How to extract all the info in the command line

[jscolesVWCD9]

I've been searching for a way to get a total sum of all the polylines in my drawings. I know there aren't any features in LT however I found this post where one user attached an excel spreadsheet to do all the work. Solved: How to measure total length?! - Autodesk Community - AutoCAD LT

The issue I'm having is I use the list command but by the time it's processed all the polylines, the first half have disappeared off the top. Is there a way I can use the list command and extract all the results without losing the first half?

[pendean · Accepted solution]

CTRL+F2 on your keyboard will give you access to the full commandline list that you can scroll up and down to get the info you want. You can copy/paste from there too.

To "extract" to a text file you need to turn on the log file feature (then turn it off) as it records everything: LOGFILEON and LOGFILEOFF commands are explained in HELP.

HTH

[jscolesVWCD9]

Thank you that's perfect. Ctrl F2 didn't let me scroll up the command list any higher but logfileon worked brilliantly.

[pendean]

>>>... Ctrl F2 didn't let me scroll up the command list ...<<<
Did you use the mouse wheel to scroll up? I can go back quite bit in my DWG files all the time.

[jscolesVWCD9]

Yeah I can scroll up to the top but it still cuts off half the text. I did use the list command on a lot of long polylines though.