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Topic: Batch Drawings and Layouts Manipulation Posted: 11.May.2012 at 07:41
Hi,
I am looking for ways to carry lisp operations to all viewports, all dimension styles and to all dwg files in a specified folder. All notes or guidelines will be most welcomed.
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Posted: 11.May.2012 at 12:11
If you are trying to make changes to a number of drawings contained with a specific folder then I would suggest looking into the use of a script to batch process all the drawings. Batch files can contain lisp routines too or at least I think they can.
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So far I do know that script can be used with an application called script pro and others to execute the contents of the script (be it a series of commands or lisp) to all drawings in a specific folder.
I want a lisp that can change color of texts and dimension and extension lines in all the different dimension styles in a drawings and do so in all other drawings in a specific folder.
I am interesting to know the elements of writing such a lisp due to the fact that shop drawings means many drawings with many comment elements between them and an error means correction into multiple drawings.
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Posted: 11.May.2012 at 12:58
You can find many, many custom lisp routines with a simple search of the Internet. I'm sure a handful of them will do what you want. Find one you like, test it, then incorporate it in your script file.
I recommend using ScriptWriter by Lee Mac which can be found here...
http://www.lee-mac.com/scriptwriter.html
Edited by John Connor - 11.May.2012 at 13:00
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