Macro, Blocks and Annotation Plot Size

[paliitali]

Hi,

I was wondering if it is possible to have a macro that will bring in a specific block "Roof Drain" from a specific drawing "C:\data\Blocks.dwg" and multiply this block by the "Annotation Plot Size"?

I know i can make a macro using the command -insert, but when i use this command, it asks for the blocks name, the insertion point, the scale, and then it will insert the block into the drawing. so i am trying to find a way where the macro will insert the block into a drawing without any questions, and it will multiply the block by the drawings "Annotation Plot Size".

My purpose behind all of this is to have a dynamic block scale according to the annotation scale x the annotation plot size. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance

[Anonymous]

It is possible to get the Annotation Plot Size value. How are you writing the "macro"? If you are using VBA, you may be able to access the data more elegantly that in AutoLISP, but sadly my experience is mostly with LISP.

(cdr (assoc 42 (dictsearch (cdr (assoc -1 (dictsearch (namedobjdict) "AEC_VARS"))) "AEC_VARS_DWG_SETUP")))

should return the Annotation Plot Size value, which you could save to a variable and then use to calculate the scale for the INSERT command. I will say I have not done anything with dynamic blocks, and have not tried to apply any sort of additional scaling to annotative content using the INSERT command, so I can not say one way or the other whether having access to the value will be of much use.

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David Koch
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[cshaw]

This is great David. Now can you help with the code to set it? I would like to set the annotation plot size (42) using lisp.

Any help would be great.

Craig Shaw cshaw@cuh2a.com
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