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Continual measuring

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Continual measuring

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Hi, I would like to have a continual measuring of features, but it measures just 1 part of it, not all of them. What should I install or tick into/in my AC 2015 ? 

 

Thanks a lot ! David

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chriscowgill7373
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What command are you doing for the measuring?  Measuring means different things to different people.  If you are measuring distances, the MEASUREGEOM command should get you the ability to continually measure distances as a single command.


Christopher T. Cowgill, P.E.

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rkmcswain
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Please state what command you are using.

Are you talking about measuring distances, areas, or something else?

The MEASUREGEOM command can measure multiple segments. Follow the prompts.
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imadHabash
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Hi and Welcome to AUtoDesk Forum,

 

I suggest to use Multiple choice from DIST command. specify the first point then enter M for that.

 

 

Command: DIST

Specify first point:
Specify second point or [Multiple points]:

 

Regards,

 

Imad Habash

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Vinayv4v
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Hi,

 

What do you need to measure. Is it Length that you are mentioning.

Please specify your issue or add a screen shot or a sample drawing.

 

Cheers,

Vinay Vijayakumaran

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Anonymous
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Sorry, yes, distances...is there any button with cont. meas. or do I need a command ?

 

Thx !

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chriscowgill7373
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when you start the distance command, click your first point, then click M for multiple, then click your additional points.


Christopher T. Cowgill, P.E.

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Civil 3D 2022 on Windows 10

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rkmcswain
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IDK if there is a button pre-made or not, but you can make one with this macro:

^C^C_MEASUREGEOM _distance;\_M

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Vinayv4v
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Hi,

 

Refer Mr. Imad's post. 

MEA> Show First point > enter M for multiple > then measure continuously.

Cheers,

Vinay Vijayakumaran

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imadHabash
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Hi,

 

did Post #4 above help you?

Imad Habash

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Kent1Cooper
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I have some routines that I wrote when I didn't have the Multiple option in the DIST command [attached].  SumDistCont.lsp with its SDC command is similar to DIST with the Multiple option with the added feature that it reports each individual distance along the way, as well as the cumulative total.  SumDist.lsp with its SD command does the same reporting and accumulating of a total of multiple distances, but unlike either SDC or DIST / Multiple, for distances that are not strung together continuously, but separate -- it asks for both points for each distance, rather than just the next point and the next, etc., but still adds them up as you keep picking points defining more distances.  So you can get the total length of [for instance] a set of Lines representing parallel beams.

 

EDIT:  If you're interested in selecting objects with lengths, rather than picking points to define straight-line-only distances, so that you could include the lengths of Arcs, Splines, etc., there are routines out there to do that.  For instance, there are at least three just in the first page of returns in a Search on the Cadalyst CAD Tips site for "total length."

Kent Cooper, AIA
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GrantsPirate
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There is nothing built-in to keep a running total of multiple object lengths.


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LGL_Design
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Hi Vinayv4v

 

Do you perhaps know if there is a way to have the multiple option on by default.

When I use the MEASUREGEOM command I want to measure multiple points by default, I don't want to type "m" each time.

 

Thanks in advance.

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pendean
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@LGL_Design wrote:

When I use the MEASUREGEOM command I want to measure multiple points by default, I don't want to type "m" each time.


LISP or button macros can do what you want: customize. Post back with full details of your sub-options if you need help creating those.

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