Separate text entered as an external attribute

[Anonymous]

I am trying to edit an imported dxf drawing created in SICAD. The text within has been entered as an external attribute. Is there any possibility to separate the text from the rest of the drawing that means to get a separate layer for the text? If I am trying to explode the block, the text simply disappears. Does anyone know of a way around this?

[Anonymous]

Are you trying to work in the DXF file, or are you saving it to a DWG first?
The TEXT may be disappearing because the layer it was created on in not ON
or THAWED, or the Text Style setting changed or something similar: have you
tried the usual remedies of turning on all layers, and setting all your text
styles to a defined setting?

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"liczner" wrote in message
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> I am trying to edit an imported dxf drawing created in SICAD. The text
within has been entered as an external attribute. Is there any possibility
to separate the text from the rest of the drawing that means to get a
separate layer for the text? If I am trying to explode the block, the text
simply disappears. Does anyone know of a way around this?

[Anonymous]

I'd use the BURST command or an equivalent, which changes the string
from an attribute to plain text. This is a Lisp routine, so it must be
run under a version of AutoCAD which supports Lisp. No way to do this
in base LT that I know of.

Martin

liczner wrote:

> I am trying to edit an imported dxf drawing created in SICAD. The text
> within has been entered as an external attribute. Is there any
> possibility to separate the text from the rest of the drawing that
> means to get a separate layer for the text? If I am trying to explode
> the block, the text simply disappears. Does anyone know of a way
> around this?