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QuickSelect points by attribute (Code)

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:31:59 GMT

Hello. I want to know if there is a way in autocad to quick select points by one of their attribute values (Such as Code).

In the picture below I hope you will understand what I want to select.

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cadffm — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:47:42 GMT

Program extension or just command FIND, check the available options there.

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Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:01:09 GMT

If i use the FIND function it only selects the Text whilst i need the point with the attribute IP to be selected

Re: QuickSelect points by attribute (Code)

ChicagoLooper — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:08:50 GMT

If you want to select all blocks where the attribute COD = IP I don't know a way in Vanilla AutoCAD. You can however, successfully do it in Map 3D by running a query which would focus on an attribute of your choice and isolate, or select, only those blocks where there attribute equals IP.

The closest operation in Vanilla AutoCAD would be DATAEXTRACTON command where you run a wizard on the properties of blocks in your drawing and end up with a spreadsheet. The wizard has 8 windows, or pages, and at the end, you can end up with a spreadsheet with columns. The spreadsheet could easily be customized to include properties such as: Block name, x-position, y-position, DENPCT, COTA, COD, layer.

Re: QuickSelect points by attribute (Code)

dbroad — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:28:13 GMT

Since it appears that each point object that you want to select is near 2 other objects which may be unrelated by layer or color or time of position within the database, it would seem only possible to do with a custom program that would make a collection of text with the attributes desired and then scan for points near those attributes with the hope that the closest point would relate to that attribute.

If you want to continue using AutoCAD rather than Map, I suggest building blocks that truly have attributes along with the other geometry. Then dataextraction is easy and can be filtered. Building a custom program to filter blocks by attribute values and return a selection set would be trivial compared to your current task.

Re: QuickSelect points by attribute (Code)

connordaly2001 — Thu, 25 May 2023 11:02:04 GMT

ENTER 'FIND' COMMAND
UNDER THE 'FIND WHAT' LINE, ENTER YOUR ATRIBUTE NAME (E.G. IP)
SELECT THE 'LIST RESULTS TICK BOX'
CLICK THE EXTEND WIDOW ARROW AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW
UNDER THE 'TEXT TYPES SECTION' SELECT ' BLOCK ATRIBULTE VALUE'
IN THE SEARCH OPTIONS I LIKE TO KEEP 'SEARCH BLOCKS' AND SEACH 'XREFS' TICKED
CLICK 'FIND' AND A LIST OF YOUR FILTERS POINTS WILL APPEAR
AT THE SIDE OF THE WIDOW SELECT 'CREATE SELECTION SET (ALL)'

HOPE THIS HELPS : )

Re: QuickSelect points by attribute (Code)

annamariapapoutsi — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 09:17:45 GMT

THIS IS HELPUL!
BUT WHEN YOU FIND THE POINTS YOU WANT HOW DO YOU COPY OR CUT THEM ?
I ASK BECAUSE WHEN I SELECT THEM FROM 'CREATE SELECTION SET (ALL)' IT SELECTS ONLY THE DECRIPTIONS BUT NOT THE POINTS.