topic Re: Drop down options in Attribute dialogue box in AutoCAD Forum

Drop down options in Attribute dialogue box

crawfordscott — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 23:25:54 GMT

Is it possible to add drop downs to the attribute dialogue box.

Attached is an example of what I am looking for

There is a free App in the store "Open Spatial: Attributor Block Tag Drop Down Lists"

that does this but unfortunately working for the UK government were not allowed to download anything.

Can this be done when setting up attributes in a block.

Re: Drop down options in Attribute dialogue box

CraigP_ — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 23:55:09 GMT

This would be nice to have.

Re: Drop down options in Attribute dialogue box

Ed__Jobe — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 01:02:05 GMT

Have you tried using the PROPERTIES palette? All you have to do is select a block and all the attributes are listed. But I suppose you have specific blocks that you want to use a list for specific attributes? Unfortunately, you can not customize AutoCAD dialogs. But you can use lisp to make your own block editor dialog. You would need to prompt the user for a block and then depending on the block name, you could use a specific dialog just for that block. It would be a nice project for learning to program.

Re: Drop down options in Attribute dialogue box

paullimapa — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:22:17 GMT

AutoCAD Attribute Definitions setup with multilines will give you dots there to edit additional lines but won’t give you a drop down menu

Re: Drop down options in Attribute dialogue box

crawfordscott — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 10:06:46 GMT

Thanks for that. I suspected you couldn,t do it