Distance inquiry

[balloonsrise]

When I inquire the distance between two points that are at different elevations using the DI command I only get slope distance and the individual x,y,z distances. So, I have been drawing a line first, then I list that and I get the current UCS distance, which is what I want. Is there another inquiry command that gives the plan distance so I don't have to draw the line first? TIA

[Civil3DReminders]

Try cgslist or another command from the inquiry toolbar.

[Anonymous]

OSNAP filter xy. you answer 0 and you'll get the 2d length

Joe

[balloonsrise]

cglist requires I select an object, like a line. The inquiry toolbar doesn't have a selection point to selection point inquiry that gives me plan dimension either. I need a command that returns the plan distance between two points that have different z values. As if they did have the same z-values that is.

[balloonsrise]

Joe,
When I type in OSNAP I get the Drafting Settiings dialog box. I don't see an xy filter option in any of the 5 tabs. How do I get to the xy filter toggle?

[Civil3DReminders]

Funny, when I read the command line I get an option for [Points], does that not show on yours?

Christopher

[Anonymous]

I believe that is the same as OSNAPZ in the Modern Civil 3D.

Bill

"Joe Bouza" wrote in message
news:6272470@discussion.autodesk.com...
OSNAP filter xy. you answer 0 and you'll get the 2d length

Joe

[dness]

;;Purpose: Return 2 dimensional distance from selected points
;;
(defun C:2DDIST (/ PT1 PT2)
(initget 65)
(setq PT1 (getpoint "\nSelect First Point: ")
)
(INITGET 65)
(PRINC "\nSelect Second Point:")
(getdist PT1 "\nDistance between points is: ")
)

[Anonymous]

Set the OSNAPZ variable to 1. This will make it so that you always snap to 0 as your Z-value.

This will make the command will do what you want it to - and make for neater drawings. HOWEVER you must turn it back to 0 when you want to draw feature lines or other 3D stuff.

Hope this helps,
John

[Anonymous]

shift right click when picking points. However,
Bill raises an excellent point (no pun intended) if OSNAPZ system variable =1
and current  ELEV system variable =0 you can selct 3d obj without getting
thier elevation values.

I'll go with the later.

Joe