Extract specific Attribures to text or mtext

i found this lisp here on cad tutor. and it works great!

but i was just wondering if i could just extract a specific attributes to text or mtext.

here is the thread:

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?56833-Display-ATTRIBUTES-as-Text-from-multiple-blocks&highlight=attmt

i only needed the attributes "Hole_ID"

can someone help?

Attmt.LSP

Try using the command NCOPY (NestedCopy), a great command.

Like others here you pick a block and you getattributes looking for tag name = "Hole_id"

No error checking just a crude example of picking a block and finding "Hole_id"

(foreach att (vlax-invoke (vlax-ename->vla-object (car (entsel))) 'getattributes)
       (if (= "HOLE_ID" (strcase (vla-get-tagstring att)))
       (alert (strcat "value found is "(vla-get-textstring att )))
       )
)

Like others here you pick a block and you getattributes looking for tag name = "Hole_id"

 

No error checking just a crude example of picking a block and finding "Hole_id"

(foreach att (vlax-invoke (vlax-ename->vla-object (car (entsel))) 'getattributes)
       (if (= "HOLE_ID" (strcase (vla-get-tagstring att)))
       (alert (strcat "value found is "(vla-get-textstring att )))
       )
)

thank you sir, i will try to figure out where will i put you code on the lisp... very much help!

Here is a start, I would recommend adding a check does block have attributes, use entmake better than command for text.

(while (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object (car(entsel "pick block"))))
  (foreach att (vlax-invoke obj 'getattributes)
       (if (= "HOLE_ID" (strcase (vla-get-tagstring att)))
       (setq txt(vla-get-textstring att ))
       )
  )
 (if (/= txt nil)
 (progn 
   (setq pt (getpoint "pick point for text"))
   (command "text" pt 2.5 90 txt)
 )
 )
)

Here is a start, I would recommend adding a check does block have attributes, use entmake better than command for text.

 

(while (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object (car(entsel "pick block"))))
  (foreach att (vlax-invoke obj 'getattributes)
       (if (= "HOLE_ID" (strcase (vla-get-tagstring att)))
       (setq txt(vla-get-textstring att ))
       )
  )
 (if (/= txt nil)
 (progn 
   (setq pt (getpoint "pick point for text"))
   (command "text" pt 2.5 90 txt)
 )
 )
)

i did it yey! thank you sir! look that i came up with!

(defun c:attmt(/ obj att txt pt)
(while (setq obj (vlax-ename->vla-object (car(entsel "pick block"))))
  (foreach att (vlax-invoke obj 'getattributes)
       (if (= "HOLE_ID" (strcase (vla-get-tagstring att)))
       (setq txt(vla-get-textstring att ))
       )
  )
 (if (/= txt nil)
 (progn 
   (setq pt (getpoint "pick point for text"))
;    (command "text" pt 1.5 90 txt)
    (entmakex
   (list
     (cons 0   "MTEXT")         
     (cons 100 "AcDbEntity")          
     (cons 100 "AcDbMText")    
     (cons 10 pt)  
     (cons 40 1.5) 
     (cons 7 "Swis721 BlkOul BT")
     (cons 1 txt)
     
   )
       )
         
 )
 )
)
)

the font won't work though >.

StyleName = "Standard" the cons 7 is probably looking for a style name not the font name. cons 7 "Standard"

Entmake will over ride the text height which is good because if you use Command "text" it has two variants with and without text height. The height must be taken into account or code can error. I test but make sure what my text style is set to.

the font won't work though >.

 

     
(cons 7 "Swis721 BlkOul BT") [color="blue"];; delete or comment it[/color]
(cons 1 (strcat "{\\fSwis721 BdOul BT|b0|i0|c0|p82;" txt "}"))