Lot Area Chart

[JackG]

Greetings All Ye SurvCadders,

I am using Survcadd XML2 with AutoCad 2005. I draw final plats and stake out
sheets mostly. I create lot file and use the lot reports to get the lot
areas that I put in my dwgs by clicking on "screen". I then insert a block I
have created called "lotchart" which has only the chart lines and columns.
Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this in one step, just like the
Curve & Line chart (table) feature?

Thanks in advance,
JackG

[Nava Ran]

Work around:
-export the lot table as a TXT file
-open a new drawing, import the TXT file as a CRD file
-use [Annotate>Point Table], define headings and seq# and will get the table
Hope this helps.

Nava Ran
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cpnkbg$j1p$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

Greetings All Ye SurvCadders,

I am using Survcadd XML2 with AutoCad 2005. I draw final plats and stake
out sheets mostly. I create lot file and use the lot reports to get the
lot areas that I put in my dwgs by clicking on "screen". I then insert a
block I have created called "lotchart" which has only the chart lines and
columns. Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this in one step, just
like the Curve & Line chart (table) feature?

Thanks in advance,
JackG

[JackG]

Thanks for responding. I believe though that what I'm doing now is easier
that that. Perhaps this needs to go on the Survcadd wish list. If there were
an option to choose the line spacing when placing the lot report on the
screen, it would go a long way with me, because as it is now, I have to use
a lsp routine called "respace" to space all the lines at 16 (100 scale)
before I insert my chart block. A routine like curve table would be perfect
though, where you could choose what to put in the chart and where to put it,
spacing of columns, etc.

Happy Holidays,
Jack

"Nava Ran" <navaran@zahav.net.il> wrote in message
news:cpr6t4$ah7$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

Work around:
-export the lot table as a TXT file
-open a new drawing, import the TXT file as a CRD file
-use [Annotate>Point Table], define headings and seq# and will get the
table
Hope this helps.

Nava Ran
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cpnkbg$j1p$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Greetings All Ye SurvCadders,

I am using Survcadd XML2 with AutoCad 2005. I draw final plats and stake
out sheets mostly. I create lot file and use the lot reports to get the
lot areas that I put in my dwgs by clicking on "screen". I then insert a
block I have created called "lotchart" which has only the chart lines and
columns. Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this in one step, just
like the Curve & Line chart (table) feature?

Thanks in advance,
JackG

[Nava Ran]

Another way:
Tool Palletes>Command...>Right click on Table, Select Prperties..., Fill you
preferences and insert

Nava
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cps4l6$u1o$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

Thanks for responding. I believe though that what I'm doing now is easier
that that. Perhaps this needs to go on the Survcadd wish list. If there
were an option to choose the line spacing when placing the lot report on
the screen, it would go a long way with me, because as it is now, I have
to use a lsp routine called "respace" to space all the lines at 16 (100
scale) before I insert my chart block. A routine like curve table would be
perfect though, where you could choose what to put in the chart and where
to put it, spacing of columns, etc.

Happy Holidays,
Jack

"Nava Ran" <navaran@zahav.net.il> wrote in message
news:cpr6t4$ah7$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Work around:
-export the lot table as a TXT file
-open a new drawing, import the TXT file as a CRD file
-use [Annotate>Point Table], define headings and seq# and will get the
table
Hope this helps.

Nava Ran
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cpnkbg$j1p$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Greetings All Ye SurvCadders,

I am using Survcadd XML2 with AutoCad 2005. I draw final plats and stake
out sheets mostly. I create lot file and use the lot reports to get the
lot areas that I put in my dwgs by clicking on "screen". I then insert a
block I have created called "lotchart" which has only the chart lines
and columns. Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this in one step,
just like the Curve & Line chart (table) feature?

