ACAD Line Thickness Help.

[thickly]

Can anyone tell me how to universally set line thickness to 0". I usually just take ACAD drawings, clean them up a bit and import into 3ds max so I can extrude them up. I keep getting drawings from colleagues though with different line thickness, and even some where the start of the a line might be at 0" in the z-axis, but end at 4" in the z-axis -- and its really screwing me up when importing the drawings.

 

Is there anyway to take a drawing and easily set it so all lines are at 0" on the z-axis and have 0" thickness?

 

Thanks!

[vizwhiz]

hi There

 

To set elevations To 0 use 'flatten.lsp'

select: ALL Then run The 'flatten.lsp'

 

To set plines width To 0, well do This

 

; ETC-PLNS.LSP.

; Copyright © 1988 by Gary D. Lipp

 

(setq pre-plw 0.0)

(defun C:PLW (/ ss i lth en et v osm snm)

(setq osm (getvar "OSMODE") snm (getvar "SNAPMODE") )

(setvar "CMDECHO" 0) (setvar "OSMODE" 0) (setvar "SNAPMODE" 0)

(prompt " PLineWidth... also changes Lines and Arcs to wide Plines.")

(prompt (strcat "\n Enter, or show, the new Pline width: "))

(setq v (getdist))

(if (setq ss (ssget))

(progn (setq i 0 lth (sslength ss))

(if (= nil v) (setq v pre-plw) (setq pre-plw v) ) ; END OF IF

(while (

(setq et (cdr (assoc 0 (entget (setq en (ssname ss i))))))

(cond ((= et "LWPOLYLINE") (command ".PEDIT" en "W" v "X"))

((= et "ARC" ) (command ".PEDIT" en "Y" "W" v "x"))

((= et "LINE" ) (command ".PEDIT" en "Y" "W" v "x"))

) ; END COND.

(prompt ".") (setq i (1+ i))

) ) ) ; END OF WHILE i

(setvar "OSMODE" osm) (setvar "SNAPMODE" snm)

(setvar "CMDECHO" 1) (prompt "Done.\n")

(strcat (rtos pre-plw) " is now the width of the Plines.") )

 

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select: ALL The lsp routine will filter out what can be modified

 

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i may have renamed The lsp file but it is/was written by its original author, not me

 

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hope This helps

 

i use This pline width modifier ALL The Time, works well Too

There are 'other' pline edit/modifiers Too. from The same author

 

PLC, PLineClose... Select the Plines to Close:"

PLD, PLineFitDecurve... Select the Plines to Decurve:"

PLF, PLineFitCurve... Select the Plines to Fit Curve:"

PLO, PLineOpen... Select the Plines to Open:"

PLS, PLineFitSpline... Select the Plines to Spline Fit:" very useful

PLX, polyline explode

 

These Two i use ALL The Time

 

PLJ, PLineJoin... Select the Lines, Arcs, and Plines to Join:"

PLW, PLineWidth... also changes Lines and Arcs to wide Plines."

 

PLJ can work on multiple selections at The same Time, very handy

 

Thanks

 

Randy

[jccloutier]

type "ch" to open properties dialogue

 

select everything

 

change pull down on top of design/properties tab to show only plines

 

change thickness to 0"

 

repeat with lines, arcs etc

[thickly]

sorry Randy, you lost me at "hi there"

 

Jeremy, thanks for the help, that was exactly what I needed. I never even thought to use that drop down menu in the properties dialog.

 

Thanks,

Sean

[jccloutier]

right on my brother from another mother.