Date attribute

Does anyone know if there is a (fairly) simple way to make a date entity in
a title block that automatically puts the current date or date and time in a
drawing?

What I want is a (title) block that when I insert it always puts the current
date in the correct position. Rather than always updating a date attribute.
I currently use the plot stamp feature but it is not controllable enough in
terms of position and it does not show up in the full preview.

I have looked into it a little and know about the get date variable and the
whole Julian Calendar conversion. But someone out there must have written a
lisp to do this already.

Paul M.

 

If your title block has an attrib for date, you can easily insert current date / time - within the existing routine to insert the title block. Just follow up the insert with a function to get the block, and entmod the value of the date attrib. Search for the 'tag' name, grab the entity, and stuff the date/time into it.
That is, if the 'tag' name is consistent.

Bob

 

I have a routine I wrote a few years ago that I keep updating to satisfy
new options in newer versions.

It first looks for an insertion of a block called "plot-date" in the
current Tab only. If it is found, it gets modified to the current date.
If it's not found, the routine creates it and inserts it at a predefined
location that coincides with the borders of 2 different title blocks,
or, if neither of those blocks are found, 0.0, 0.0

I have redefined the plot command to run this routine, so we know when a
drawing is sent to the plotter.

It wouldn't be too hard to modify it for use in your office.

If interested I will email it.

Jeff

 

How about RTEXT with this
Plot Date: [$(edtime, 0, MON. DD"," YYYY - HH:MMam/pm)]
?
cmg

 

That sounds like what I was looking for. I'd like to give it a try, if you
don't mind emailing it to

 

What is RTEXT?

Is that a typo?

 

Express Tool: Remote TEXT.
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