Thanks in advance,
JackG

[JackG]

Is this a Survcadd routine?
Jack


"Nava Ran" <navaran@zahav.net.il> wrote in message
news:cq1gu1$p1k$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

Another way:
Tool Palletes>Command...>Right click on Table, Select Prperties..., Fill
you preferences and insert

Nava
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cps4l6$u1o$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Thanks for responding. I believe though that what I'm doing now is easier
that that. Perhaps this needs to go on the Survcadd wish list. If there
were an option to choose the line spacing when placing the lot report on
the screen, it would go a long way with me, because as it is now, I have
to use a lsp routine called "respace" to space all the lines at 16 (100
scale) before I insert my chart block. A routine like curve table would
be perfect though, where you could choose what to put in the chart and
where to put it, spacing of columns, etc.

Happy Holidays,
Jack

"Nava Ran" <navaran@zahav.net.il> wrote in message
news:cpr6t4$ah7$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Work around:
-export the lot table as a TXT file
-open a new drawing, import the TXT file as a CRD file
-use [Annotate>Point Table], define headings and seq# and will get the
table
Hope this helps.

Nava Ran
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cpnkbg$j1p$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Greetings All Ye SurvCadders,

I am using Survcadd XML2 with AutoCad 2005. I draw final plats and
stake out sheets mostly. I create lot file and use the lot reports to
get the lot areas that I put in my dwgs by clicking on "screen". I then
insert a block I have created called "lotchart" which has only the
chart lines and columns. Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this
in one step, just like the Curve & Line chart (table) feature?

Thanks in advance,
JackG

[Nava Ran]

AutoCAD Standard toolbar, icon right to DesignCenter.
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cq79me$qpl$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

Is this a Survcadd routine?
Jack


"Nava Ran" <navaran@zahav.net.il> wrote in message
news:cq1gu1$p1k$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Another way:
Tool Palletes>Command...>Right click on Table, Select Prperties..., Fill
you preferences and insert

Nava
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cps4l6$u1o$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Thanks for responding. I believe though that what I'm doing now is
easier that that. Perhaps this needs to go on the Survcadd wish list. If
there were an option to choose the line spacing when placing the lot
report on the screen, it would go a long way with me, because as it is
now, I have to use a lsp routine called "respace" to space all the
lines at 16 (100 scale) before I insert my chart block. A routine like
curve table would be perfect though, where you could choose what to put
in the chart and where to put it, spacing of columns, etc.

Happy Holidays,
Jack

"Nava Ran" <navaran@zahav.net.il> wrote in message
news:cpr6t4$ah7$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Work around:
-export the lot table as a TXT file
-open a new drawing, import the TXT file as a CRD file
-use [Annotate>Point Table], define headings and seq# and will get the
table
Hope this helps.

Nava Ran
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cpnkbg$j1p$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Greetings All Ye SurvCadders,

I am using Survcadd XML2 with AutoCad 2005. I draw final plats and
stake out sheets mostly. I create lot file and use the lot reports to
get the lot areas that I put in my dwgs by clicking on "screen". I
then insert a block I have created called "lotchart" which has only
the chart lines and columns. Does anyone know of a way to accomplish
this in one step, just like the Curve & Line chart (table) feature?

Thanks in advance,
JackG

[JackG]

I remember now wen we purchased 2005 it was solely to put the "insertion
point snap" back where it belongs, NOT in "node snap". I have been so busy
(we are somewhere in the top 10 fastest growing areas in the country), I
have not had time to experiment with the other additions to 2005, charting,
etc. My original point of the question was to find out if Survcadd had a lot
chart routine, and if not, why not? I want Carlson to implement one, so it
would be consistent with the other charting features in Survcadd. I
appreciate your help, I will try to figure out an AutoCAD "workaround" for
what would be an excellent feature to add to an already wonderful program.
Thanks,
Jack


"Nava Ran" <navaran@zahav.net.il> wrote in message
news:cq7e4c$1ss$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

AutoCAD Standard toolbar, icon right to DesignCenter.
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cq79me$qpl$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Is this a Survcadd routine?
Jack


"Nava Ran" <navaran@zahav.net.il> wrote in message
news:cq1gu1$p1k$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Another way:
Tool Palletes>Command...>Right click on Table, Select Prperties..., Fill
you preferences and insert

Nava
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cps4l6$u1o$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Thanks for responding. I believe though that what I'm doing now is
easier that that. Perhaps this needs to go on the Survcadd wish list.
If there were an option to choose the line spacing when placing the lot
report on the screen, it would go a long way with me, because as it is
now, I have to use a lsp routine called "respace" to space all the
lines at 16 (100 scale) before I insert my chart block. A routine like
curve table would be perfect though, where you could choose what to put
in the chart and where to put it, spacing of columns, etc.

