multiple line lengths

[ericro1]

I need to add the lengths of lines with the other lines on the same layer. I must admit I don't know any way to do this. I have about 50,000 lines to add so manually is not an option. Can anyone help me on this? Is there possibly a way to export a table with all the property info for all elements in the drawing?

Thanks,
Eric

 

[PLB]

Hi ericro1,

First, let me ask a question or two.

Do you want to get a total length of all lines in a drawing?

Are you looking for the total length of all lines on a particular layer?

Are you trying to find a way to label the length of each line in the drawing?

OR, do you want to create a document (like a text file) that lists each line and its' length so that you can add them up individually?

I may be able to write a LISP program to do these depending on what you want. you can e-mail me at:
paul_bilodeau1@excite.com with the answers to these questions.

Paul

 

[CarlB]

I've seen this question asked and answered many times at various forums, I know there are lots of freeware lisps you could download. Try

http://www.cadalog.com

to start. Try a google or other search with a few kewords like lisp, freeware, sum, etc...bound to find a few.

 

[Estassoc]

ericro1,

50,000 lines is a lot of lines in a single layer.
With a lisp routine, finding the total length should
be a piece of cake (45-60 seconds max). E-mail me
(grevark@aol.com) your AutoCAD version and I'll send
you the appropriate routine (total length only).

Estassoc