Just an update Lee. Sorry I have not posted an update about the Lisp you wrote for me but emergencies came up and then I had to dive into Civil 3D for a volume balance calc for some detention ponds. I will get to the lisp soon. Hopefully this week.
Forgot do you now want the code for reading a xyz file, how is your file set up does it use commas to seperate variables or are the x y z a set number of characters ?
Good point AL, and good solution - I must admit, I have never used this method for inserting blocks into drawings, and my posted LISP was untested also. - but thanks for your input.
I would be quite keen to use it myself and could provide you with some feedback if necessary (relating to its function, not its code).
currently I use Microstation for this tool. But I plan on doing an all encompassing form driven block/coordinate functions menu when I feel more competent with C#.
The order of the file does not matter because I can export to any format, (i.e. xyz, yxz, etc and comma, tab or space delimited). My preference though would be yxz comma delimited.
Here is two example the first uses fixed lengths for x yx z etc (please note code wont work as is but can be used within you program check brackets etc)
