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text field in reference.dwg

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 15:56:05 GMT

Hi all you kind helpers

I have a problem with the textfields i use in my reference.dwgs.

I have many dwgs which i have to connect as reference in some "main"-dwgs.

The reference.dwgs have a textfield (document > filename) inside to show their names.

So far so good, it's ok. But if i reference these dwgs into my main.dwg, then the filenametextfield update with the name of the main.dwg.

But i need of course the names of the reference.dwgs. Is there a chance to fix this? Is this maybe a bug?

I have guessed it should be normal, that the field will only work directly for the dwg where it written. It should not change/update if it is only referenced into another dwg.

I can't change the system variables for this because this will be bad for all other projects.

I hope you can help me and i also hope that you can understand my bit rough english

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Re: text field in reference.dwg

imadHabash — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:07:59 GMT

Hi and Welcome to AutoDesk Forum,

>> Is there a chance to fix this? <<

Yes ... change FIELDVAL (system variable) to 0 (Zero) in your main.dwg.

>> I can't change the system variables for this because this will be bad for all other projects. <<

No..that's not true.in AutoCAD you can do what ever you wish since you know where to go.

Regards,

Re: text field in reference.dwg

Emmsleys — Tue, 02 May 2017 23:12:16 GMT

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Re: text field in reference.dwg

Anonymous — Tue, 09 May 2017 05:23:33 GMT

Good Morning

Thank you for your help

Sorry but i was so busy with my work i couldn't look to the forum. But the problem is still there.

I have tried the system variable FIELDEVAL and set it to "0"

I have recognized that this sv works only for the dwg where it is set, not for the whole acad-system. ok.

But this is also a problem and i will try to explain the scene:

I have 3 dwgs that need to be connected

Dwg "R1" : has text field "Filename" (=R1)

Dwg "R2" : has no own text field

Dwg "Base" : has text field "Filename" (=Base)

So now i have to reference R1 into R2 but of course the text field shall not be updated for R2. The text field filename shall still show the name of R1. So i set the FIELDEVAL to "0" inside "R2"dwg and seems to work. The name of R1 is shown inside R2.

Now then i have to reference the "R2" to "BASE"dwg. The text field filename of R1.dwg shall be there and also the text field name of Base.dwg.

The problem is that inside Base.dwg both text fileds will be updated or no one. But the R1-tf shall stay and show the name of R1 and only update with this (in R2.dwg it works) and the Base-tf shall update and show the name "Base".

Is there a code for FIELDEVAL which say that the textfield will only updated in reference to it's owner dwg?

For my oppinion fields normally should do this. They should only update with the dwgs where they are directly written and not if they are shown from a referenced dwg. (i have ubderlined this because i think this one sentence explains the whole problem).

In the acad help i fould a few codes for FIELDEVAL, but not the right one for this. Maybe there are more possibilities "hidden". The default "31" is also not described in the help.

Or another chance?

I hope my explainations sounds not to confused and you will unserstand it.

Best greetings

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