AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012 DWG Format

[#1]

Hi All

As in my previous posts I am very new to this AutoCAD lark.

All I am trying to do at the moment is create an attribute on a drawing template that will simply display the users username.

I am hoping then that this will be presented as 'Designed By' or something similar, on the drawing and then I am hoping to try and get it into Vault.

Hope someone can enlighten me.

Gareth

[#2]

To make the attribute type

ATTDEF

When the dialog box appears

Select - Preset.  This will allow you to edit the block that contains the attribute.

If you enter the values shown for TAG, PROMPT & DEFAULT like this:

When you edit the block that contains the attribute with the ATTEDIT command, it will look like this:

[#3]

Thanks for the reply.

But can I get the 'Designed By' to default so that it automatically takes the users username.

So in my case  if I begin a dwg, it will automatically populate the 'Designed by'  with jgw2, my Windows username?

Gareth

[#4]

Gareth,

well one way to do it is to define the DESIGNER-NAME attribute value as field

first you need to add this expression to your acad.lsp (or any other lisp file that is autoload)

(setq username (getenv "username"))

now prepare your title block and invoke the ATTDEF command

in tag field enter DESIGNER-NAME

in prompt field enter Design Name

in Default field click on the Insert Field button...this opens the Field dialog box

then select "Other" Category

Field name -> LispVariable

and roll the list to find the username

(it should be there if you add the expression to acad.lsp and load it)

finish with ATTDEF dialog and define your block

after inserting your title block save the dwg and reopen it you will see that

the user name is update

another way of doing it is with autolisp but that's totally another story

GoodLuck

Moshe

[#5 · Accepted solution]

You could use a field instead.

When in the text command right-click and select insert field.

In the field names list select DeselExpression.

In the diesel expression area type $(getenv, username)

[#6]

Yes Hensley, you are absolutely right, this saves the use of acad.lsp

thank you very much for your remark

Moshe

[#7]

Fantastic, thanks for this.

That has opened a few doors for me.

Gareth

[#8]

Thanks for responding.

I am just starting to look at .lsp files, didn't realise you could use them for things like this.

Gareth

[#9]

Hensley

I foolishly thought that when the username command took the current users username, that when another user opened the drawing it would keep the existing username. But it doesn't it overwrites with the other user (If that makes sense!)

What I am trying to achieve is that the creator of the drawing will always appear on the DWG file??

Can you help?

Gareth

[#10]

I don't know how to display who created the drawing. You can display who saved it last, if that helps. Or if you fill out the author field of the drawing properties (using DWGPROPS command) you can display that.

To display who saved a drawing last, instead of selecting DieselExpression select LastSavedBy.