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Is there a faster way to copy attribute values between AutoCAD drawings?

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 17:22:59 GMT

Is there a faster way to copy the info in my title block (attribute: SHT_TITLE1) in 10047429 and copy it to the new title block in Drawing1 (attibutes: DRAWING-TITLE-LINE-1,2,3,etc.)? Attached the documents if anyone wants to try it out.

Asking because I got to do this for 200 drawings and I'm wondering if there's a faster way to do this then copying and pasting. Any help would be much appreciated.

@Anonymous

john.vellek has edited your subject line for clarity: Is there a faster way?

Re: Is there a faster way to copy attribute values between AutoCAD drawings?

murray-clack — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 17:23:14 GMT

Long answer short... "No"

The attribute in 10047429.dwg is a single multi-line attribute whereas in "Drawing1.dwg" they are three separate attributes, so there is no way to "transfer" the information from one title-block to the other.

Re: Is there a faster way to copy attribute values between AutoCAD drawings?

imadHabash — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 17:23:28 GMT

Hi,

>> Is there a faster way to copy the info in my title block

under this condition ( from sheet to sheet and for 200 .dwg file ) the answer is NO .

>> I'm wondering if there's a faster way to do this then copying and pasting.

Sorry .. this is your second same post from last Tuesday >> Click << !!! i think if you start to copy and paste ( as you said ) i can tell that your mission is accomplished now . 🙂

Regards,

Re: Is there a faster way to copy attribute values between AutoCAD drawings?

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 18:08:55 GMT

There's not even a macro or command or set of commands to speed this up or is it really just a grind it out kind of thing? As of right now I'm just copying the text in the first sheet and then pasting it in the second one and cutting it up from the first attribute and pasting it down.

Re: Is there a faster way to copy attribute values between AutoCAD drawings?

murray-clack — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 18:15:31 GMT

If the attribute tags were identical, and both title-sheet blocks were called the same thing, you could use AutoCAD's Design Center palette to "Redefine Only" so that the the geometry of the old title-sheet takes on the look and properties of the new title-sheet

Re: Is there a faster way to copy attribute values between AutoCAD drawings?

murray-clack — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 18:17:19 GMT

***UPDATE***

What you COULD do is blow away attributes 2 & 3 and then convert the first one to a multiline attribute, and then you only have to copy and paste into ONE attribute

Re: Is there a faster way to copy attribute values between AutoCAD drawings?

john.vellek — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 18:31:57 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

If this is something you do frequently maybe you should create a small set of drawings for this information that can be copied project to project. Then you could xref into titleblocks/sheets as necessary. This would not be as good as using SheetSets to manage it but perhaps another option.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Is there a faster way to copy attribute values between AutoCAD drawings?

john.vellek — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 22:14:08 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I am coming back to your thread to see if the issue or question you posed has been resolved. If so, please mark the post or posts as Solution(s) to help others find the answer quickly. If your issue persists, please give me a bit more detail on this issue so we can continue to work towards getting this solved.