well CarlB yes i could do that but the thing is can you make a selection set of invisible objects before you make them invisible. here is the lisp routine i downloaded
;;;CADALYST 09/05 Tip2058: Hide&Show.lsp Turn Objects Invisible or Visible (c) 2005 Andrzej Gumula
;;; [c]2005 Andrzej...
ok Have a lot of blocks that need to be created, but each has about 75 or more attributes 40 of which we want the user to be able to input info in. That much i have set up the other attributes are constant and invisible by the attributes dialog ok so that when the block is created all the...
ok read both of those sites thank you but still have questions about xdata...
like...
compair the structure of an attribute (IE tag, Prompt,Value)to the parts and peices of xdata what is compairable is tag = to appname etc..
and if i were to store data for a block that might normaly be stored...
ok so....
many questions som i may answer som i may not?
First of all it is my understanding that when adding Extended Entity data to an entity its there invisibly. Unless you know its there you wont know to look for it. Is that right?
Second if I set XData to a block then xplode the block, do...
ok i found some info on Extended Entity data, but is there an easy way of attaching it. Because i dont want to have to do this to 300+ blocks that i am having to create. But then how am i going to go about extracting it, and then if i ever have to change it its another prob. But it sounds like...
? Dunno but now after creating a block with invisible invisible attributes and then after using the vis command to make them visable "doesnt though" now can export data. but when block is exploded invisible attributes are invisible. Imagine that? I dont understand why but now it works.
?2 yes i...
ok your first thought was good but if the xrefed block has attributes you cannot exprot them to a file so my reason for creating blocks now wont work so maybe its not possible with the way things are see all im wanting the blocks to do is hold information on that perticular item and when needed...
ok im new to vba and granted this technically isnt my first vba program but it is my first complicated on here is what im trying to do essentially
i have either a group of Autocad Drawings or One Drawing that consists of all or one Autocad Block. These blocks have Attribute Info that has been...
ok i tried that yea thats pretty close to what i was talking about but now the dimension line 1 is in the way of the text in the previouse dim also i am told to put a "ref" in txt next to the ext line being referenced
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ok here is what im trying to do
points a,b,c,d,e, & F starting a baseline diminsion from a to b and using the Extension line coming off of as a ref line (actually the word ref is written offset from the extention line) so we'll call that extention line A. so now we diminsion from A to B then...
yea but i also like to know how to get to the answer as i ask questions i some time find the answer by accedent plus i hope that others learn from what i show as well :)
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now what if you have attribute info that needs to be exported and or some needs to be edited by the user and some won't, and i dont want shown.
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ok here is why i needed to make objects invisible.
I have an object that i want to make a block with two types of attributes - some that will be edited by someone else and some that remain constant and never change. I dont want others to be able to see, edit, or know about the constant blocks...
