Display sysvar value in Dwg Coord area

[sbrusco]

Hi All,

I used to know how to do this but i've slept since then.

I think i would use a diesel expression, and i don't remember what it was, and put is somewhere that i also don't remember, and this would cause a system variable's value to constantly be displayed in the space where the coordinates for the cursor's location are displayed. This is the space at the lower-left hand corner of the AutoCAD window.

This is what i'm trying to do. One of my detailers is having the problem where his TEXTSIZE sysvar is changing and he doesn't know how or when. I thought if i could have it constantly displayed somewhere, he could keep an eye on it and try to determine what he's doing that changes it.

Any help with my solution or with any other possible solution would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Sal

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

this is a bit of my acaddoc.lsp file...

 (setvar "modemacro"
                (strcat
                 "TextStyle: $(getvar,textstyle)  "
                 "TextHeight: $(getvar,textsize)  "
                 "DimScale: $(getvar,dimscale)  "
                 "DimStyle: $(getvar,dimstyle)  "
                )
    )

[sbrusco]

Thanks lpseifert,

"modemacro" was the missing key from my memory.

Sal

[scot-65]

For some reason (I don't know exactly why) the text in front

may not display properly. In order to fix this use the following:

$(substr,"Textstyle ",1,10)

Not tested; going from memory.