File path location on the drawing template

[WillieArolf]

Hi,

Good day to all. I have a query.

We do have a std. template and would like to place a File Path location that will automatically search and place it in the drawing template/Title block.

How to do these in AutoCAD? I have attach a jpg as a reference on what we want.

[dmfrazier · Accepted solution]

(I'm not certain, but pretty sure this capability existed in 2012...)

Assuming you want the path/filename of the current file to appear there, I think what you're looking for is a FIELD (inserted in MText or in an AttDef).  The Field would point to the Filename property, and you can choose case and whether to include path, filename, extension.

[WillieArolf]

dmfrazier,

Thank you very much, appreciate your help.

[HSEQ7W8BW]

Would really appreciate some help on the below:

Is there a way to have a field show only a part of the file path?

To elaborate, I have a template folder that contains my cad file. For every new job I name the folder as such: Client_Address_JobDescription. Ideally, in my title block field I would like the field to automatically import the Client, address, and Job Description separately as such:

[dmfrazier]

Without delving into this more deeply (which I don't have time to do at present), I think you would have to do some "parsing" of your folder names. This might be done within the field object itself (maybe a DIESEL expression?), but it also might be done beforehand using LISP or some other application which would store the pieces in variables (or some-such) that a field or fields can be pointed to.

Consider posting a new request in the Customization group.