Dimension Info to CAD Table and Excel

[richard.farmer]

Hi,

Could anyone help with this?

I would like a lisp routine that would allow group selection of dimensions (of all types, linear, angular, arc length etc) and give the option of creating a table in CAD or in Excel (giving the choice of where to save and what filename to give) and then in that table i'd like column A to contain text override info (Object Code 1?) and column B to contain the actual measurement of the dimension (object code 42?).

Could this also include Leaders? If i selected a Leader in the selection group could the routine also add the text from the leader in column A?

Also, in column C contain the dimension type (Linear, Arc Length, Leader etc.)?

Finally, some advice on how i could amend that lisp routine to add in extra object code data to extra table columns if i need to develop this further in the future.

Thanks in advance.

Rich.

[dlanor]

Try the attached. It only does Excel (CSV) at the moment as I'm short on time to implement the Table part. Excel is the default at the "Select Format" prompt so return or right mouse click to proceed. Will work with dynamic prompt if active.

[richard.farmer]

Hi dlanor

The excel bit works a treat! It's a timesaver already.

[dlanor]

Attached is updated version that writes a table. Haven't quite ironed out the table size kinks yet.

[richard.farmer]

Hi dlanor,

Thanks for the update. I've tried that version, the excel bit works a treat but the table bit crashes (well, just hangs forevever and ever!) when i get to the "click to insert" bit.

[dlanor]

It works OK in 2012, perhaps this is textstyle or tablestyle problem where the current textstyle/tablestyle has a fixed height font. Would it be possible to upload a sample drawing (saved as AutoCAD2010 or earlier)?

[richard.farmer]

Just tried it again and it seems to work fine. I was in Civils 3D before so maybe that was the issue.

[BIG-AL]

I work in CIV3D all the time and have no table creation problems so it sounds like a text style problem.