Saving Field preferences !!!

[Aria1]

Hi...im new in autocad so be patience

 

im using field to calculate area but my problem is that i have to write everytime in additional format the conversion factor,prefix and suffix...

for example

current value is 39690.0

conversion factor 0.0001

preview 3.9690

 

how can i save and use allways the same conversion factor and prefix (Area.),suffix(m²)

 

ok thnx...

[tonyj]

Not sure if there is a way that you can save to use again. But what you can do is, when you draw an object and you create a field for the area, with whatever conversion factor that you want. If you then copy both the object and the text containing the field, both at the same time, your copied field and object will be unrelated to the orignal ones, but will be related to each other and have the conversion factor set the way you hade it originally. So you then need to modify the copied object to whatever shape or size you want it to be. Not ideal I know but, hope it is some help.

[Dadgad]

Welcome to CADTutor.

You could create an MTEXT object, into which you could insert a field.

The field would be defined as pointing to the AREA property of a selected OBJECT.

When defining the field you can set a conversion factor, if you need one.

You can create the m2 in the MTEXT after the field,

or in the field definition as a suffix.

 

Do you actually want to show all of this information, or just the AREA in square meters?

If you want all the information displayed, which seems odd, you could create an attributed block including fields.

Check out his other similar thread http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?75851-AREA-to-FIELD

Edited December 17, 2012 by Dadgad

[Aria1]

thnx for your replies....i will try it !