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HOWFARLISP IS A FREE OPEN CODE AUTOCAD LISP PROGRAM TESTED and WORKING
IN AUTOCAD R14 THROUGH 2006

Install as you would any other lisp program. After installing type in HOWFAR
You will be prompted to select point Pt1 and then point Pt2 then the dialog
box will popup with dimensions.

This program creates two files:

1. Howfar.dcl is created the first time the program is run and is updated each
time the program is run thereafter. It is auto-matically created in the folder ---> C:\TEMP

2. Setup.hfs is created the first time the setup function is use while running the program.
You will be prompted to select the location for this file. It must be a folder in your AutoCad
path statement.
Recommend ---> Your AutoCad folder ie. C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2006

This program gives the following:

1. The exact distance and the X and Y components between two points (PT1-PT2) in 
Decimal, Fractional, Engineering, Architectural and Metric. It also gives the angle between
the two points in Nearest degree, Decimal degree and degrees/minutes/seconds formats.
While the dialog box displays the measurements it allows the user to change the precision
of each format from 0 to 8 places precision.

Example:
Actual distance measured points is say 28.60546870
Dec. readout would be 29" set at 0 prec. or 28.60546870" set at 8
Frac. readout would be 29" set at 0 prec. or 28 155/256" set at 8
Arch. D readout would be 2' set at 0 prec. or 2.38378905' set at 8
Arch. F readout would be 2'-5"" set at 0 prec. or 2'-4 155/256" set at 8
Met. readout would be 727mm set at 0 prec. or 726.57890498mm at 8
And the Ang. might be 45 DEG set at 0 prec. or 45.12345678 DEG set at 8
Note: as stated above the prec. can be set to from 0 up to 8 places

2. Also, on the main dialog box the user can tell the program whether the actual units are in
inches or metric and will show across the top of the dialog box as well as beside either Decimal
or Metric which is the actual units. Also it gives the user the option of whether the angle shown
is from PT1 to PT2 or from PT2 to PT1.

3. Then, the user can chose to go to setup. On the setup dialog box the user can elect whether
or not any certain format should be shown. For example the user may not have any use for the
dimensions to be shown in Engineering or Architectural. The user can un-check the boxes beside
both of these formats and the next time the program is run they will not be displayed. If at a later
the user wants these formats to be displayed it just requires going to setup and re-checking
these boxes. Any or all of the five formats as well as the angle can be turned off using the check
boxes beside each of the six items however, one of the six items must remain on.