johnnybgood115 Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 Hello CAD community! Are there any known scripts or methods for creating device labels in ACAD 2010? As an telecom engineer, we have over 200 data drops that each need a sequential label with their telecomm room locations in the label. Each label is of the following format ... Y-4FLTR01-XXX Where Y is the zone and XXX is the sequential outlet number. I want to automatically generate labels as outlets are dropped. OR create all the labels at once and then be able to place them on the drawing. Any help or leads is greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!! Quote
JD Mather Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 Sounds like Block with Attributes will at least simplify the process if not totally automate. There might be something in AutoCAD Electrical - but I'm not familiar with that program. Quote
BIGAL Posted July 15, 2010 Posted July 15, 2010 Search the lisp vba section for auto numbering lots of block stuff that should do what you want Quote
Bill Tillman Posted July 16, 2010 Posted July 16, 2010 I think the answer is you could, but AutoCAD would not be the best way to print labels. Of course you could collect the data in AutoCAD and export it to Excel or similar program. Then you would have an excellent interface for printing labels. You could also use your data in and Excel or cvs file to import into AutoCAD but then placing it where you want becomes a chore to be handled. IMHO trying to print labels with AutoCAD is like reinventing the wheel. Quote
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