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  1. 9th Oct 2007 12:59 pm #1
    Stretch
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    Default create block from text file

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    Is it possible to create a routine that will read a structured text file (containing for example block name, object definitions such as circles, layer names, line type and line colour etc) then create and insert a block, defined by the text file, into a drawing?

    Your help much appreciated.

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  2. 9th Oct 2007 05:51 pm #2
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    yes it should be possible, but it would require an example of the list.
    ...And someday, they will have computers the size of houses, with millions of vacuum tubes, doing thousands of computations per minute...!!!
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    Just write down and record everything you do in autocad to carry out the task and save it as a text file with extension .SCR then type SCRIPT and it will replicate .

    Sounds easy but you must add either a space for a return or ""

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    open "mydwg1" zoom e text 3,3 2.5 0 "asdf" ""

    the asdf appears at co-ords 3,3
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    Thank you Figment and BIGAL for your suggestions I'll get to work on them now.
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