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Automatically generated picture-legend of drawing blocks.

With the Xanadu BLegend utility you can easily create a legend (BOM table) of blocks used in your drawing (including icons - thumbnail previews of the blocks).

Load the LISP utility with APPLOAD and start it with the BLegend command. Since version 1.1 you can select block names and layers to include in the resulting table. Then pick the top left corner of the legend table and specify its width. The legend will list all blocks in the current space (model/paper), their names, descriptions (see the block editor) and count. The legend is created in the current table style. You can then customize it (e.g. remove a column).

The labels are created in the current locale language (CZ/EN).

Generated block legend (in Czech) - picture-name-description-count
Legend (in Czech) created from the DWG block library Animals

You can download the BLegend utility from www.xanadu.cz/download. The basic functions are free, more advanced functionality can be unlocked with an authorization code (see the XANADUREG command).

Application dialog (in Czech)

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applies to: AutoCAD 2010 · AutoCAD 2009 · AutoCAD 2008 · AutoCAD 2007 · AutoCAD Architecture · AutoCAD Map · AutoCAD Civil 3D ·

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