Auto increment numbers

[tufocjr]

Hello Everyone

I would value advice on how to add incremental numbers, easily and quickly to an AutoCad LT drawing.

I am working on a freebie job, plotting the grave spaces in our local churchyard and have got to the stage where I want to number each location.

I am a novice LT user and could I suppose just manually and a number (there are about 300 of them!) but would very much like to just click on each space and have a number appear.

Any ideas please?

Tufocjr

[BrenBren]

Hello Everyone

I would value advice on how to add incremental numbers, easily and quickly to an AutoCad LT drawing.

I am working on a freebie job, plotting the grave spaces in our local churchyard and have got to the stage where I want to number each location.

I am a novice LT user and could I suppose just manually and a number (there are about 300 of them!) but would very much like to just click on each space and have a number appear.

Any ideas please?

Tufocjr

With AutoCAD LT, I don't believe it is possible. Heck, it's not even easily possible in AutoCAD.

[srobillard]

There is a command called TCOUNT in AutoCad 2005 that does the incremental numbering
I don't know if it exists in AutoCad LT though. You may want to give it a try.

[zoomharis]

With AutoCAD LT, I don't believe it is possible. Heck, it's not even easily possible in AutoCAD.

Hi Bren,
Sorry for being late. It took too much time for digging . Put this macro in a button. I think this makes up the auto numbering problem in LT.

*^c^c_text;\;;$M=$(+,$(getvar,USERI1),1);setvar;USERI1;$M=$(+,$(getvar,USERI1),1);

Set the USERI1 system variable to arrange the Starting number. The starting number will always be USERI1+1.

Hope that helps.

[BrenBren]

Hi Bren,
Sorry for being late. It took too much time for digging . Put this macro in a button. I think this makes up the auto numbering problem in LT.


Set the USERI1 system variable to arrange the Starting number. The starting number will always be USERI1+1.

Hope that helps.

Very cool

Thanks...

[tufocjr]

Hello Zoomharis

Thank you very much for the info. I am however a bit of a thicko and although I understand the principle of what you are saying, I am completely lost with 'put the macro in a button'. how does one do that?

Regards
Tufocjr

[tufocjr]

Hello Everyone

Yes!!!!!! I have it. Done the put it in a button bit and it works, just one click on each grave stone and each is numbered incrementally. Wonderful, can't thank you enough.

Regards

Tufocjr

[zoomharis]

Yes!!!!!! I have it. Done the put it in a button bit and it works, just one click on each grave stone and each is numbered incrementally. Wonderful, can't thank you enough.

Glad that it helped you . I have posted a better version into the AutoCAD Tips & Tricks forum.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi Tufocjr

I realise you have received a good answer / solution, but you may also like to take a look at the following thread...

Automatic text edit (for the people)

Have a good one, Mike

[zoomharis]

Hi Tufocjr

I realise you have received a good answer / solution, but you may also like to take a look at the following thread...

Automatic text edit (for the people)

Have a good one, Mike

I could have posted my answer faster, had I seen that macro earlier. Anyway, the good point is that I could give OP the most suitable answer .ie, Inserting numbers (quite difficult if you don't know 'Text' command) instead of changing it as mentioned in the other macro. I wonder if anybody noticed the use of 'Text' command inside the macro instead of 'DText' or 'MText' command. That problem nearly spoiled my brain.