Custom properties / fields

Hey guys,

I’m currently in the process of creating new tool palettes and all the components blocks I’m storing, I know the weights of, is there a way to add a custom field in the properties box say the weight for example, so I know how much something will weigh by clicking on its properties

Thanks

I think you could assign the weight as an Attribute.

Overview of Block Attributes

Beyond that, are you trying to obtain the total "weight" of all the objects/blocks selected?

Hi nestly,

Thanks for your reply, that very helpful and just what i needed, and beyond that it would be amazing if I could see the weight of everything selected, is this possible ?

Regards

I don't think you'll be able to see a total weight in "Properties" but I'm pretty sure you can get a "sum" of all the attributes in a selection set, but I'm not familiar with how to do it.

ok I understand, at least you've pointed me in the right direction though, i have enough on my plate at the min getting all the attributes together !!!! thanks nestly

Data extraction will do what you need done.

You might look into using Fields and Tables in AutoCAD. See THIS

Thanks again all the above, really helpful answers here, wasn't expecting such a positive response, the fields and tables will help me out loads, and the data extraction is something i'm going to require as im looking into writing some autolisp functions

(never used LISP but i know PASCAL, VB, VB.Net, PHP had a read through the tutorial on this site it seems right up my street)

Hi nestly,

 

Thanks for your reply, that very helpful and just what i needed, and beyond that it would be amazing if I could see the weight of everything selected, is this possible ?

 

Regards

You can get the mass and volume of a selection set using MASSPROP. Assuming that they are all made of steel, for instance you would copy either of those two values (they are the same), into your calculator, then Multiply that times .000007850 to ascertain their total weight in kgs.. That would be if your units of measure are millimeters, as the weight of a cubic meter of steel is about 7850kgs. Should they be of different materials then MASSPROP won't be able to help you do this, unlike you select them into like-material sets.