;;; --------------------------------------------------------------------- ;;; DBLOFST-bgol.lsp ;;; Command: DBOF ;;; ;;; PURPOSE ;;; Offsets every selected polyline on BOTH sides simultaneously, using ;;; independently specified right-side and left-side distances. Built ;;; for road/subdivision layout work where centerlines need edge lines ;;; generated on both sides in a single pass instead of running OFFSET ;;; twice per centerline. ;;; ;;; USAGE ;;; 1. Load this file (APPLOAD or drag-drop onto the drawing window). ;;; 2. Type DBOF at the command line and press Enter. ;;; 3. Select the centerline polyline(s) to offset. ;;; 4. Enter the right-side distance, then the left-side distance. ;;; 5. Two new offset polylines are created for every selected ;;; centerline (one per side), on layer "BGOL-DBOF". ;;; ;;; NOTES ;;; - Uses the VLA Offset method twice per polyline (positive and ;;; negative distance) so left/right sense is consistent regardless ;;; of the original polyline's direction. ;;; - This is an original, independently written implementation. ;;; It is INSPIRED by the general idea of double-sided polyline ;;; offset utilities common in civil/road layout 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:DBOF-EnsureLayer (lname / ) (if (not (tblsearch "LAYER" lname)) (entmake (list '(0 . "LAYER") '(100 . "AcDbSymbolTableRecord") '(100 . "AcDbLayerTableRecord") (cons 2 lname) '(70 . 0) '(62 . 2) ; yellow '(6 . "Continuous"))) ) ) (defun BGOL:DBOF-SetLayer (obj lname) (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-put (list obj 'Layer lname)) ) (defun C:DBOF ( / ss n i ent obj rdist ldist res1 res2 item cnt) (BGOL:DBOF-EnsureLayer "BGOL-DBOF") (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "LWPOLYLINE")))) (if ss (progn (setq rdist (getdist "\nRight side offset distance: ")) (setq ldist (getdist "\nLeft side offset distance: ")) (if (and rdist ldist) (progn (setq cnt 0) (setq n (sslength ss)) (setq i 0) (while (< i n) (setq ent (ssname ss i)) (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object ent)) (setq res1 (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-invoke (list obj 'Offset rdist))) (if (and res1 (not (vl-catch-all-error-p res1))) (foreach item res1 (BGOL:DBOF-SetLayer item "BGOL-DBOF")) ) (setq res2 (vl-catch-all-apply 'vlax-invoke (list obj 'Offset (- ldist)))) (if (and res2 (not (vl-catch-all-error-p res2))) (foreach item res2 (BGOL:DBOF-SetLayer item "BGOL-DBOF")) ) (setq cnt (1+ cnt)) (setq i (1+ i)) ) (princ (strcat "\nDBOF: offset " (itoa cnt) " centerline(s) on both sides (right " (rtos rdist 2 2) ", left " (rtos ldist 2 2) ") onto BGOL-DBOF.")) ) (princ "\nOffset cancelled — both distances are required.") ) ) (princ "\nNo LWPOLYLINE selected.") ) (princ) ) (princ "\nDBLOFST-bgol.lsp loaded. Type DBOF to offset polylines on both sides at once.") (princ "\n -- Free & open-source, courtesy of BGol Community (https://bgol.in/) --") (princ)