Manage/update multiple sheets/drawings title blocks

[autouser]

by the way did you open with words? try with excel file it woul make things clear.

[SteveK]

and to answer the first question, no there is only one title block in each layout and there are 4 layouts in one drawing and 4 drawings in a set. cheers

Yeah until a method for exporting with layout names turns up you'll just have to edit it manually. In the lisp set the layoutNameCol variable to 0 and add the layout names to the start of each row in the csv, eg:

LAYOUT_NAME,Count,Name,AUTHOR,CREATION_DATE,DESCRIPTION,ENGINEER,NUMBER_OF_SHEETS,PART_NUMBER,PROJECT,REVISION_NUMBER,SHEET_NUMBER,STOCK_NUMBER,TOLERANCE
Layout1,1,Title Blocks,ABC,24/11/09,DEF,GHI,4,JKL1,MNO,10,3,,N/A
Layout2,1,Title Blocks,ABC,24/11/09,DEF,GHI,4,JKL2,MNO,12,2,,N/A
Layout3,1,Title Blocks,ABC,24/11/09,DEF,GHI,4,JKL3,MNO,0,4,,N/A

by the way did you open with words? try with excel file it woul make things clear.

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[autouser]

hmmm ok...... its not that easy as it seems ..... it might even be quicker to just modify each drawings manually. but nontheless i think its one of the useful command to have.

[autouser]

stevek just wondering my part number is unique for each block and thus each layout. how can i use that as key to search and replace other attributes? is that possible in the code? thanks

[SteveK]

stevek just wondering my part number is unique for each block and thus each layout. how can i use that as key to search and replace other attributes? is that possible in the code? thanks

I don't think so. The only way to affect different layouts is to either layout name or working consecutively. The second option would take a fair bit to implement with my current code and even then it couldn't tell which row one drawing stopped and another started.

I suggest you hold out to see what fixo comes up with.

 

steve

[Lee Mac]

Check out this thread:

 

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=37551

 

Although, be warned, my code will cause the drawing thumbnail to be lost, if the ObjectDBX Arx supplement is not used. (think its here http://discussion.autodesk.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=4700196)

 

Hope this helps

[autouser]

Hi Lee thanks for that ..... it runs and ask for block and tag but nothing changes. does it need objectdbx to install first and why? since i am using office comp i don't have access to admin account. and other thing is it changes the attributes to the same value to all drawings in the folder? thats not exactly what i need here since each could have their own revision number and date but it will definitely come in handy. cheers mate

[Lee Mac]

Hi Lee thanks for that ..... it runs and ask for block and tag but nothing changes. does it need objectdbx to install first and why? since i am using office comp i don't have access to admin account. and other thing is it changes the attributes to the same value to all drawings in the folder? thats not exactly what i need here since each could have their own revision number and date but it will definitely come in handy. cheers mate

 

Yes, it is for a global attribute change for all drawings - it should be run on any new drawing (better if the drawings you are operating on aren't open), and will change all the attribute values.

 

But there is a bug with ObjectDBX in that the attribute definition may be shifted slightly depending on the justification. :wink: