;;; --------------------------------------------------------------------- ;;; VXZMARK-bgol.lsp ;;; Command: ZMK ;;; ;;; PURPOSE ;;; Labels every vertex of one or more selected 3D polylines with a ;;; text callout showing that vertex's Z (elevation) value. 3D ;;; polylines are preferred for infrastructure work because each ;;; vertex carries its own elevation, but reading those values inside ;;; the CAD interface normally means walking the Properties panel ;;; vertex-by-vertex. This routine automates that. ;;; ;;; USAGE ;;; 1. Load this file (APPLOAD or drag-drop onto the drawing window). ;;; 2. Type ZMK at the command line and press Enter. ;;; 3. Select one or multiple 3D polylines whose vertex elevations ;;; you want marked. ;;; 4. A text entity is created at each vertex showing its Z value, ;;; placed on a dedicated layer, "BGOL-ZMK". ;;; ;;; NOTES ;;; - Supports multi-selection: label many 3D polylines in a single ;;; command run. ;;; - This is an original, independently written implementation. ;;; It is INSPIRED by the general idea of vertex Z-marking ;;; utilities common in CAD/survey drafting workflows, but the ;;; code, command name and file name here are new and are NOT ;;; copied from, nor identical to, any specific third-party ;;; product. ;;; ;;; --------------------------------------------------------------------- ;;; Developed and shared for the CAD community by: BGol Community ;;; Community website: https://bgol.in/ ;;; License: Open-source & free to use, modify, and share for all. ;;; Provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. ;;; --------------------------------------------------------------------- (vl-load-com) (setq *bgol-zmk-precision* 3) (defun BGOL:ZMK-EnsureLayer (lname / ) (if (not (tblsearch "LAYER" lname)) (entmake (list '(0 . "LAYER") '(100 . "AcDbSymbolTableRecord") '(100 . "AcDbLayerTableRecord") (cons 2 lname) '(70 . 0) '(62 . 140) ; light blue '(6 . "Continuous"))) ) ) (defun BGOL:ZMK-MakeText (pt lname / dxfdata) (setq dxfdata (list '(0 . "TEXT") '(100 . "AcDbEntity") (cons 8 lname) '(100 . "AcDbText") (cons 10 pt) '(40 . 2.0) (cons 1 (rtos (caddr pt) 2 *bgol-zmk-precision*)) ) ) (entmake dxfdata) ) ;; Walk VERTEX sub-entities of a legacy 3D POLYLINE (defun BGOL:ZMK-PolyVertices (ent / sub sdata pts) (setq pts '()) (setq sub (entnext ent)) (while (and sub (/= (cdr (assoc 0 (entget sub))) "SEQEND")) (setq sdata (entget sub)) (if (= (cdr (assoc 0 sdata)) "VERTEX") (setq pts (append pts (list (cdr (assoc 10 sdata))))) ) (setq sub (entnext sub)) ) pts ) ;; Extract (x y z) for each vertex of an LWPOLYLINE, using elevation (38) as Z (defun BGOL:ZMK-LWVertices (ent / edata elev pts) (setq edata (entget ent)) (setq elev (cdr (assoc 38 edata))) (if (not elev) (setq elev 0.0)) (setq pts '()) (foreach pair edata (if (= (car pair) 10) (setq pts (append pts (list (list (car (cdr pair)) (cadr (cdr pair)) elev)))) ) ) pts ) (defun C:ZMK ( / ss n i ent etype pts total lname) (setq lname "BGOL-ZMK") (BGOL:ZMK-EnsureLayer lname) (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "POLYLINE,LWPOLYLINE")))) (if ss (progn (setq n (sslength ss)) (setq total 0) (setq i 0) (while (< i n) (setq ent (ssname ss i)) (setq etype (cdr (assoc 0 (entget ent)))) (cond ((= etype "POLYLINE") (setq pts (BGOL:ZMK-PolyVertices ent))) ((= etype "LWPOLYLINE") (setq pts (BGOL:ZMK-LWVertices ent))) (t (setq pts '())) ) (foreach pt pts (BGOL:ZMK-MakeText pt lname) (setq total (1+ total)) ) (setq i (1+ i)) ) (princ (strcat "\nZ-value labels created at " (itoa total) " vertices across " (itoa n) " polyline(s), layer " lname ".")) ) (princ "\nNo 3D polylines selected.") ) (princ) ) (princ "\nVXZMARK-bgol.lsp loaded. Type ZMK to mark the Z value at every vertex of selected 3D polylines.") (princ "\n -- Free & open-source, courtesy of BGol Community (https://bgol.in/) --") (princ)