Lisp needed

[jimithing]

Ok I was wondering if this is even possible, so I will try my best to explain this a simply as possible.

I work in the audio/visual field, and we install plasmas/speakers, etc. in some famous themeparks and restaurants. All equipment inserted into the dwg's (mostly) are blocks, and I was wondering if there was a lisp that could be made to estimate the amount of equipment, ie; speakers, connectors, plasma's, lcds, etc into a file and then be able to have a list of the equipment by block itemized into the pieces and parts used in the project?

Question 2:
could this be created to run through multiple drawings so all you would have to do is run the lisp once, and have it say go through all 20 dwg's in the project? or however many pages there might be?

Question 3:
we have a block of 2 speakers together, but the block denotes multiple speakers in a chain, but I would like the lisp to know how many speakers are on that chain, and itemize them as the number of speakers actually in that chain?

I hope all of this makes sense, and if there is any other info needed to clarify my response, please feel free to let me know what info I need to give and I would be more than happy to do so.

[CarLB]

Short answer: Yes it's possible.
Longer answer: You might get some internet lisper to give you some to a lot of this routine at no charge. I've seen CAB come up with more involved routines than this for people. if you're willing to pay, you certainly could find someone to write it.

You'd need to post a drawing with some examples of reports, & that "chain" thing for someone to give a reaslistic estimate of what would be involved (time and/or $$).

[jimithing]

I have attached the chain so you can see one of the things I'm talking about. You'll notice the cable running along the bottom has 4 dots. That represents a multiple chain of speakers. I am attaching the dwg so someone can go into this block and see if there is anything that will allow the lisp to count how many speakers in the chain. The circle represents the number of speakers in the chain.

[CarLB]

So the only way to determine the total is the value of the particular attribute at that circled location? Is it always filled out with a leading number such as you have, "2 total = 2ohm" ?
That can be done easily enough. As long as some entries aren't "Total, 2 speakers @ 2ohm" or something like that without a leading number.