, is heavily
commented. You can download the zip file, which
includes my powerpoint presentation along with the
program files.
You can then modify the program to work with your
own titleblock and attribute.
Download the sample VB file & Powerpoint here...
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Greetings!
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Converting Leaders from Lines to Splines
Israel Rangel Ramos from Fremont, CA emailed
requesting a lisp routine to convert multiple leaders
from straight lines to splines.
I could see value in a routine like that...how many
times have I gotten a drawing from someone where
they used straight line leaders when spline leaders were
more appropriate? I had tediously redrawn the leaders
and used my copy text lisp routine to copy the text
values.
As usual, the lisp routine is heavily commented so you
can modify it to work the way you like. It is pretty
basic. Select as many leaders as you like to convert
from straight line to spline. The text values and all
other properties will remain status quo.
Download the free lisp routine here... »
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ProgeCAD LT 2006 Now Available
ProgeCADLT has recently been released. This is the
best deal on the planet, I think. It is FREE. The
license never expires. It reads, writes, views, prints in
DWG format. It comes with a block library that is
awesome.
My company gives away free copies of this software to
customers who don't have AutoCAD, but they want to
be able to view, print, or make minor changes to the
AutoCAD drawings we give them.
The customers absolutely love it and they love that
they have a company that provides them with
that "extra" support. It builds us extra good will and
helps promote a great product - win-win all the way.
This is NOT AutoCAD and it is not an Autodesk product
and you should be aware that it will not read or be able
to open AutoCAD 2007 format files. It can crash if the
drawing size gets too big, so be sure to back up if you
use it.
Download it here! »
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Look Who's Laughing
Some of you know that I compete in dog agility events
with my border collie. This puts me on several email
lists for agility events. Every once in a while I get a
story or article that is too amusing to keep to myself.
In this case, researchers have determined that dogs
indeed "laugh". In fact, they even sell a CD you can
play for your dog when you leave him home alone. The
CD is a collection of "dog laughter". This apparently
calms down most dogs. Dogs apparently hear dog
laughter and think it means that play-time is available.
Read the article.... »
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