ATTEXT

I'm having some trouble being able to extract attribute values from
blocks that were either pasted in, or inserted with MEASURE or
DIVIDE. Why is that? Is this normal? Is there a setting I've missed
to be able to do that when I insert them or when I invoke the ATTEXT
command?

Bill DeShawn
http://my.sterling.net/~bdeshawn

 

I've heard from others on this problem and it appears that the
attributes don't come with the block in MEASURE and DIVIDE. Also,
sometimes pasting the blocks causes you to lose the ability to extract
data. It's been this way forever and Autodesk never fixes it. Well
they probably will now, because I have a fix. It's one of the few
routines on my site that is NOT free. But it's worth every penny of
the price. It works on everything that I can think of that you would
want to measure or divide: lines, polylines, splines, arcs and
circles. No more need to put hundreds of blocks in your drawings one-
by-one. It would be an excellent ool for landscape architects who
spread shrubs or sprinklers in an equidistant pattern. Also could be
helpful for fire sprinkler design, or interior/exterior lighting
patterns. Designing circuit boards with AutoCAD and need to spread
out some inline l.e.d.'s or filter caps (Hey, anything is possible) ?

Check out my website, scroll down to the part about ATTEXT users and
click on the link provided.


Bill DeShawn
http://my.sterling.net/~bdeshawn