WodMarsden Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Hello everyone. I was wondering if it is possible to have sum sort of text referance in the layout ofa drawing. example. I have border with drawing details,date and who its done by.in multiple layouts Is it possible to at text in 1 layout and it show up in all the other layouts automatically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designerstuart Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 you could make it a block, so when you alter it the others change as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WodMarsden Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share Posted June 1, 2011 i need sumthing more simple for people who dont use CAD alot.good idea tho thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Theres lots of lisps/vba to search and replace a particular attribute no matter how many times its in a dwg search BIGAL & Attributes Auto change preliminary to issued and update, dates, rev etc Also use FIND with entire dwg this works as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 You can use fields in attributes, create custom fields in drawing properties. When you fill in the properties fields any attributes that match will be filled out in any layouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WodMarsden Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Thank you for the reply, Also,is there a way of making a table that shows the overall lengths of lines on different layers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organic Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 i need sumthing more simple for people who dont use CAD alot.good idea tho thanks Provide them with some basic training perhaps? As above, I'd use a block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WodMarsden Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 My aim is to make a border for utilitie plans that is quick and simple to update.I also want a table that tally's all the lengths of utilities up in a table in the border. Does any1 no if the table is possible? or am i asking to much from CAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organic Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 My aim is to make a border for utilitie plans that is quick and simple to update.I also want a table that tally's all the lengths of utilities up in a table in the border. Does any1 no if the table is possible? or am i asking to much from CAD Do the utilities you use in your plan each have a different defined linetype? If so it should be possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WodMarsden Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Yeh they do,they ar on differant layers,colours and linetype and width You any idea how i can do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qball Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 try DATAEXTRACTION. I've never used it, but I think that's what you're looking for. Others on here probably use it all the time and can probably help if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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