Visual LISP, AutoLISP and General Customization

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greenj1 wrote:

Kent once again thankyou, this works perfectly on the circles I have tested it on.

However my circles have to be converted into 3D polylines. The lisp does not seem to work on them !

I assumed they would have an inserition point or centre and it would work the same way.

Any suggestions ?

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No, they don't have a defined center or insertion point, just a string of vertices, and AutoCAD doesn't have any way to know directly whether they all fall on a common circular path.  But if they're geometrically regular, a center can be calculated.  This:

http://cadtips.cadalyst.com/2d-editing/convert-regular-polygons-circles

contains a method to do that.  Appropriate parts could be transferred, but it would make the code a lot longer.

On the other hand, if the conversion to 3DPolylines is done by something that always does it in the same way, e.g. it always makes a regular polygon with the same number of vertices [or even just always an even number of vertices] in each conversion, then we can assume some of what that routine tests for, and a much simpler way could be devised to calculate their centers.  Are they regular in some predictable way?

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They dont seem to have any common propoerties. They start as circles then I import them into 3ds max and use bend and spherify modifers to turn the 2d layout into a spherical arrangement, then back into CAD where they become 3D polylines.

I guess I need to find an object which will retain a centre point or insertion point whne transfered between the two program. perhapes a point/node. Il see what I can find. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks for your help so far.

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I found a MAXscript which placed point at the center of each spline (3d polylines in CAD) and bingo your lisp worked perfectly. Many thanks !