entmake insert

hi

to entmake a complex entity, the help
provides sample code for a polyline,

anybody know how to entmake an
insert entity with attributes, the
following does not seem to work

(entmake (list (cons 0 "INSERT") (cons 2 "ExistingBlockw/7Atts")(cons 10
(list 0 0 0)) (cons 66 1)))
(repeat 7 (entmake (list (cons 0 "ATTRIB"))))
(entmake (list (cons 0 "SEQEND")))

thanks

 

Have you tried including additional DXF codes
for the attrib and seqend other than zero ?

 

i tried dxfs 8 1 410 10

 

If you are trying to get by with the bare minimum
DXF codes for entmaking, I would suggest using
(entget) on the entity you want to create and start
stripping out codes one by one.

Don't know what the minimum(s) are off the top
of my head.

 

included all the dxfs still no luck, i am suspecting i missing something
more obvious

thanks

 

Post what you are trying, I'll have a look.

 

For a basic INSERT with ATTRIB:

(entmake (list (cons 0 "INSERT"); Req'd
(cons 8 "0")
(cons 66 1); Req'd
(cons 2 "CP"); Req'd
(cons 10 (list 0 0 0)); Req'd
(cons 41 1)
(cons 42 1)
(cons 50 0)
(cons 43 1)
(cons 70 0)
(cons 71 0)
(cons 44 0)
(cons 45 0)
(cons 210 (list 0 0 1))
(cons 62 256)
(cons 39 0)
(cons 6 "BYLAYER")))
(entmake (list (cons 0 "ATTRIB"); Req'd
(cons 8 "0")
(cons 10 (list 0 0 0)); Req'd
(cons 40 1); Req'd
(cons 1 "TESTING 123"); Req'd
(cons 2 TEST"); Req'd
(cons 70 0)
(cons 73 0)
(cons 50 0); Req'd
(cons 41 1); Req'd
(cons 51 0)
(cons 7 "STANDARD")
(cons 71 0)
(cons 72 0)
(cons 11 (list 0 0 0)); Req'd
(cons 210 (list 0 0 1))
(cons 74 0)
(cons 62 256)
(cons 39 0)
(cons 6 "BYLAYER")))
(entmake (list (cons 0 "SEQEND"); Req'd
(cons 8 "0")))

Block CP must already be defined in the BLOCK table and have 1 ATTDEF.
The required ar4e from memory. -David

 

You can create an attributed insert based on
a block definition that contains zero ATTDEFs.

 

True, but I wouldn't advise it. -David