Comments on: REVERSE – Now a “real” AutoCAD Command http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/ By: Donnie Gladfelter Tue, 22 May 2012 01:10:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Larry Richards http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/comment-page-2/#comment-2780 Larry Richards Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:30:15 +0000 http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/09/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/#comment-2780 this isn't related to support or the reverse command but is related to lisp. I am hoping somebody smarter with lisp than i am will read this and have an answer. ok, here is the the question. i have a lisp routine that reads the dimscale of a drawing. it was written before annotative text and scale were introduced. basically if your scale factor was 40 it read the dimscale variable and drew everything to scale as far as text heights and everything else was concerned. is there a variable that reads the annotation scale instead of the dimscale, that can be used inplace of the dimscale variable? this isn’t related to support or the reverse command but is related to lisp. I am hoping somebody smarter with lisp than i am will read this and have an answer. ok, here is the the question. i have a lisp routine that reads the dimscale of a drawing. it was written before annotative text and scale were introduced. basically if your scale factor was 40 it read the dimscale variable and drew everything to scale as far as text heights and everything else was concerned. is there a variable that reads the annotation scale instead of the dimscale, that can be used inplace of the dimscale variable?

]]> By: Larry Richards http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/comment-page-2/#comment-4162 Larry Richards Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:30:00 +0000 http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/09/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/#comment-4162 this isn't related to support or the reverse command but is related to lisp. I am hoping somebody smarter with lisp than i am will read this and have an answer. ok, here is the the question. i have a lisp routine that reads the dimscale of a drawing. it was written before annotative text and scale were introduced. basically if your scale factor was 40 it read the dimscale variable and drew everything to scale as far as text heights and everything else was concerned. is there a variable that reads the annotation scale instead of the dimscale, that can be used inplace of the dimscale variable? this isn’t related to support or the reverse command but is related to lisp. I am hoping somebody smarter with lisp than i am will read this and have an answer. ok, here is the the question. i have a lisp routine that reads the dimscale of a drawing. it was written before annotative text and scale were introduced. basically if your scale factor was 40 it read the dimscale variable and drew everything to scale as far as text heights and everything else was concerned. is there a variable that reads the annotation scale instead of the dimscale, that can be used inplace of the dimscale variable?

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]]> By: Matthew Anderson http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/comment-page-2/#comment-2486 Matthew Anderson Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:51:23 +0000 http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/09/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/#comment-2486 @thecadgeek & @EricK - Reverse is aptly named because it reverses the order of the verticies. A polyline that contains vertexes at location 1,2,3,4. When REVERSE'd that same polyline is now stored and displayed as 4,3,2,1. Its actually reversing the order of in the drawing of that entity and works in a similar manner as the Civil3d alignment reverse. If FLIP, would be flipping the text only. @thecadgeek & @EricK -

Reverse is aptly named because it reverses the order of the verticies. A polyline that contains vertexes at location 1,2,3,4. When REVERSE’d that same polyline is now stored and displayed as 4,3,2,1. Its actually reversing the order of in the drawing of that entity and works in a similar manner as the Civil3d alignment reverse.

If FLIP, would be flipping the text only.

]]> By: Matthew Anderson http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/comment-page-1/#comment-4161 Matthew Anderson Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:51:00 +0000 http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/09/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/#comment-4161 @thecadgeek & @EricK - Reverse is aptly named because it reverses the order of the verticies. A polyline that contains vertexes at location 1,2,3,4. When REVERSE'd that same polyline is now stored and displayed as 4,3,2,1. Its actually reversing the order of in the drawing of that entity and works in a similar manner as the Civil3d alignment reverse. If FLIP, would be flipping the text only. @thecadgeek & @EricK -

Reverse is aptly named because it reverses the order of the verticies. A polyline that contains vertexes at location 1,2,3,4. When REVERSE’d that same polyline is now stored and displayed as 4,3,2,1. Its actually reversing the order of in the drawing of that entity and works in a similar manner as the Civil3d alignment reverse.

If FLIP, would be flipping the text only.

