need command for modeling

[mushir_q]

Hi there.

Presently we do modeling in autocad 2006 with line thickness.

I would like to know one command regarding modeling through which we can measure the height in elevation and automatically it extrude the plan.

 

E.e i got a rectangle in plan which I'll have to extrude according to the height given in the elevation .

when i'll measure the dimension in the elevation, so is there any command through which my rectangle get extruded with the same height.

 

I hope i clear. I know there is command like that which i am not aware of. Please all pro help me out .

[Bruce Hart]

Hello Mushir,

I'm not sure if this is what you want, and I can't remember if this is available in 2006.

 

Anyway - If you select a bunch of lines and call up the properties panel, click on the thickness field and you will see a little calculator icon. Click on this and it will reveal a dialog box that allows you to input an equation or as you want, click on the ruler icon to specify a distance between two points.

 

This number will then be applied to the thickness of all the objects in the current selection set.

 

Hope this helps

[Peter M. Gruhn]

If you are extruding, one of the options on extrude is distance. I like to work in SE Iso mode with the plan and elevation visible. Click on an element in plan. Hit Extrude then Distance and click the bottom and top points of the thing being extruded. If you do a lot of this, you should be able to roll a quick little LISP that streamlines it. Even better, you could have the lisp take the elevation object, extract it's max and min Z values, calculate the distance itself, and then move the extruded object to the right z location.

 

A variation on the last approach should work if you are just assigning line thicknesses.

[mushir_q]

thanx for your replies.

Bruce Hart. thanx for your replies. your method is good but can it be done in one command.

 

Peter M. Gruhn. thanx for your help. but we do give thickness rather than extruding from plan. we usually work in elevations by giving thickness.

thanx.

Still waiting for command.

[1d2d3d4d]

why not just use EXT and when they ask the height, use whatever snaps on the the elevation ?

[neko]

why not just use EXT and when they ask the height, use whatever snaps on the the elevation ?

 

because he is using 2006 - which means he is nowhere near any of the latest tools for working in 3D (which essentially began with 2007).

 

mushir, the answer to your problem is an upgrade in software and the technique you are using.

[1d2d3d4d]

I use ADT 2003 ...EXT is one of the most basic commands

[neko]

I use ADT 2003 ...EXT is one of the most basic commands

 

with a line ? not in autocad.

[1d2d3d4d]

no, i guess not until later versions...

and 'specify height of extrusion' is different than say 'specify offset distance'

[mushir_q]

hey guyz.

it happens in cad 2006 as well. but unfortunately I am not sure how to do that.

will get back to you soon when i'll get that way.

i'll post some images also as how i want .

thanx for all your replies.