Q:

I am trying to find the slope of a polyline in autocad in a simpler way

My title pretty much says it all. I am trying to find the slope of a drawn polyline in a faster way than I am currently doing it. Right now I have to draw the line, check the distance in properties, than use the contours I have in the drawing to get my elevation, and than calculate slope off of that. This gets very dicey when dealing with very steep slopes due to the closeness of the contours. Thanks. 

A:

I would suggest using the standard AutoCAD DIST command - no programming required. This will return the distance, angle, and delta X, Y, & Z.