]]> By: Donnie Gladfelter http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/comment-page-1/#comment-2485 Donnie Gladfelter Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:44:53 +0000 http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/09/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/#comment-2485 @EricK - I am certainly with you with respect to the way verbiage doesn't always match throughout the software. Not that I have any better explanation than you, but I know in Civil 3D we have a command to "reverse" the direction of an alignment, and also one to "reverse" a label (South to West, not North to East in bearings). Judging from how AutoCAD Civil 3D is structured, it seems the logic is we "reverse" direction and "flip" location. Not being overly familiar with AutoCAD Architecture, MEP, etc, it's certainly plausible that my suspicion be blown out of the water. But long story short, my guess is the command was named REVERSE not FLIP to maintain as much consistency as possible with the vertical products that are built on AutoCAD. @EricK – I am certainly with you with respect to the way verbiage doesn’t always match throughout the software. Not that I have any better explanation than you, but I know in Civil 3D we have a command to “reverse” the direction of an alignment, and also one to “reverse” a label (South to West, not North to East in bearings).

Judging from how AutoCAD Civil 3D is structured, it seems the logic is we “reverse” direction and “flip” location. Not being overly familiar with AutoCAD Architecture, MEP, etc, it’s certainly plausible that my suspicion be blown out of the water. But long story short, my guess is the command was named REVERSE not FLIP to maintain as much consistency as possible with the vertical products that are built on AutoCAD.

]]> By: Donnie Gladfelter http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/comment-page-1/#comment-4160 Donnie Gladfelter Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:44:00 +0000 http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/09/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/#comment-4160 @EricK - I am certainly with you with respect to the way verbiage doesn't always match throughout the software. Not that I have any better explanation than you, but I know in Civil 3D we have a command to "reverse" the direction of an alignment, and also one to "reverse" a label (South to West, not North to East in bearings). Judging from how AutoCAD Civil 3D is structured, it seems the logic is we "reverse" direction and "flip" location. Not being overly familiar with AutoCAD Architecture, MEP, etc, it's certainly plausible that my suspicion be blown out of the water. But long story short, my guess is the command was named REVERSE not FLIP to maintain as much consistency as possible with the vertical products that are built on AutoCAD. @EricK – I am certainly with you with respect to the way verbiage doesn’t always match throughout the software. Not that I have any better explanation than you, but I know in Civil 3D we have a command to “reverse” the direction of an alignment, and also one to “reverse” a label (South to West, not North to East in bearings).

Judging from how AutoCAD Civil 3D is structured, it seems the logic is we “reverse” direction and “flip” location. Not being overly familiar with AutoCAD Architecture, MEP, etc, it’s certainly plausible that my suspicion be blown out of the water. But long story short, my guess is the command was named REVERSE not FLIP to maintain as much consistency as possible with the vertical products that are built on AutoCAD.

]]> By: EricK http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/comment-page-1/#comment-2484 EricK Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:38:03 +0000 http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/09/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/#comment-2484 AutoCAD pet peeve: CALL IT WHAT IT IS! If this command flips call it FLIP. I am still puzzling how they got REVERSE. Who tests this stuff before they release it? e. AutoCAD pet peeve: CALL IT WHAT IT IS!

If this command flips call it FLIP. I am still puzzling how they got REVERSE. Who tests this stuff before they release it?

e.

]]> By: EricK http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/comment-page-1/#comment-4159 EricK Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:38:00 +0000 http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/09/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/#comment-4159 AutoCAD pet peeve: CALL IT WHAT IT IS! If this command flips call it FLIP. I am still puzzling how they got REVERSE. Who tests this stuff before they release it? e. AutoCAD pet peeve: CALL IT WHAT IT IS!

If this command flips call it FLIP. I am still puzzling how they got REVERSE. Who tests this stuff before they release it?

e.

]]> By: Donnie Gladfelter http://thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/comment-page-1/#comment-2473 Donnie Gladfelter Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://www.thecadgeek.com/blog/2009/02/09/reverse-now-a-real-autocad-command/#comment-2473 @Boyd - I see what you mean. The X doesn't take up the entire drawing area on my computer, but it is much larger than it should be. My first suspicion was the annotation scale, but that didn't seem to do anything. I'll try bouncing it off a couple people I know, but as it seems there's no real way to control it's size. @Boyd – I see what you mean. The X doesn’t take up the entire drawing area on my computer, but it is much larger than it should be. My first suspicion was the annotation scale, but that didn’t seem to do anything. I’ll try bouncing it off a couple people I know, but as it seems there’s no real way to control it’s size.

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