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Printed Date: 01.Jun.2026 at 01:23


Topic: CAD attributes
Posted By: madiecady
Subject: CAD attributes
Date Posted: 05.Jan.2009 at 20:18
Can attributes only be attached to blocks?


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Posted By: Vladimir Michl
Date Posted: 05.Jan.2009 at 22:05
Yes, although you can have attdefs as standalone objects (makes little sense - only to use the DWG as an external block).

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Posted By: madiecady
Date Posted: 05.Jan.2009 at 22:21
Yeah, that does make sense.  I should have read a little more before I posted my question. 

I have another question though, maybe you can help me. I'm working on this map of my campus and it contains different areas like turf, concrete, asphalt, and so on. 

So what I want to do is; if someone was viewing the file and they clicked on a particle area like turf, then an attachment or something would pop up and information like the area, perimeter, etc. would be displayed.

Is this possible?  I think I've seen this done on autocad, but it could also have been GIS or something else.

Posted By: Vladimir Michl
Date Posted: 05.Jan.2009 at 22:25
You can try to attach Hyperlink information for such pop-up information, but GIS applications give much more options and flexibility for this. I would recommend AutoCAD Map and Autodesk MapGuide.

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Posted By: madiecady
Date Posted: 05.Jan.2009 at 22:44
Thank you, I will take a look at that, but my school is on a very small budget.  Is there something I can do that allows me to display information (without me entering the data manually) in AutoCAD?

Posted By: Rman
Date Posted: 06.Jan.2009 at 01:58

Hi,

What about 'List' command?

Rman.

Posted By: Vladimir Michl
Date Posted: 06.Jan.2009 at 08:30
Try the [CMD]HYPERLINK[/CMD] command or dynamic [CMD]FIELD[/CMD].

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