divide line into segments

[Anonymous]

hello!

i want to divide a line into segments with specific lengths(like measure command) but i want these segments to be independent of the original line.

[j.palmeL29YX]

Draw a first point at the endpoint of the line. Then use the command arraypath. Follow the instructions in the command line.

If you have further questions, ask again.

Maybe i misunderstood your question. What do you mean with "independent of the original line"? Or do you mean the divide command?

cadder

[Anonymous]

thank you very much,but i have a city containing thousands of lines to use
array path it will take a lot of time if there is an easy way it will be
very helpful..
thank you very much..

[j.palmeL29YX]

To split a line into any segments with a given length manually

- you need some points at the line (command _measure)

- you have to break the lines at this points (command _break, 1st breakpoint one of the points, 2nd breakpoint the same point again; repeat this at each point - and at each of the lines ;-(  )


If you have thousands of lines to modify this way, I suggest to ask in the LISP forum for a LISP routine to do this. Because there are several ways to do this, describe your intention as exactly as possible.

cadder

[neaton]

The Break command will do what you want but you need to manually select each point which takes time. There are some LISP routines in >>this thread<< that may help.

Nancy

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@Anonymouswrote:
thank you very much,but i have a city containing thousands of lines to use
array path it will take a lot of time if there is an easy way it will be
very helpful..
thank you very much..

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[parkr4st]

i want to divide a line into segments with specific lengths(like measure command) but i want these segments to be independent of the original line.

Details needed please.  are the segments all the same length or each segment a particular length?

as for the independent of the original line, copy all the lines and paste the lines into a second layer, then work with dividing on the second layer retaining the original layer intact.

Is this a mapping project?

[Anonymous]

thanks for your reply.
keeping or not the first line doesnot matter.
thanks....

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

If it were in DIVIDE rather than MEASURE fashion, that is, equal-length segments, I can offer SUBDIVIDE.lsp, with its SD command, available >here<.  That could probably be modified easily enough to work in MEASURE-like fashion.  It would involve COPYing each original object [which can be anything BREAKable, not just Lines] and working on the copy, which is simple enough, whether or not it goes onto a different Layer.  Presumably the User would be asked for the MEASURE length increment, with the same one applied on all objects in the selection?

[Anonymous]

thank you very much ,it works as i want ..

[Anonymous]

Hello Kent

I wanted to ask you why the Subdivide.lsp doesnt work on my polyline?

The error says: "Nothing selected, or object is not a finite path type, or is on a Locked Layer; try again"

I know this is an old post but i couldnt find newer. Im new to this and any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you

[Kent1Cooper]

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@Anonymous wrote:

.... why the Subdivide.lsp doesnt work on my polyline?

The error says: "Nothing selected, or object is not a finite path type, or is on a Locked Layer; try again"

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Is it in fact a Polyline, not something similar but not Breakable, such as a Leader, or something with no length, such as a Ray or Xline?  Is it in fact on an unlocked Layer?  Is it a top-level  Polyline, not one inside a Block?  Is it on the DEFPOINTS Layer with Layer 0 turned off or frozen?  Post a drawing file, preferably with nothing in it but that.

My current version of that has been edited since the one in the link.  I don't remember what I changed, but in case it makes the difference, try the attached.

[Anonymous]

I fixed the problem. Apparently it was something wrong with the layer. I just copied the polyline in a new job and changed the layer and it worker. This works exactly for what i need.

Thank you a lot man.