CAD Forum discussion (EN) : spline https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ Sun, 31 May 2026 20:37:30 +0000 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:54:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=12661 <![CDATA[CAD Forum discussion (EN)]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ <![CDATA[spline : If you want to draw the length...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12661&PID=35776&title=spline#35776 Author: Kent Cooper
Subject: 12661
Posted: 12.Mar.2018 at 14:54

If you want to draw the length at the Spline [or other object(s) with linearity] as a piece of Text, >>here<< is a thread with some routines to do that.  The older ones put the Text at the start of each object; my newer one at Post 26 puts it at the midpoint.
 
> "...I have always struggled to draw one that isnt closed."
 
Read about the Spline command in Help.  Are you using the Close option to end the command, thinking that "closing" means completing the command, rather than taking the Spline back to Close to the starting end?  Just hit Enter instead to end the command without Closing back to the start.


Edited by Kent Cooper - 12.Mar.2018 at 14:59]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:54:46 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12661&PID=35776&title=spline#35776 <![CDATA[spline : Are you current with the latest...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12661&PID=35774&title=spline#35774 Author: John Connor
Subject: 12661
Posted: 12.Mar.2018 at 12:45

Are you current with the latest service pack?

I have not heard or read anything about the F8 key locking up AutoCAD.
]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:45:17 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12661&PID=35774&title=spline#35774 <![CDATA[spline : For a while if I used F8 the...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12661&PID=35773&title=spline#35773 Author: dolau
Subject: 12661
Posted: 12.Mar.2018 at 12:03

For a while if I used F8 the drawing would freeze and I had to select the icon from the menu bar at the bottom of the screen- just tried it and it is back

There was some discussion on here about it at the time

Great thanks
]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:03:13 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12661&PID=35773&title=spline#35773 <![CDATA[spline : F8=Orthomode hasn&#039;t gone...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12661&PID=35772&title=spline#35772 Author: John Connor
Subject: 12661
Posted: 12.Mar.2018 at 11:58

F8=Orthomode hasn't gone anywhere.

The length of a spline is returned when you issue the LIST command then select the spline. 


Edited by John Connor - 12.Mar.2018 at 12:01]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:58:22 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12661&PID=35772&title=spline#35772 <![CDATA[spline : I have to start preparing drawings...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12661&PID=35771&title=spline#35771 Author: dolau
Subject: 12661
Posted: 12.Mar.2018 at 10:30

I have to start preparing drawings joining a number of points with a polyline representing a flexible pipework system joining up a number of heads on a scale drawing

I guess SPLINE is the most appropriate way of doing this and seems to work although I have always struggled to draw one that isnt closed

What I need to do is measure the length of the 'pipework' system or spline length

Looking at properties it prepares the area under the shape created which I am sure is useful for some things

Any ideas how I get the length of a spline once drawn

Thanks

PS - any idea when F8 to get ortho on a drawing might come back?
]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:30:46 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12661&PID=35771&title=spline#35771