RE: Calculators and Mtext
check out "QuickCalc". You can use it transparently, and has a button
to paste results to the command line. "QuickCalc" is availible in 06+
only I believe.
RE: Calculators and Mtext
Sorry for the miss infomation, didn't realize it didn't work
work with MTEXT. I should have tried first.
RE: Calculators and Mtext
Calculations do not work with mtext. This is one of my pet peeves.
Wish away, wish away, please add.
RE: Calculators and Mtext
I have done something along these lines with the dimensioning features of acad. You would pick the line and the dimensioning would give the slope round up to the nearest 6" (for hips and valleys) or nearest 1", the rounding was a lisp routine. I could rewrite the lisp and I have some VBA that "cleans" mtext and another that will "dirty" the mtext. The clean and dirty removes and adds formatting to the mtext. This was all done through a menu pick that got the ball rolling.
So far as an actual calculator for mtext you can pick the mtext and get the numbers out the problem would be in determining the format. 12'-6 3/8 vs 150.375 vs 12.5313 and how to enter the add minus mult divide, a pain but it could be done.
RE: Calculators and Mtext
I think you will see this wish on the AutoCAD Wish List ballot, which will be coming out in October.