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CadTools General Category => CadTools General => Topic started by: tonio_slb on April 01, 2012, 10:26:08 PM

Title: Profiles with blocks
Post by: tonio_slb on April 01, 2012, 10:26:08 PM

Hi Lars,
Your software is excellent and I decide to donate.

I have one suggestion was to create a new module, when generating in profil surface or cross section, customize profiles with blocks.

Principle:
_ Create a block in AutoCAD and then import in cadtools
_Select the block in cadtools and assigned a layer for it insert on only shows leader if the reference line has elevation ( crossing line with elevation ).

 ;)

Title: Re: Profiles with blocks
Post by: Lars on April 03, 2012, 10:31:41 PM

Hi

Well, I’m not totally convinced on your suggestion although it’s a reasonable request. It’s easy to export the circles (crossing symbols) to Excel and then paste the coordinates back into “Draw from Coordinates” to populate the profile with blocks at all crossing points.
If there are a reasonable number of cells that’s needs to be inserted it might be easier to manually place them in correct position.

/Lars

Title: Re: Profiles with blocks
Post by: tonio_slb on April 06, 2012, 10:30:37 PM

hi,

It works perfectly, thank you for this tip, I hope that my suggestion will emerge.