Flatten Command not working in autocad LT 2016

[Anonymous]

Dear sir,

some comands are not working in autocad LT 2016, list is given below.So i kindly request you to help me regarding this issue.

1-flatten

2-overkill

3-text count

4-text circle.

[kite15]

Hi Shivprasad,

Think your Express menu can not work properly.

Follow up the steps:

1) Execute the menuload command and unload from loaded customization groups EXPRESS. (after select be careful).

2) press the brouse button and reload the cuix file from C:\Users\profile name\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016\R20.1\enu\Support\acetmain.cuix

now check !!!!

[pendean]

Most of those are Express Tools and... There are no EXPRESS TOOLS in LT: part of the 75% discount in pricing over plain AutoCAD that you and your company are enjoying.

[pendean]

wrong info, you missed what forum you are in... .

[jimoly]

I have a similar problem.  I imported a topo dwg (3 D) for use in a LT 2016 drawing I am doing.  How do I flatten it so that the lines I draw on it have zero for Z coordinates?  Right now, any line I draw has a Z coordinate.  I don't want to have to individually reset the Z start and stop ends to 0 for each line I draw within the boundary of the imported topo.

[h_s_walker]

This macro has a few problems

^C^C_move;_all;;0,0,0;0,0,1e99;_move;_p;;0,0,0;0,0​,-1e99;

You can try it if you wish

You could also select items of certain types and change their z manually to 0

eg select all lines and change their start and end z to 0.

[pendean]

>>>...Right now, any line I draw has a Z coordinate...<<<
Set ELEV command (yes, that's the name of it) and/or set ELEVATION variable to 0 (that's a zero) to stop doing that.

See other post about how to move already drawn lines to Z=0, but LT cannot "flatten" 3D objects, never has, still does not. You need access to full AutoCAD or a $4000 investment to buy it to truly "flatten" 3D objects.

[bob]

This macro used to work with earlier versions of Autocad LT, but it appears that this macro is no longer useful with Autocad LT 2017. Has anyone else have luck with flattening lines in the newer versions of LT?

[pendean]

There is no "flattening" in LT: you can move items to Z=0, you can remove any ELEVATION or THICKNESS settings and move points of Lines and Arcs in PROPERTIES to Z=0, but you cannot "flatten" 3D objects in LT.

Select all of your objects in the file, start PROPERTIES, then while sorting by object type, change the settings you can change (noted above) for each. Should take about 2-minutes max.

If you need more automation or do hundreds of drawings, you need to upgrade to full AutoCAD and use it's built-in FLATTEN command.

[bob]

Agreed, the macro does have issues. When I accidentally used it on a hatch, the grips disappeared. After much troubleshooting on my part, had to send the file to AutoCAD support. They found that the hatch was on an extreme elevation and not even the FLATTEN command in their full ($4k) version of AutoCAD knew what to do with it, as it produced an error. The manual method of changing the z coordinate back to 0 in Properties is the best solution we have for now. Just wanted others to read this in case they had issues after using the macro. I've deleted that macro, as it causes more problems than it's worth.

So, the solution/lesson is the simplest (and cheapest), change z in the properties to zero. 

[steven-g]

100% in agreement as to using the properties palette for this treatment, but the macro does still work as advertised in 2017LT for me. Just be aware you need to be very carefull what you use it on, I have seen it create havoc on just simple drawings.

[bob]

Thanks Steven. I'm glad it works for you. I remember the relief I felt when I had used it the first few times, thinking it was gong to solve this issue for me. For the work I do, until there is a better solution, I don't think it's wise for me to use it anymore given the possible issues.

It's too bad there isn't an easy tool for taking everything to z=0 in LT, without having to do it manually. Who knows, maybe they're working on it, since they LOVE all of us LT users so much! 😉

[Anonymous]

Use Quick Select,

Choose Lie, and Add to conditions:

Line:

Start  Z - Not Equal - 0

End    Z - Not Equal - 0

Click on selecting object icon to select all the objects. and click ok, 

It's done