Create interior borders from objects

[eoconnor95662]

The description in the title is what I would like to achieve, with an additional note of a slight offset (40u in drawing). I attached a snip and a dwg of the three step process that I would like to fully automate. 

The current approach that I am considering developing is to select all pick-points with a fixed distance for blocks and a nearest for lines, to capture the coordinates of existing objects in the entire drawing.

The next step I can conceive is to make points in a circle (R=x, may require tailoring per information contained in dwg projects) around each of the objects on a layer except for the area (and area around?) selected pick-points.

This is where I don't know. Assuming there is not trouble in developing the previous parts, the last step would be to connect the nearby points to one another for an interior border.

Basic gameplan: take entire drawing, make personal exterior point radii or offset, then group & connect points into perimeters.

PS. if you looked into the dwg and are wondering why I made no mention of adding rectangles, that would be the ultimate end goal here. To properly identify empty space so I'd be enabled to fill in with various descriptors (ie. tables, charts, data sets, viewports or images.

[Kent1Cooper]

The text in the image is illegible.  Post a .dwg file.

[Sea-Haven]

The dwg is confusing still no idea what you want. The dashed lines are what you want ? No idea about the way they have been made, Circle around block/text yes can be done.

[eoconnor95662]

Overall the dashed lines identify what I would like to do, but rather than a dashed line have dots, with points. The dashed lines are just a mock-up.

[Sea-Haven]

You have not provided any idea about how to do it. You need to do a dwg with a step by step use copy each step and describe how you got to that result. The dwg may show like 50 steps not just start this, end with this.

[eoconnor95662]

I've attached another drawing with intermediary steps. I've programmed the first, second, fifth and sixth. Still troubled by converting the outlining area and perimeter area into identifiable points for an insert.

[eoconnor95662]

Lee Mac has a nice program on his website that almost does exactly what I'll need for step 4, http://lee-mac.com/outlineobjects.html.

The remaining step 5 is mentioned in my initial and last post, taking an outline in a limited space (think design for VP) and cut out regions for inserting blocks, lists of text, images or viewports.

I'll attach a greatly simplified DWG & IMG for quick skimming.