COUNTPL

COUNTPL counts all blocks inside a polyline. You pick one polyline as the boundary and the command opens the Countlist with everything that lies inside it, without you having to select the blocks themselves. Handy for counting one zone, section or area on its own.

Starting

Type COUNTPL on the command line, or use the button in the ribbon on the SCAD Production tab, Countlist panel.

How it works

1. The command asks Select polyline boundary:. Click the polyline that encloses the area. Other objects are refused with Must be a polyline.
2. The command selects all objects that lie completely inside the polyline (like a Window Polygon selection). If there are none it reports No objects found inside polyline. and stops.
3. Otherwise it reports N objects found inside polyline. Running countlist... and opens the Countlist window with the count of those objects. With more than 1000 objects you first see a progress bar Counting blocks....
4. From there you work in the Countlist window as you do with COUNTLIST.