How to quickly measure an ARC distance in AutoCAD?
If you are an AutoCAD user, you know how useful it is to work with arcs. Arcs are curved segments that can form part of a circle or an ellipse. Arcs can help you create smooth and organic shapes, as well as perform calculations and measurements.
However, sometimes you may need to measure the distance along an arc in your drawing, for various reasons. For example, you may want to know the length of a curved road, the perimeter of a circular pond, or the angle of a curved wall.
But how can you do this task easily and quickly? AutoCAD has a built-in command to measure the distance along an arc, which is DIST. However, this command only works for circular arcs, and not for elliptical arcs. If you want to measure the distance along an elliptical arc, you have to use the AREA command, which gives you the area and the perimeter of a closed object, but not the distance along a specific arc.
But what if I told you there is a way to measure the distance along any arc in your drawing in just one click? Yes, you heard me right. One-click. And you don’t need any special software or plugins to do it. All you need is a simple AutoCAD LISP routine that you can load and run in your AutoCAD session.
After you have uploaded the LISP file, you need to type 'ARCDIST' to activate it.
Pick two points on the arc.
Then select the arc.
That’s it. You have successfully measured the distance along any arc in your drawing in one click using a LISP routine. You can use this LISP routine as many times as you want, on any drawing that you want. You can also customize the LISP routine to suit your needs, such as changing the units or the precision of the distance.
You can download the lisp from here.
Conclusion:
In this blog post, I showed you how to use a LISP routine that can measure the distance along any arc in your drawing in one click. I hope you found this blog post useful and interesting. If you want to learn more about AutoCAD LISP routines, you can check out my blog, which has hundreds of LISP routines for various AutoCAD tasks, tips, and tricks on AutoCAD programming and development.
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