AutoCAD Polyline Area to Table

[kieran.leadbetter]

Ideally I am just wanting a lisp or plugin which would allow me to annotate rooms similar to how Revit does it, I would select the area within an enclosed Polyline Boundary, and then a room name, area and room code would be created and assigned to that room

Does anyone know of a lisp or plugin which would allow this

I have attempted Lee Macs Area to Table lisp but I can't get it to function smoothly enough to use on my drawings

Thank you

[AVCPlugins]

You can try to use the standard Data Extraction command. And you can set polyline names using the AVC Properties Palette. For example such imanas as Room 1, Room 2... And then fill in the Data Table in two columns Name and Area. Is it good enough?

[kieran.leadbetter]

I will try that out, data extraction is a new thing to me

I'll get back to you on if I can get it to work, thank you

[AVCPlugins]

By the way, you can also save the room code in the polyline properties - there are additional fields Kind and Info.

In addition, you can not only fill in tables with this data, but also mark rooms using Smart Leaders or Mark command.
There is also an option to pack each room into a block. You can add any number of any attributes to blocks. You can extract attribute values using standard tools without plugins. But blocks are harder to edit.

[kieran.leadbetter]

So this won't work, I need to annotate all the rooms in the project and theres hundreds, I need a fast way to annotate the drawing itself, and insert the room names and automatically calculate the area similar to how Revit does it, while also creating a data table with that information

[kieran.leadbetter]

The smart leaders look useful, but I can't buy any external packages, I have the full autocad license so it would have to be either a tool built in or a free external plugin/lisp which can be used for commercial use

[AVCPlugins]

Autocad without plugins is useless. AutoCAD is just a base for development. If you have money for AutoCAD, then you can definitely pay for a plugin for a couple of dollars a month, this is not a problem.
And if Revit is more suitable for your tasks, then I see no reason to switch to bare AutoCAD.
As for the quick naming of all rooms - there is such a program AvcNum. You can set up which objects to discard and how to sort the rest before numbering. And you can also choose the order of room numbers using the Manual Numbering command.

[kieran.leadbetter]

Sorry but it would have to be a free extension, I can not purchase anything from AVC to complete this so please don't link me to another paid subscription website.

Once again it would need to be a free to use, commercial use, lisp/plugin or built in function of AutoCAD.

[Patchy · Accepted solution]

This is as free as you can get:

http://www.lee-mac.com/arealabel.html

[pendean]

Greetings @kieran.leadbetter

Since you opted to use the statement "... similar to how Revit does it..." it begs the question why are you using plain stripped down general drafting made-for-no-one-special AutoCAD when the variant AutoCAD ARCHITECTURE has all that you ask for and is about as close to you other software's experience as it gets? There is a learning curve but hey, you're the one that is no longer using REVIT.

AutoCADARCH is free to install and use for anyone on an active subscription license of AutoCAD too.

Liberate yourself with the correct software my friend. Good luck.

[kieran.leadbetter]

I actually want to use AutoCAD Architecture, I saw that it has a lot of functions which would be perfect for what I am needing

But the company I am working for is working more with just normal AutoCAD and hasn't used multiple programs across the company to allow for ease of use for everyone involved including clients.

I used it before and it done the area things required but I couldn't transfer the information across to AutoCAD smoothly, doing so would require 2 programs to alter 1 set of drawings

Any advice on how to use both programs with no cross-program issues? If that makes sense?

[pendean · Accepted solution]

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@kieran.leadbetter wrote:
I used it before and it done the area things required but I couldn't transfer the information across to AutoCAD smoothly, doing so would require 2 programs to alter 1 set of drawings

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May I ask why the need to use "two separate programs" ? plain useless-for-architecture AutoCAD is still right there in the ARCH variant, it never disappears or goes away, you just need to create and use two workspaces in the one ARCH variant if you cannot just remember the core plain AutoCAD commands and need those buttons to click on instead. 

ARCH seems to do literally everything you need. It also has a dedicated support forum for it's dedicated AEC tools right here if you wish to make specific inquiries about using those tools https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-architecture-forum/bd-p/248 

HTH

[kieran.leadbetter]

Been attempting it for weeks and I could never get it to work, just attempted again and it works

I think it struggles with really large rooms past 150m2 as thats an abnormal room and just empty space I can work around it just now

Have you had this issue aswell?

[Patchy]

No trouble at all, check to see if your polyline is closed.

[kieran.leadbetter]

Okay I completely get what you mean, I will bring this up with my boss at somepoint

Does seem like a large area to improve productivity

Thank you

[pendean]

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@kieran.leadbetter wrote:
Does seem like a large area to improve productivity

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It is indeed: as with everything there is a learning curve, but the automation built into the ARCH-variant for the ARCH industry if phenomenally helpful to the bottom line (aka $$$$) for all AEC businesses.

[kieran.leadbetter]

It looks closed, even tried pedit and then Join, it says can't join an already closed polyline