Block Insertion snap problem

[BudMcGregor]

I use a script to create an index of drawings in a set. Each line in the index is made of 2 blocks, first the lines of the chart and then an attributed text block.  Both have the same origin point.  My problem is that the blocks are being inserted as if the snap mode was on and the interval was too large causing tjhe lines to be inserted with every two lines of the index being placed on top of each other with a blank line in between.  I have set the snap value in my template to be .01 and the snap value for each of the individual blocks to be .01 and, as an added measure, I turn off snap in my script before each insertion.

Here is the script for the header and the first line of the index:

;
filedia
0
cmddia
0
attdia
0
snap
off
new
Loop.DWT
regen
snap
off
-insert
indexhdr
6.5,20
1
1
0
snap
off
-insert
ldiline
6.5,18.25
1
1
0
snap
off
-insert
ldiLDI
6.5,18.25
1
1
0
XC-SP2596                    ;This line is an attribute for a drawing number
0                                    ;As is this one for the revision level
snap
off

Attached is an image of the result.

My question is: What am I doing wrong?  Until AutoCAD 2013 this script worked.

[pendean]

Looking at your insertion points, 6.5,18.25 is repeated except for one instance where it jumps to 6.5,20.
Is that where you think "snap" kicked in? Otherwise you seem to be inserting everything else right on top of each other.

[Kent1Cooper]

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@BudMcGregor wrote:

....  My problem is that the blocks are being inserted as if the snap mode was on and the interval was too large causing tjhe lines to be inserted with every two lines of the index being placed on top of each other with a blank line in between.  I have set the snap value in my template to be .01 and the snap value for each of the individual blocks to be .01 and, as an added measure, I turn off snap in my script before each insertion.

....
snap
off
-insert
....

My question is: What am I doing wrong?  Until AutoCAD 2013 this script worked.

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It's not SNAP that you need to turn off, but OSNAP [Object Snap].  And you need to do it only once, provided you don't turn it on again in between.  Alternatively, you could include a "none" entry just before all insertion points.

[pendean · Accepted solution]

If it is OSNAP, simply add this to the top of your script:

OSMODE
0 <<<< that's a zero

[BudMcGregor]

Thanks for your input.
The duplicated Y-axis numbers (18.25) are intended to position the block (ldiline) containing lines and the block (ldiLDI) containing text and attributes in the same vertical location. The blocks are inserted in pairs with an insertion of the line block and an insertion of a specific text block.

William McGregor
Controls Drafter

FS-Elliott Co., LLC
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Fax: +1 724-387-4921
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[Kent1Cooper]

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@pendean wrote:
If it is OSNAP, simply add this to the top of your script:

OSMODE
0 <<<< that's a zero

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[I don't think there's any if about it....]  Another way to do the same thing:
 

-osnap

off

[BudMcGregor]

Thanks.
Both solutions work.

I appreciate the help.

William McGregor
Controls Drafter

FS-Elliott Co., LLC
Tel: +1 724-387-3247
Fax: +1 724-387-4921
Email: wmcgrego@fs-elliott.com
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