BLOCK INSERT ROTATE ON TAB KEY EACH 90DGR

[smallƑish]

I m looking for a program to insert blocks continuously by clicking the mouse like a copy command, but need to rotate each 90dgr by pressing any key without exiting the cmd. Is that possible?   screen short attached for reference. 

[ВeekeeCZ · Accepted solution]

TAB again?! It seems horribly inefficient to me. With a built-in INSERT palette, you can toggle on Rotation and Repeat, and with ORTO on you simply point a cursor into a direction of rotation. Something like THIS 

If I would ever write a LISP for this, it is only because to maintain OSNAPs (turn off for the direction), the workflow itself is pretty good.

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

It could be done in the same was as in the Circle-size options in your other topic, simply changing the Circle command to an Insert command, and the property that gets changed, and the calculation of the increments in the value.

[smallƑish]

Was not aware of Toggle on Rotation, Thank you so much. You saved me a ton of time.

[ВeekeeCZ]

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@smallƑish wrote:

Was not aware of Toggle on Rotation, Thank you so much. You saved me a ton of time.

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Tool palettes (Ctrl+3) offer a "Prompt for Rotation" toggle for blocks too.

[smallƑish]

When Inserting blocks from pallet, The rotating option is no more available:( pressing “R” key is not that easy. Any advice for that? I m using Autocad 2018

[andkal]

Direct solution for your problem I dont have, but maybe you will find useful this plugin which rotates objects 90°around their center with each press of spacebar (so you can just rotate your blocks after inserting them)

https://apps.autodesk.com/ACD/pl/Detail/Index?id=7572889072973596220&appLang=en&os=Win32_64

[Sea-Haven]

Like BeekeeCz maybe something like this as menu command

^c^cortho on INSERT ca3ch-1 DRAG \1;;DRAG

[ВeekeeCZ]

Insert palette came with ACAD 2020. Prior to that, you can use Tool Palletes which offers a similar user experience.

Or if you prefer a lisp, it's fairly easy to write... there are many many examples in this forum. 

[smallƑish]

UPDATING AUTOCAD 2018 TO 2020 

[ВeekeeCZ]

I think there was some issue with the Repeat option.. make sure you have all updates installed. Although not sure whether it was fixed in 2020. If you could get 2022, go for it.

[smallƑish]

Downloading 2021 

[_Tharwat]

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@ВeekeeCZ wrote:

I think there was some issue with the Repeat option.. make sure you have all updates installed. Although not sure whether it was fixed in 2020. If you could get 2022, go for it.

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It is available in CAD 2020 

[Gobel_A]

This is a classic request from electricians to rotate the symbols according to the location on that wall. I often use lee-mac's ingenious lisp to lay out blocks and also number the attributes of electrical circuits. This one can't work with object snap, but it can work with grid snap enabled.  For circuit numbering I sometimes use automatic numbering (e.g. fire systems), for sockets and lighting I switch off automatic numbering (toggle numbering) and choose the increment manually.

https://lee-mac.com/numinc.html