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Creating Attributes:: Adding Attributes To The Block

The document describes how to create attributes in an AutoCAD block, including: 1) Defining attribute definitions with tags, prompts, and defaults. 2) Modifying attributes using the Array toolbar to duplicate them. 3) Inserting a block containing attributes and inputting values. 4) Extracting attribute information and exporting it to a text file for use outside of AutoCAD.

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Creating Attributes:: Adding Attributes To The Block

The document describes how to create attributes in an AutoCAD block, including: 1) Defining attribute definitions with tags, prompts, and defaults. 2) Modifying attributes using the Array toolbar to duplicate them. 3) Inserting a block containing attributes and inputting values. 4) Extracting attribute information and exporting it to a text file for use outside of AutoCAD.

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Creating Attributes:

Adding Attributes to the block


1. create a file S-door, 2. draw a Rectangle 4*8 and circle having radius=.5 and apply bhatch just like this

3. choose Draw------>block----define attribute definition or type At;

4. Tag: d-type 5. prompt: door type 6. value: - /hyphen 7. justification: left 8. height:.0.2 9. verify: enables you to make changes in entry 10. pick point: location for attribute

Changing attribute specifications


1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. modify toolbar--Array or Ar; select attribute (d-type) r/p: R; rows:7 cols:1 distance b/w rows and cols: -0.5;

1. Click properties buttion ; 2. select ------- d-type

3. Tag : d-size; 4. Prompt: door size 5. Default: -

Tag d-type d-size d-number d-thick d-rate d-mat d-const

Prompt door type door size door number door thickness door rating material construction

Default -

Inserting block containing attributes


1. open new drawing 2. insert block/ insert 3. s-door 4. at door type: A; 5. door size:3-4; 6. door number:1; 7. door thickness:4 8. material: wood 9. construction: solid core 10. door rating: 20

Extracting and exporting attributes information:


D-Room N005000 N= Numeric value D-type C001000 C= Character

1. Open Notepad Application. 2. d-type C009000 d-size N009000 d-number C009000 d-thick C009000 d-rate C009000 d-mat C009000 d-const C009000 3. Save as Door.txt in AutocadR14 Directory. 4. Close and return to Autocad. 5. Than type the command DDATTEXT

Output door.txt file:

'A','3'-0" ','216','333','','WOODEN','SOLID CORE' 'b','6' ','11','1234','','steel','hard'

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