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Change text styles across multiple dwg files

jamaine.murphy — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 19:31:54 GMT

Hello Community,

Is there a tool/lisp/routine availble to perform a mass textstyle properties change across multiple dwgs?

I'm looking to change the font type for a specific textstyle across all my dwgs. Is there a way to do this without going into every dwg file and changing it manually?

Re: Change text styles across multiple dwg files

pendean — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:57:15 GMT

You need to know the STYLE name inside each DWG file.
You need to know the new font name to substitute.
Then you can write a script file, and use a batch script processor to run it across as many DWG files are you need.

How far did you get so far in your testing in one DWG file?

Re: Change text styles across multiple dwg files

jamaine.murphy — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:08:37 GMT

Ah okay. So its possible, kewl.

However, I've no idea how to do what you've suggested.

Could you point me in the right direction to do this.

Re: Change text styles across multiple dwg files

pendean — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 13:23:57 GMT

HELP is a good place to start learning about SCRIPT file creation https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2023/ENU/?guid=GUID-BE44AE86-7638-48C9-BE5B-C1DF8E4C8808
This online tutorial is less technical https://xlncad.com/scripting-in-autocad/

Here is n online tutorial about using a script batch processor with your successfully tested SCRIPT file https://www.cad-notes.com/run-a-script-on-multiple-dwg-with-scriptpro/

Re: Change text styles across multiple dwg files

TerryDotson — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:56:46 GMT

If you were to consider third party add-ons, DotSoft's ToolPac contains a Style Merge tool that works across multiple drawings. The files are not actually opened in the editor meaning extremely fast processing versus scripting.