Problems running blkattpt.lsp

Chris,

Here is the drawing file I am having trouble with. The blocks/points I need to use the lisp file on are located on layer "pntstic". Let me know if it works for you. (lisp routine in question is called blkattpt.lsp) Thank you very much for your help with this matter.

Jennifer Willis

Chester Ploussas Lisowsky Partnership
(732) 566-0297
(732) 566-5283 (fax)
100 Metro Park South
Laurence Harbor, NJ 08878

mailing address:
PO Box 943
Matawan, NJ 07747-0943

Dear Jennifer :

Note that I was able to get the BLKATTPT.LSP LISP command to run fine with your drawing file. Here is the AutoCAD command sequence (with some comments I have inserted for your reference):

Command: lsp
AutoCAD Express Tools Copyright =A9 1999 Autodesk, Inc.
Initializing...
AutoCAD Express Tools Copyright =A9 1999 Autodesk, Inc.
Enter an option [?/Commands/Functions/Variables/Load]: L
(a dialog is displayed, select the BLKATTPT.LSP file)
_.appload BLKATTPT.LSP successfully loaded.
Command: blkatt2pnt
(note that this command starts the LISP routine)
Block name (Use * for all): POINT
(note that this is the name of your blocks containing the point
data)
Layer name of the blocks: PNTSTIC
(note that this is the layer that the blocks were inserted on)
Layer name to create the points: _NEW_ELEVS=20
(note that this has to be an existing layer)
Tag name to extract Z value from: ELEV
(note this is the attribute tag containing the elevation data)
Color for the new layer: WHITE
(you can make this any color you want)
264 blocks found, 264 points created.

If you have any additional questions or need any further information, please contact me again.

Sincerely,

Chris E. Maeder, M.S.
Senior Technical Engineer
chris.maeder@bossintl.com

Chris,

I reran the lsp routine just as you described and it worked. I am still a little concerned as to why it runs one way (using the autocad lsp command) and not the way it used to (load "blkattpt"), but as I am hoping the next floodplain analysis I do will be in AutoCad 2002 and RMS XP, I don't know if it is useful to figure that out. I think it may have to do with the RMS 2000 profile, that is the only change I could think of. Earlier today I even took an unused computer that had never had RMS installed and treated the computer as if it was the first time I was using RMS, installed the program (RMS 2000) and the lsp file just I had a few years ago, and it wouldn't run, so I don't think it was something internal to one of my computer settings. But for now, it works and I just finished drawing 30 odd cross sections, with the detailed stream bed spot shots, so I am happy.

Thank you again for your help.

Jennifer Willis

Chester Ploussas Lisowsky Partnership
(732) 566-0297
(732) 566-5283 (fax)
100 Metro Park South
Laurence Harbor, NJ 08878

mailing address:
PO Box 943
Matawan, NJ 07747-0943