point style
is there any command to change the point style, as in Acad?
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Hi Luis,
You can set point style by changing PDMODE variable - it's value is equal as in AutoCAD.
Also you can check how it will look, add square or circle and change point's size using Settings and Point display mode (type DDPTYPE in a command line to go faster to this item).
Regards, Vaidas
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My case is that i work with topo drawings sent by others, and am searching for a quick way to change the point style so i can trace lines between the points, but after doing that change back to the initial point style because it's embarrasing to work with like 6 hundred circles or squares on the drawing.
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So, try to set PDMODE to 2 or 3 and check is your OSNAP to Node is set up.
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If you include the line (SETVAR "PDMODE" 0) in your On_doc_load.lsp, that should set points display to dots for every file you open.
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ok, i guess i didn't explain it right, what i want is a quick switch on/off command for the points; having to edit lsp files or going to settings to change the mode everytime i need to do this is embarrassing; i was something as quick as it was in Acad; is there something like this in Bcad?
And if not, it would be interesting for upcoming versions...
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sorry, i mistype "i was something ----> i want something"
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A possible sulution is to create two buttons:
Button command to hide the points:
^c^c(setvar "pdmode" 1)Button command to show the points:
^c^c(setvar "pdmode" 35)Of course you can change the number (35) to a different value.
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Thanks Roy, so I asume change point type would be ^c^c(setvar "ptype") right?
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No, there are two variables that influence the appearance of points: pdmode and pdsize. Just look up pdmode in the settings dialog to see how that variable determines the display of points. You know how the settings dialog works by now :-)
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I did the changes on both the variables pdmode and pdsize to see what happens and it works on some drawings but on others don't (point is still a dot). Am i missing something?
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Also, some points are displayed in the object properties box as polylines (????), so that's why the changes on point variables don't work. But still don't understand why a point is treated as a polyline...
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Zero length polylines (or very short polylines) will look like points, but they are NOT points. Blame the person who sent you the file; Bricscad handles it just the same as Autocad!
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That's not the case. Bcad treat them different than Acad. I've reviewed the same file in another machine w/ Acad and they are points. Unless Acad treat zero length polylines as points i don't know what the issue is. The file has been created by a DTM program then exported to Acad. There has to be something in that DTM program that makes Bcad read the same object as a polyline when Acad read it as a point.
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Problem solved. My problem was that i couldn't snap to a point even having the point snap activated. But I CAN snap to final point since the points of that polyline are the same...
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