Paste number during scale command

[Anonymous]

Hey guys,

In the 2011 version if i copied a number from calculator and started the scale command, when i got to the scale factor part I could paste said number into cad and it would accept it as my scale factor.  When I go to do this in 2015 it stops the scale command and trys to insert mtext.

Any way to revert this change through settings or am I stuck typing out long numbers?

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

Ensure that the cursor is in the Command:-prompt line when you do that, not out in the drawing, and I think you'll get what you want.

[Anonymous]

Cant belive I missed that.

Thanks

[HullDrafter]

If you are doing simple math on the calculator, you can do the same thing inside your scale command.

Using AutoLISP, you can do something in such as (/ 12 4).

You would proceed in Scale command, select the line and at the "scale factor" enter (* 25.3 33)

When you enter the first parenthesis AutoCAD will recognize a LISP function and will allow spaces.

Next. put in your match function *  /  +  -

 a space

your first number

  a space

your second number

closing parenthesis

For complex math, Example: (* (/ 12 5.2) 5). Also, if you want an answer with a decimal point use a real number with a decimal point in it (such as 12.3 or 5.0).

Make sure for each opening parenthesis, there is a closing one.

This method comes in very handy when you divide a line into a odd number of segments (like 7).