topic Help with BCOUNT, ATTRIBUTE, DYNAMIC BLOCKS in AutoCAD Forum

Help with BCOUNT, ATTRIBUTE, DYNAMIC BLOCKS

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:57:07 GMT

So for my job we have a massive selection of shelving bays from different sizes that need to show their size in the middle of the block with text ex: "24x96" so I created a dynamic block that can be any size wide and length. Than you double click on the text and type in whatver you made the block to. The problem is that when I do a BCOUNT it doesn't tell me how many shelving units of each width and length I have like it would if it each size shelf was it's own block. Is there a way with attributes that work with dynamic blocks and bcount where this can be done or some other way?

Example: 42 (24x96) Blocks
23 (44X96) Blocks

4 (32x54) Blocks

Re: Help with BCOUNT, ATTRIBUTE, DYNAMIC BLOCKS

dbroad — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:34:03 GMT

BCOUNT is an Express Tool, written long before dynamic blocks became available. Have you tried data extraction?

Re: Help with BCOUNT, ATTRIBUTE, DYNAMIC BLOCKS

dmfrazier — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:41:08 GMT

Here is an example of a custom program that will do (sort of) what you want:

http://www.lee-mac.com/dynamicblockcounter.html

To use this particular program, you would have to modify your DB so that the different sizes were represented by visibility states (which may or may not be feasible).

I found this among several other hits by Googling "autocad count dynamic blocks". You might find something better if you give that a try.

Re: Help with BCOUNT, ATTRIBUTE, DYNAMIC BLOCKS

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:04:45 GMT

No I have not I will give it a try. How would I get the data into the dynamic block

Re: Help with BCOUNT, ATTRIBUTE, DYNAMIC BLOCKS

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:39:50 GMT

That worked. It does take a lot more clicks to get the info but it does show me how many blocks and what ones have the same attribute in them

Re: Help with BCOUNT, ATTRIBUTE, DYNAMIC BLOCKS

sthompson1021 — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:37:37 GMT

Data extraction is a good tool to use but if you want just a quick count of how many 24x36 shelves you have, you can use the FIND command. Just type in 24x36 and then replace with 24x36. Make sure you have the list results box checked.

Re: Help with BCOUNT, ATTRIBUTE, DYNAMIC BLOCKS

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:48:42 GMT

Thanks that worked too