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Automatic drawing label - filename, date, author...

Using the text fields introduced back in AutoCAD 2005 you can easily create an automatic block to label your drawing with the information about its file name and path, last save date and author, and last plot date.

See an example - in your AutoCAD drawing enter the INSERT command, click the Browse button, press Alt+3 (Search Web) and in the lower address field enter the URL address http://www.cadstudio.cz/dl/xstamp2005.dwg. Alternatively, use the commandline version of the command: _-INSERT http://www.cadstudio.cz/dl/xstamp2005.dwg.
This will insert a block containing predefined automatic text fields - these fields will be updated on any save and plot.

You can also try the Net_ID dynamic block.

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applies to: AutoCAD 2010 · AutoCAD 2008 · AutoCAD 2005 · AutoCAD Map · AutoCAD Architecture · AutoCAD LT ·

See also:
Tip 11404:	Operations with attributes inside a block - fields.
Tip 11171:	Total number of layouts as a field.
Tip 11160:	Dynamic display of layer/block/text style/linetype properties.
Tip 10972:	Replace text fields with static texts.
Tip 10889:	How to get user's full domain name, phone No., department, e-mail...

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