need help calculating pipe lengths

[cwjean76]

I have a 3D chassis that we designed for a jeep. I'm looking for some way to calculate the total lengths of the pipe needed to build it w/o having to manually add all the pipe lengths. Would anyone have a lisp routine or any ideas on how I could go about this? I'm attaching a drawing of the chassis. Thanks in advance.

[stelthorst]

I have a 3D chassis that we designed for a jeep. I'm looking for some way to calculate the total lengths of the pipe needed to build it w/o having to manually add all the pipe lengths. Would anyone have a lisp routine or any ideas on how I could go about this? I'm attaching a drawing of the chassis. Thanks in advance.

I added property sets using AutoCAD MEP 2008 (AMEP) and did a calculation to determine length (basically volume/area). I assumed that all pipes were the same size. I have included my the drawing with my schedule on it.

I know you were looking for a way to do it yourself but this was the easiest way for me to do it.

Hope this helps,

BTW: Very nice work!

[cwjean76]

I added property sets using AutoCAD MEP 2008 (AMEP) and did a calculation to determine length (basically volume/area). I assumed that all pipes were the same size. I have included my the drawing with my schedule on it.

I know you were looking for a way to do it yourself but this was the easiest way for me to do it.

Hope this helps,

BTW: Very nice work!

Thank you very much for your help. Yes, I was looking for a way myself, but this suits the need just fine. I do appreciate it however I failed to mention that this design was not complete. It's in the process of still being "tweeked". Would you mind to terribly running it again for us once it is complete?

[stelthorst]

No problem, Just post the drawing when you're done. Now that I have everything setup it will only take a few seconds to redo it.