Can I use a script to paste objects/blocks into many drawings?

[LucasBrazilias]

Hi

 

I have a very repetative task ahead of me and I want to use a script if possible to make my day slightly more bareable.

I need to 'paste' 8 blocks into 250+ drawings with co-ordinates 0,0,0 and I dont want to go through all the drawings individually and type: CTR, C, 0,0,0

can anyone assist me in creating a script that will copy these 8 blocks from one drawing with a base-point of 0,0,0 and paste it to many drawings and finally qsave and close? (will be running the script using ScriptPro)

 

Please help!

Luke

[MSasu]

You should export those blocks from source drawing using WBLOCK command for further access - save them on disk as separate files.

If the target drawings already exist, then create a list with their names using a BAT file and this code:

DIR /b *.DWG > drawings.txt

Next step will be to create the script - I suggest you to use Excel for that. Don't forget to save it as plain text using SCR extension.

If the paths of blocks to be inserted and/or target drawings contains spaces, should surround them by quotation marks.

[LucasBrazilias]

Thanks Mircea! you have been very helpfull I will try out this method now. Thanks!

[Pablo Ferral]

I wrote this post on creating AutoCAD scripts for CAD-NOtes.com:

http://cad-notes.com/2012/03/learn-how-to-write-command-scripts-for-autocad-and-automate-your-plotting/

 

It uses plotting as an example, but there is no reason why you could apply it to block inserts instead.

 

The process is:

-Turn off the dialogues

-Work out how to do what you need to do using the command line only

-Copy and paste the commands into a note pad file

-Edit out the junk

 

You could make the whole thing a step easier by putting all eight blocks inside one block and exploding it on entry.

 

Don't forget to include purge and audit as part of your script!

 

Paul

[BIGAL]

Some more shorts cuts make your list like Msasu above but open in WORD you can create a script in a few seconds if you use "Replace"

 

The ^p is the end of line so you replace ^p with "insert myblock 0,0 1 1 0 explode last close Y^p" instantly your script is half done

 

Again use ^p but put a "Open" in the front of each line press enter top line, then replace ^p with ^popen once space after n

 

make sure you save as a txt file with .scr

[LucasBrazilias]

Thats really helpful and I think I should be able to create the script from all the info you guys have given me. I will post the script on here once it's finishd incase anyone else finds it useful. Thank you very much!!!