I routinely create blocks of deed descriptions, subdivisions and other plats to create mosiacs of properties that I will later use for the calculation of additional field points on a survey being preformed. However when I create a block, and list a line that has been rotated it still reports that the line is due south or whatever bearing it was originally drawn at.
Is this supposed to work this way? Is there a setting that I'm missing somewhere?
If this is the way it works - it is totally wrong in my opinion, and is a serious deficiency with respect to the surveying.
TIA
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I've not experienced this since I don't list bearings in rotated blocks. But I do have a theory.
A block is a single definition in the drawing shown multiple times. So I think what's happening is that CGList is reporting the bearing from the original definition.
I do have a workaround since I work in a similar manor. Instead of using Blocks use Groups. While this will double or triple, in my case, the amount of linework in the drawing. Lines don't increase a file's size that much. This still allows you to move the deed plots as a single unit but you can still affect the lines individually if you want.
I triple the size because I have one instance of the lines in their original bearing systems, one where I have created a mosaic in the system that seems most common the them and one where I've rotated them after a field analysis.
HTH
Allen
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I agree. It would be best if the command gave the original data of the block and the scaled/rotated data. Or another command that gave the real data would be sufficient. Also, if you cglist an arc in a block, you don't get the arc information.
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To get options for the Group command enter -GROUP (note the hyphen). That will give you the option to explode the group. I agree. Not having the dialog box is something you have to get used to.
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BTW. Remember that if you set the Pickstyle to 0, you will be able to select the individual members of a group.
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I just found out you can get the dialog box by using the CLASSICGROUP command.
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@Anonymous wrote:
Looks like its time to do an alias edit ? Rick
Or you could get fancy and use the Undefined and Redefine lisp commands in your acaddoc.lsp. See example on page 86 and 87 in this [Link] .
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Just add it...Edit the existing G entry, change it to CLASSICGROUP, you will be told it doesn't exist and asked if you want to create it. Answer Yes, then Yes again to overwrite the G alias.
You may need to set permissions for the file alias.pgc to allow write. This file is in the "C3D Install"\Express folder.
It doesn't matter if it appears in the list. Just define it the way you want and when it says Classicgroup is a new command an do you want to add it. Say yes. Then it will work.
You can also define aliases for lisp routines that starts from the command line. If you had a Lisp that you start with Text2Mtext. You could define an alias of T2M.
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@Jeff_M wrote:
You may need to set permissions for the file alias.pgc to allow write. This file is in the "C3D Install"\Express folder.
Jeff,
Do you mean acad.pgp?
You can verify where the active one is by using (findfile "acad.pgp") at the command line. We keep ours on the server so it doesn't get overwritten on each install.
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Jeff,
Do you mean acad.pgp?
Allen
Nope, alias.pgc is what the Express tools Alias editor tried to edit, but couldn't, until I changed the permissions for that file. This is the list of commands Express Tools uses to edit the pgp file.
Ah. That makes sense now. I hadn't heard of it before. Nice that it's in ASCII. You could add commands ahead of time, but why bother. Good place to get a list of commands though. Thanks.
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Thanks again to all,
I was finally able to get the classicgroup to work after changing permissions, and things are working as expected.
Would be nice if Adesk had programmed in the dialoge box for the revised command.
Maybe something for the wish list.
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