CAD Forum - tips, tricks, discussion and utilities for AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit and other Autodesk products [www.cadforum.cz]
CZ | EN | DE
Login or
registration
  Visitors: 7363

CAD tip CAD tip # 11708:

   
Question CAD 
 %  platform  category 
Q - question

How to convert texts to block attributes (references)?

A - answer Using the freeware utility TXT2BLK you can automatically convert selected single-line texts in your DWG drawing to block attributes (block references) - the blocks are inserted in the same place, with the same appearance and formatting as the original texts.

You can download the TXT2BLK utility from Download, load it with APPLOAD and run by typing the TXT2BLK command. Then just select the standard texts to convert. Nothing changes visually after the conversion, but instead of texts your drawing will contain objects of the type INSERT - i.e. block references (specifically the automatically created block "Txt2Blk_Block") with the filled value of the variable attribute "ATT1" (reflecting the original text string value). These blocks can be then included in standard workflows of attribute export and similar processes.

If you predefine your own block "Txt2Blk_Block", the conversion tool will use the geometry of this block (instead of plain text).

ACAD
100% *  CAD 
30.11.2017    11856×  
Prices - CAD eShop:
applies to: AutoCAD ·

See also:
Tip 13749:How to add the SEARCH/REPLACE command into AutoCAD Web?
Tip 13599:How to read iProperties from Inventor models and drawings in AutoCAD DWGs?
Tip 13522:LookupXLS - populating DWG texts from Excel spreadsheets.
Tip 13340:Where is a given font used in my drawing?
Tip 13337:How to select blocks by attribute values? (SelByAttr)


Back   All CAD Tips



Have we helped you? If you want to support the CAD Forum web service, consider buying one of our CAD applications, or our custom software development offerings, or donating via PayPal (see above). You may also add a link to your web - like this "fan" link: CAD Forum - tips, utilities, blocks for Autodesk products
CAD:    OS:    Categ: 
Text:  FAQ glossary   



Featuring:
Publish interactive 3D PDF models from AutoCAD, Inventor or Revit with Share3D More info


Please use these tips at your own risk.
Arkance Systems is not responsible for possible problems that may occur as a result of using any of these tips.
TOPlist