Happy Holidays,
Jack

"Nava Ran" <navaran@zahav.net.il> wrote in message
news:cpr6t4$ah7$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Work around:
-export the lot table as a TXT file
-open a new drawing, import the TXT file as a CRD file
-use [Annotate>Point Table], define headings and seq# and will get the
table
Hope this helps.

Nava Ran
"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cpnkbg$j1p$1@update.carlsonsw.com...
Greetings All Ye SurvCadders,

I am using Survcadd XML2 with AutoCad 2005. I draw final plats and
stake out sheets mostly. I create lot file and use the lot reports to
get the lot areas that I put in my dwgs by clicking on "screen". I
then insert a block I have created called "lotchart" which has only
the chart lines and columns. Does anyone know of a way to accomplish
this in one step, just like the Curve & Line chart (table) feature?

Thanks in advance,
JackG

[R.K. McSwain]

On 12/20/2004 4:36 PM JackG wrote:

My original point of the question was to find out if Survcadd had a lot
chart routine, and if not, why not? I want Carlson to implement one, so it
would be consistent with the other charting features in Survcadd.

I thought Carlson was implementing an API for points, lots, surfaces, etc.

If so, maybe the necessary data is exposed for use in a VBA or Lisp
program where it could be exported to Excel and made into a fairly nice
report.

Even if there is not an exposed API, aren't the .LOT files just ASCII
anyway with references to coordinates? If so, the API would not even be
necessary, and it wouldn't take much to put this together.

Unfortunately, software companies can't fulfill every users needs. That
is where customization comes in.

(BTW, We wrote our own tool to do exactly what you want, just not for
SurvCADD.)

[Stephen Rhodes]

I've had to customize some files to get reports - Carlson Software is "open"
enough to do this.
Have you requested this be added to Carlson's "To-do" list?
I make detailed requests quite a bit.

It's a pity this "To-do" list isn't for public display

Regards...Stephen Rhodes

"R.K. McSwain" <not@autodesk.com> wrote in message
news:cq82k2$up3$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

On 12/20/2004 4:36 PM JackG wrote:

My original point of the question was to find out if Survcadd had a lot
chart routine, and if not, why not? I want Carlson to implement one, so
it
would be consistent with the other charting features in Survcadd.

I thought Carlson was implementing an API for points, lots, surfaces, etc.

If so, maybe the necessary data is exposed for use in a VBA or Lisp
program where it could be exported to Excel and made into a fairly nice
report.

Even if there is not an exposed API, aren't the .LOT files just ASCII
anyway with references to coordinates? If so, the API would not even be
necessary, and it wouldn't take much to put this together.

Unfortunately, software companies can't fulfill every users needs. That
is where customization comes in.

(BTW, We wrote our own tool to do exactly what you want, just not for
SurvCADD.)

[Terry Scanlon]

"JackG" <jackg@sec-civil.com> wrote in message
news:cpnkbg$j1p$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

Greetings All Ye SurvCadders,

I am using Survcadd XML2 with AutoCad 2005. I draw final plats and stake
out sheets mostly. I create lot file and use the lot reports to get the
lot areas that I put in my dwgs by clicking on "screen". I then insert a
block I have created called "lotchart" which has only the chart lines and
columns. Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this in one step, just
like the Curve & Line chart (table) feature?

Thanks in advance,
JackG

For what its worth, the routine Jack is asking for would be very helpful to

us too. Furthermore, we are not running Acad 2005. So, it would be really
nice if Survcadd could produce a table that listed lot number and area.

Heck, to really run with an idea, it would be neat if any tablular report
could be inserted in the drawing as a table.

Terry Scanlon

[Surveyor]

If you are using LD2005 you can export alot of the Survcad data to XML, then
report it in the AutoCad Land XML Reporting 5. If you are good at XML, you
can create terrific reports. Something to look into. JRL