proctorLed
Industrial
- Jan 11, 2008
- 1
I'm trying to see if it's at all possible to elevate the tedious task of having to hand count the number of leds for each letter in a sign.
currently, they import a vectorized image into auto cad and select a custom line type and hand draw using this line type where the leds are to be placed in each letter. (e.g. linetype looks like: --LED--LED--LED--).
I've been searching for a way to count the number of the LEDs (number of time the word LED occurs in the line type) used in a letter and have not found a solution. I had hope when I discovered that it might be possible to insert a block into the line type; however, I found out that I had to explode it in order to have it save as a shape file. I wanted to use blocks because I learned how easy they are to count using bcount. Perhaps there's another type of object (e.g. point, letter ... etc. that I can insert into the line type that auto cad will be able to count?
Do you know if there's anyway for me to get any kind of count in a line type? Another idea I had would be to somehow replace each word "LED" after they draw the lines out w/ blocks. It seems like there should be some way to say, "give me a count of all the occurrences of the word "LED".
I'm hoping you can help give me some kind of ideas, plug-ins or even auto lisp script that performs a similar task that you can direct me to? Maybe this capability is available on a newer version?
Thank you,
Proc
currently, they import a vectorized image into auto cad and select a custom line type and hand draw using this line type where the leds are to be placed in each letter. (e.g. linetype looks like: --LED--LED--LED--).
I've been searching for a way to count the number of the LEDs (number of time the word LED occurs in the line type) used in a letter and have not found a solution. I had hope when I discovered that it might be possible to insert a block into the line type; however, I found out that I had to explode it in order to have it save as a shape file. I wanted to use blocks because I learned how easy they are to count using bcount. Perhaps there's another type of object (e.g. point, letter ... etc. that I can insert into the line type that auto cad will be able to count?
Do you know if there's anyway for me to get any kind of count in a line type? Another idea I had would be to somehow replace each word "LED" after they draw the lines out w/ blocks. It seems like there should be some way to say, "give me a count of all the occurrences of the word "LED".
I'm hoping you can help give me some kind of ideas, plug-ins or even auto lisp script that performs a similar task that you can direct me to? Maybe this capability is available on a newer version?
Thank you,
Proc
