Place drill holes evenly between two points
@Anonymous wrote:
.... What I need to do is place drill holes spaced evenly between my First and Last drill hole. These drill holes cannot be more than 16" O.C. ....
You can use the DIV+ command defined in DivideMeasurePlus.lsp, available >here<. You will need to draw a Line between the centers of the first and last drill holes. But two things DIV+ does that ordinary DIVIDE doesn't, that are appropriate to what you're doing, are:
1) It allows selection of whatever object(s) you want, rather than being limited to Points or Blocks -- you would select one of your drill hole [presumably Circle?] objects.
2) It has a Maximum-spacing option, and it will figure out how many are needed and how far apart, to get the minimum number necessary, at equal spacing but with the spacing not exceeding your maximum [16" in your case].
Draw the Line between centers of first and last holes, in more than one location if desired, load the code, and then:
Command: DIV+
Divide with Points/Blocks/Lines/Selection ? <P>: S
For Selection set with which to Divide,
Select objects: {pick one of the Circles} 1 found
Select objects: {Enter to complete selection}
Base point in relation to Selection: CEN of {and Osnap to it for that Circle, or use END with the Line}
Selection rotation, or Aligned with path or Relative angle to path [angle/A/R] <A>: 0 {really any option will do in this case}
Enter number of Segments, or M for Maximum spacing <M>: {Enter to accept default}
Maximum spacing of Selection: 16
Place Selection at division points (Standard) or at Midpoints of divisions [S/M]? <S>: {Enter to accept default}
Inset from both ends of path to endmost Selection <0">: {Enter to accept default}
Place Selection at Ends of unclosed path [Yes/No]? <Yes>: N {they're already there}
Select object to Divide: {pick the Line}
Select object to Divide: {pick more Lines if you want to do more than one; Enter to end command}
Alternatively, you can draw the Line(s) between where the centers of first and last holes will be, without drawing the Circles first, and choose the Yes option when it asks whether to place them at the path ends -- something ordinary DIVIDE won't do [but you'll need to have one Circle drawn somewhere, to select]. If you use it again in the same editing session, it will remember your choices and offer them as defaults that you can just accept with Enter, rather than typing them in again.
Kent Cooper, AIA 
