;;; --------------------------------------------------------------------- ;;; TXTBLK-bgol.lsp ;;; Command: IBOT ;;; ;;; PURPOSE ;;; Inserts a copy of a chosen block precisely at the insertion point of ;;; each selected TEXT (or MTEXT) entity. Useful for flagging or ;;; symbolizing labeled points (e.g. point-number labels) with a marker ;;; block, exactly centered on the text's insertion point. ;;; ;;; USAGE ;;; 1. Load this file (APPLOAD or drag-drop onto the drawing window). ;;; 2. Type IBOT at the command line and press Enter. ;;; 3. Select the text entity (or entities) whose insertion point ;;; should receive a block. ;;; 4. Type the name of the block to insert. ;;; 5. A copy of that block is inserted at the exact insertion point ;;; of each selected text, on layer "BGOL-IBOT". ;;; ;;; NOTES ;;; - Works on TEXT and MTEXT entities. ;;; - Block scale and rotation default to 1/1/0; edit ;;; *bgol-ibot-scale* and *bgol-ibot-rot* below to change defaults. ;;; - This is an original, independently written implementation. ;;; It is INSPIRED by the general idea of placing a block at a ;;; text's insertion point, common in survey point-flagging ;;; 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-ibot-scale* 1.0) (setq *bgol-ibot-rot* 0.0) (defun BGOL:IBOT-EnsureLayer (lname / ) (if (not (tblsearch "LAYER" lname)) (entmake (list '(0 . "LAYER") '(100 . "AcDbSymbolTableRecord") '(100 . "AcDbLayerTableRecord") (cons 2 lname) '(70 . 0) '(62 . 30) ; orange '(6 . "Continuous"))) ) ) (defun BGOL:IBOT-InsertBlock (blkname pt lname scl rot / ) (entmake (list '(0 . "INSERT") '(100 . "AcDbEntity") (cons 8 lname) '(100 . "AcDbBlockReference") (cons 2 blkname) (cons 10 pt) (cons 41 scl) (cons 42 scl) (cons 43 scl) (cons 50 rot))) ) (defun C:IBOT ( / ss n i ent etype obj pt blkname lname cnt) (setq lname "BGOL-IBOT") (BGOL:IBOT-EnsureLayer lname) (setq ss (ssget '((-4 . "")))) (if ss (progn (setq blkname (getstring T "\nBlock name to insert at each text point: ")) (if (not (tblsearch "BLOCK" blkname)) (princ (strcat "\nBlock \"" blkname "\" is not defined in this drawing. Nothing inserted.")) (progn (setq n (sslength ss)) (setq i 0) (setq cnt 0) (while (< i n) (setq ent (ssname ss i)) (setq etype (cdr (assoc 0 (entget ent)))) (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object ent)) (setq pt (if (= etype "MTEXT") (vlax-get obj 'InsertionPoint) (vlax-get obj 'InsertionPoint) ) ) (BGOL:IBOT-InsertBlock blkname pt lname *bgol-ibot-scale* *bgol-ibot-rot*) (setq cnt (1+ cnt)) (setq i (1+ i)) ) (princ (strcat "\n" (itoa cnt) " block(s) inserted at text insertion point(s) (BGOL-IBOT).")) ) ) ) (princ "\nNo text entities selected.") ) (princ) ) (princ "\nTXTBLK-bgol.lsp loaded. Type IBOT to insert a block at each selected text's insertion point.") (princ "\n -- Free & open-source, courtesy of BGol Community (https://bgol.in/) --") (princ)