;;; --------------------------------------------------------------------- ;;; PSAP-bgol.lsp ;;; Command: PSFX ;;; ;;; PURPOSE ;;; Adds a user-specified prefix and/or suffix string to every selected ;;; TEXT entity in one pass. Useful for labeling elevation values with ;;; a descriptive prefix (e.g. "GL: ") and/or a unit suffix (e.g. " M") ;;; across many text entities at once. ;;; ;;; USAGE ;;; 1. Load this file (APPLOAD or drag-drop onto the drawing window). ;;; 2. Type PSFX at the command line and press Enter. ;;; 3. Enter a prefix string (or press Enter for none). ;;; 4. Enter a suffix string (or press Enter for none). ;;; 5. Select the TEXT entities to update, press Enter to finish. ;;; 6. Every selected text is updated with prefix + original value + ;;; suffix. A small reference tick mark is placed above each ;;; updated text on layer "BGOL-PSFX" for a quick visual audit. ;;; ;;; NOTES ;;; - This is an original, independently written implementation. ;;; It is INSPIRED by the general idea of batch prefix/suffix ;;; text-labeling utilities common in CAD 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:PSFX-EnsureLayer (lname / ) (if (not (tblsearch "LAYER" lname)) (entmake (list '(0 . "LAYER") '(100 . "AcDbSymbolTableRecord") '(100 . "AcDbLayerTableRecord") (cons 2 lname) '(70 . 0) '(62 . 3) ; green '(6 . "Continuous"))) ) ) (defun BGOL:PSFX-MarkTick (obj lname / pt h) (setq pt (vlax-get obj 'InsertionPoint)) (setq h (vlax-get obj 'Height)) (entmake (list '(0 . "POINT") (cons 8 lname) (cons 10 (list (car pt) (+ (cadr pt) (* h 1.4)) (caddr pt))))) ) (defun C:PSFX ( / prefix suffix ss n i ent edata oldval newval obj) (BGOL:PSFX-EnsureLayer "BGOL-PSFX") (setq prefix (getstring T "\nEnter prefix (or press Enter for none): ")) (setq suffix (getstring T "\nEnter suffix (or press Enter for none): ")) (if (or (/= prefix "") (/= suffix "")) (progn (princ "\nSelect TEXT entities to update: ") (setq ss (ssget '((0 . "TEXT")))) (if ss (progn (setq n 0) (setq i 0) (repeat (sslength ss) (setq ent (ssname ss i)) (setq edata (entget ent)) (setq oldval (cdr (assoc 1 edata))) (setq newval (strcat prefix oldval suffix)) (entmod (subst (cons 1 newval) (assoc 1 edata) edata)) (entupd ent) (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object ent)) (BGOL:PSFX-MarkTick obj "BGOL-PSFX") (setq n (1+ n)) (setq i (1+ i)) ) (princ (strcat "\nPSFX: " (itoa n) " text entit" (if (= n 1) "y" "ies") " updated with prefix/suffix.")) ) (princ "\nNo text selected.") ) ) (princ "\nBoth prefix and suffix were empty. Nothing to do.") ) (princ) ) (princ "\nPSAP-bgol.lsp loaded. Type PSFX to append a prefix/suffix to selected text.") (princ "\n -- Free & open-source, courtesy of BGol Community (https://bgol.in/) --") (princ)