7 Replies Latest reply on May 16, 2012 8:56 AM by Michael Dekoning

Mapping AutoCAD Attributes

Bill Stadler May 11, 2012 4:22 PM

I have my variables set up in Enterprise for the attributes in the AutoCAD title blocks. The problem I am having is if I switch to a different size title block in AutoCAD the attributes are all dots (Default Value (.) in the new title block which write back to the card which in turn overwrites the existing info in the data card. How can I stop the acad file from updating the data card?

We are not using the AutoCAD addin.

Thanks,

Bill

Re: Mapping AutoCAD Attributes

Jeremy Feist May 11, 2012 4:27 PM (in response to Bill Stadler)

I do not know of a way to make it one-directional.

I believe you will need to re-enter the appropirate info into the new title block in acad before you check it in.
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Re: Mapping AutoCAD Attributes

Steve Ostrovsky May 11, 2012 9:11 PM (in response to Bill Stadler)

Remove the dots from the block attributes and leave them blank. That way they will pick up the values in the Data Card.

Make sure you do this in the master title block attribute files so the blank values will be inserted.
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  Bill Stadler May 14, 2012 8:13 AM (in response to Steve Ostrovsky)
  
  Thanks Steve, We will give that a try and I will let you know if that resolves the issue,
  
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  Bill Stadler May 15, 2012 10:55 AM (in response to Steve Ostrovsky)
  
  Still no luck.
  
  Here is the senario:
  
  I have a drawing with a titleblock with attributes in it. I fill in the data card and the title block populates.
  I delete the tile block because I need to make it a different size.
  I insert the new title block which is blank.
  When I go to the datacard all the values are now blank.
  
  Am I missing a step?
  
  Thanks,
  
  Bill
  
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    Jason Kerns May 15, 2012 11:16 AM (in response to Bill Stadler)
    
    Could you insert the new title block before deleting the old one?
    
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      Bill Stadler May 15, 2012 12:09 PM (in response to Jason Kerns)
      
      I have tried that but it does not automatically fill in the attributes when you bring it in. Probalby because we do not have the add-in turned on for AutoCAD. Intially we did not have the Addin turned on becasue it did not support the version of ACAD we were on. I was hoping not ot have it on but we may not have a choice if we can not get this datacard stuff to work properly.
      
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        Michael Dekoning May 16, 2012 8:56 AM (in response to Bill Stadler)
        
        Bill,
        
        The AutoCAD addin is not required to map data to and from a block. Do the different size title blocks have different names and are they included in the EPDM variable mapping setup?
        
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