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#line avoiding text

    22-Feb-92 14:54:55
Sb: #line avoiding text
Fm: Frank Marousek 75300,2403
To: All
Hi all, I've got a problem and I'd be very appreciative of any suggestions you might be able to offer. What I need to do is draw a line that automatically breaks if it is crossing any text. For example: ————- G ——— W — A ————– The way I accomplish this now is to draw a circle around the letter, draw the line, use trim to trim the part of the line inside the circle, and then delete the circle. As you can imagine, this gets very tedious very quickly. I noticed a LISP routine in a recent issue of either Cadalyst or Cadence which will let you draw a circle "over" a line and automatically trim the line. This would be an improvement, but I was wondering if anyone can think of an even better way to automate this. I'm an AutoLISP novice (written a handful of simple utilities), but I'm willing to learn if that's what it takes. Thanks!