;;; --------------------------------------------------------------------- ;;; VXZOFFSET-bgol.lsp ;;; Command: VZO ;;; ;;; PURPOSE ;;; Applies a uniform elevation offset (add or subtract a fixed value) ;;; to every vertex of a selected 3D polyline at once. AutoCAD's native ;;; elevation-change workflow only works cleanly on entities with a ;;; single, uniform Z value — a 3D polyline has a different Z at every ;;; vertex, so this routine shifts the whole polyline as a rigid body ;;; in the Z direction while preserving its shape/profile. ;;; ;;; USAGE ;;; 1. Load this file (APPLOAD or drag-drop onto the drawing window). ;;; 2. Type VZO at the command line and press Enter. ;;; 3. Select a 3D polyline. ;;; 4. Enter the elevation offset to apply (positive to raise, ;;; negative to lower). ;;; 5. Every vertex's Z value is shifted by the same delta; relative ;;; elevation differences between vertices are preserved. ;;; ;;; NOTES ;;; - Works on legacy 3D POLYLINE entities (per-vertex Z via VERTEX ;;; sub-entities) and on LWPOLYLINE entities carrying a single ;;; elevation value (group code 38). ;;; - This is an original, independently written implementation. ;;; It is INSPIRED by the general idea of uniform vertex-elevation ;;; offset 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) (defun BGOL:VZO-EnsureLayer (lname / ) (if (not (tblsearch "LAYER" lname)) (entmake (list '(0 . "LAYER") '(100 . "AcDbSymbolTableRecord") '(100 . "AcDbLayerTableRecord") (cons 2 lname) '(70 . 0) '(62 . 130) ; orange '(6 . "Continuous"))) ) ) ;; Shift every VERTEX sub-entity of a legacy 3D POLYLINE by dz (defun BGOL:VZO-ShiftPolyVertices (ent dz / sub sdata pt newpt cnt) (setq cnt 0) (setq sub (entnext ent)) (while (and sub (/= (cdr (assoc 0 (entget sub))) "SEQEND")) (setq sdata (entget sub)) (if (= (cdr (assoc 0 sdata)) "VERTEX") (progn (setq pt (cdr (assoc 10 sdata))) (setq newpt (list (car pt) (cadr pt) (+ (caddr pt) dz))) (entmod (subst (cons 10 newpt) (assoc 10 sdata) sdata)) (setq cnt (1+ cnt)) ) ) (setq sub (entnext sub)) ) cnt ) ;; Shift the single elevation value of an LWPOLYLINE by dz (defun BGOL:VZO-ShiftLWElevation (ent dz / edata oldelev newelev) (setq edata (entget ent)) (setq oldelev (cdr (assoc 38 edata))) (if (not oldelev) (setq oldelev 0.0)) (setq newelev (+ oldelev dz)) (if (assoc 38 edata) (entmod (subst (cons 38 newelev) (assoc 38 edata) edata)) (entmod (append edata (list (cons 38 newelev)))) ) 1 ) (defun C:VZO ( / ent etype dz cnt) (BGOL:VZO-EnsureLayer "BGOL-VZO") (setq ent (car (entsel "\nSelect 3D polyline to offset: "))) (if ent (progn (setq etype (cdr (assoc 0 (entget ent)))) (setq dz (getreal "\nEnter elevation offset (+ to raise, - to lower): ")) (if dz (progn (cond ((= etype "POLYLINE") (setq cnt (BGOL:VZO-ShiftPolyVertices ent dz)) (entupd ent) (princ (strcat "\n" (itoa cnt) " vertex(es) shifted by " (rtos dz 2 3) ".")) ) ((= etype "LWPOLYLINE") (setq cnt (BGOL:VZO-ShiftLWElevation ent dz)) (entupd ent) (princ (strcat "\nElevation shifted by " (rtos dz 2 3) ".")) ) (t (princ "\nSelected entity is not a 3D POLYLINE or LWPOLYLINE.") ) ) ) (princ "\nNo offset value entered.") ) ) (princ "\nNo entity selected.") ) (princ) ) (princ "\nVXZOFFSET-bgol.lsp loaded. Type VZO to shift every vertex of a 3D polyline by a uniform Z offset.") (princ "\n -- Free & open-source, courtesy of BGol Community (https://bgol.in/) --") (princ)