Auto draw multiple rectangles
If you can get it into an Excel file in .csv format, AutoLisp code can open and read lines from that, and separate the pieces of information around the comma separators, and draw rectangles. That assumes that every line contains information in the same way, i.e. the pieces [center coordinates, sizes] are in the same order. Are the rectangles always to be oriented orthogonally? If not, presumably there's more information contained than what you've mentioned so far.
Its a simple task. but provide data how to create this rectangles i.e. what you have:
centerpoint, width, height or what else. Create small sample txt
Miljenko Hatlak
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1) you have .txt file with manholes positions and dimensions
row in data is
x,y,width,height, thickness
let say
100,100,150,150,25
500,500,150,150,25
300,300,150,150,25
1000,1000,150,150,25
1200,1200,150,150,25
2) Here is a list that creates manholes
(defun c:kilama (/ *error* string_to_list f file1 redak x y w h d dx dy p1 p2)
(defun *error* ()
(setvar 'cmdecho 1)
(close file1)
)
(defun string_to_list ( str del / pos )
(if (setq pos (vl-string-search del str))
(cons (substr str 1 pos) (string_to_list (substr str (+ pos 1 (strlen del))) del))
(list str)
)
)
(setvar 'cmdecho 0)
(setq f (getfiled "Open File" (getvar "dwgprefix") "txt" 2))
(setq file1 (open f "r"))
(while (setq redak (read-line file1))
(mapcar 'set '(x y w h d) (mapcar 'atof (string_to_list redak ",")))
(setq dx (* 0.5 w) dy (* 0.5 h))
(setq p1 (mapcar '- (list x y) (list dx dy)))
(setq p2 (mapcar '+ (list x y) (list dx dy)))
(command "_.rectangle" p1 p2)
(command "_.offset" d (entlast) (list x y) "")
)
(close file1)
(command "_.zoom" "e")
(setvar 'cmdecho 1)
(princ)
)
As a result you receive
Miljenko Hatlak
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That doesn't contain enough information. Isn't it pretty obvious what is lacking?
EDIT: I think we can assume that A & B are plan dimensions, but are they inside or outside? That is, if T is wall thickness, is that outward [my assumption] or inward from the A & B size? Are A & B ever different from each other? If so, which is in the Easting direction and which is in the Northing direction? And the answer to that depends on them always being oriented orthogonally, but I can't imagine that's always the case -- I don't see anything that could be a rotation. Or are they [not as this topic discusses, but could they be] circular, in which case maybe rotation wouldn't matter? And it looks like H is Height from TOC [Top Of C...?] to BTM, but what is FGL? Do we care for this purpose?
A simple diagram showing what the dimensions refer to would answer all questions.
