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  • Save And Close All Open AutoCAD Drawings

    Save And Close All Open AutoCAD Drawings

    Recently, I found myself having 10-15 AutoCAD drawings open at the same time and wanted to close them all.

    An easy way to do it is with two commands.

    To do so, first you type SAVEALL at AutoCAD’s command line and all the open documents are saved. Secondly, the CLOSEALL command follows that will close all the open drawings.

    But… I wanted something more automated. So I wrote a small script that combines those two commands into one that will automatically save and close all the drawings.

    Here’s the script:

    (defun c:SCALL ()
  (command "SAVEALL")
  (command "CLOSEALL")
  (princ)
)

    That’s all. The file is named SCALL.lsp and the command to run it is also “scall” typed at the command line of AutoCAD.

    If you want to know how to load an AutoLISP script in AutoCAD you can read this small article that teaches you step by step what you should do.

  • ProgeCAD 2020 is here and is the best version so far

    progeCAD_box_2020_ENGDue to my last job demands, I was searching for an alternative to AutoCAD that could do the same job. Between many different choices I had, one caught my eye. It was the ProgeCAD that I have written about before.

    As we were part of iCare, a help desk program from ProgeCAD, we could receive (and still do) 24/7 help for one year. In addition to these for one year we could have all the updates for the program. So far so good. But for my surprise, last month we also received the latest version of the software, the ProgeCAD 2020. (more…)

  • CAD Solutions based on your needs

    cad consultingWe provide high quality CAD solutions to your needs.

    From a non CAD user who wants to learn how to draft, to the CAD user who wants to develop an improved workflow we have the solution. (more…)

  • ProgeCAD – A true AutoCAD alternative

    As Estimator/QS I often have the need for quick and accurate measurements. The main tools I use are AutoCAD and MS Excel.

    As it is well known Autodesk stopped selling AutoCAD as a program and it charges it as a service. That means that every year you have to pay an amount to Autodesk to use its service. It is a trend the latest years and the result is that the user doesn’t own the program if he/she decides to stop paying for the service.

    That led me to search for an AutoCAD aternative that could be user friendly to an AutoCAD user, would have the same commands and the almost the same interface. Also, I was searching for a program that supported native DWG files to be sure that I would not have any conflict with files produced from AutoCAD.

    There were many programs that I tried (ie BricsCAD, NanoCAD etc) but decided to stick with ProgeCAD for many reasons. (more…)

  • Measuring Total Length and Total Areas from multiple objects with AutoCAD

    autolispMy work involves a lot of measurements in order to get my quantities off the drawings and make the estimations I need. For this work I only work with AutoCAD. I strongly believe that it is more than enough as it comes with lots of good and handy tools to do the job. Although, some things still “missing” or at least it cannot cover anyone’s demand for commands.

    The use of LISP and the creation of custom commands from scratch or manipulating/using what others have created can easily solve this “problem”.

    One useful command I use almost every time I am on AutoCAD is TLEN. (more…)

  • Incredible AutoCAD 2018 Easter Egg

    easter-eggsAutoCAD 2018 may not came with many updates from the previous edition, but this does not mean that there are no surprises!! Like other programs out there, the 2018 AutoCAD edition has its Easter Egg!  and it’s superb!!! (more…)

  • Importing and Exporting point files to AutoCAD

    There is often the need to import and export points in AutoCAD. Despite the fact that Civil 3D has an integrated tool for this kind of work, AutoCAD doesn’t. But, don’t be disappointed or try doing this thing manually. There are some ways to import and export points from AutoCAD too, even if we have to use some DIY stuff. (more…)

  • New job demo

    My role at my new job is to create the “as built” designs of the new optical fiber cables that are being placed all over the northern Greece. This includes the collection of information that I have to put on the drawings, the land surveying work on the field and finally the design itself. All the job is being done by me except the surveying fieldwork (land surveying renderings also done by me).

    So take a look: (more…)

  • Earthworks Volume Calculation (Demo work)

    Being a site engineer always gets you involved with earthwork calculations. If you have a pc and a total station, things can be done easily and with high precision. The programs I use are AutoCAD Civil 3D (or Anadelta Tessera, I prefer Anadelta because of its better looking outcome), AutoCAD (if not using Civil 3D, for final retouching) and ofcourse Microsoft Excel. (more…)

  • 5 Great AutoLISP Scripts

    I decided to post my favorite AutoLISP programs that I use extensively hoping that someone will find them useful. The two of them (as you can see in the code that I am providing) are written by me and their coding is very easy to understand and changed/tweaked (if someone has a bit of knowledge about AutoLISP). There are other two without their code provided by their authors but they are great (.vlx extension). Scripts can also be downloaded all together from here. (more…)

  • AutoLISP Tonyscripts ver.1

    Tony Scripts v.1
    14/may/2014

    —>>>Download Link<<<—

    This LISP script is consisted by four different AutoLISP scripts
    that allow you to do some things in AutoCAD faster than doing them manually. (more…)

  • Car Showroom (AutoCAD and Artlantis) (click for more pictures)

    view_4This is a simple one made with AutoCAD and rendered with Artlantis. I tried to render more scenes with night lights but my PC power is not that great. So I am showing only some pictures from the outside of the building.

    (more…)