how to find a block handle in a drawing

Looking for a lisp to find a handle

Mike

Here is direct way from the command line .....

(sssetfirst nil (ssget "_x" '((0 . "INSERT")(2 . "YourBlockName"))))

No sorry that is not what i`m searching for. I`m using Autoad electrical and do a export to Excel. Some of the blocks missing attribute data. Autocad generates handles of all the used blocks. So i need a lisp where i can give in a handle and Autocad zooms into to that block.

Mike

It's a DXF . for example (5 . "19C")

look into ( handent ) -David

WHS ^^

Or vla-HandletoObject if you want to go the VL route.

i`m not so into lisp and so i do not know how to make a lisp with this

I suppose the simplest would be something like:

(defun c:zoomhandle ( / e )

 (if (setq e (handent (getstring "\nSpecify Handle: ")))
   (command "_.zoom" "_O" e "")
 )

 (princ)
)

In the mean time, use AfraLISP to learn LISP.

works great,.................thanks

works great,.................thanks

It was intended to be a starting point for your program - demonstrating how to use 'handent'.

*shrug*