Visible Attributes

[gav]

I'm working in AutoCAD 2008 and am looking to extract only the visible attributes within a dynamic block. The files created containing these blocks will be used on machines running LT 2008 only.

 

Can anyone help? Is this even possible?

 

Cheers

[ziemerd]

This is how I do it:

 

Type EATTEXT in the command line to start the Data Extraction Wizard. Click Create a new data extraction radio button and click next. Then click on Select objects in the current drawing (make sure you're in the drawing with the blocks you want to extract attributes from) then click on the button to the right of that line so you can select the block(s) you want to extract attributes from and click next. Check the box that says Display blocks with attributes only, make sure the block(s) you want to extract from are checked and click next. Deselect all but Attribute in the Category filter found on the right side. Then deselect all the attributes you do not want to extract so you only have checked the attributes you do want extracted and click next. Make sure everything looks ok and then click next. Check Output data to external file and browse to the folder you want your spreadsheet with your extracted attributes to go. Then click finish.

 

Your data will be in the spreadsheet in the folder you selected.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Dawn