I have a lisp that counted and listed blocks, but it stopped working after installing 2006. Can you guys tell me what to fix in the code below?
(defun C:COUNT ( / blocks ss)
(princ "\nPress <CR> to select entire drawing or,")
(cond
( (not (setq ss (cond ((ssget))...
extracting x,y,z coordinates for blocks is a very easy process using eattext. you can extract attribute and general block properties to an autocad table or excel spreadsheet.
Sheet sets are helpful for plotting large projects. but i don't remember if it became availabel in 2005 or 2006. maybe you should upgrade. it saves a lot of time.
you can cut and paste a pdf into AutoCAD. If you have Adobe Acrobat you can save the pdf as a jpg and insert the jpg into AutoCAD for better resolution.
at the menus at the top, drop down "Tools" select "options". select the files tab, scroll down to "Automatic Save File Location" this will show you the location, and alloy you to change the location.
Also go to the Open and Save tab, under Automatic Save you can choose the time between saves, in...
Using the render command, you can render to a file(jpg, tiff, bmp). You can also set the viewport to render and plot to a pdf driver if you have adobe acrobat, creates a nice pdf file thats printable.
I'm using Acad2006. My previous set up allowed me to view the object as i was moving it or inserting it, i moved to a new machine and i can't figure out the setting to allow this again. Layer 0 is on, so its not that.