topic Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT in AutoCAD LT Forum

Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

syanchuck — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 22:07:39 GMT

Trying to change value on the "Drawing Properties, but it won't work. Could you please help me?

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

pendean — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:01:26 GMT

What doesn't work exactly? Explain, elaborate, what did you use and what was the result.
What OS are you using? MacOS does not have "drawing properties" for example. If that is what you are using you are also in the wrong forum.

TIA

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

syanchuck — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:59:36 GMT

Here is the template drawing. I want to create to my client the similar one.

But that template I've created by the Standard AutoCAD.

If I add a page, I am going to:
Drawing Utility--->Drawing Property--->Custom:

Drawing Properties

Here I can add the total sheets number, so I don't need to go to every single sheet for the changing total number.

That function doesn't work now.

My question:

Is it because LT doesn't have this function or because I didn't something wrong?

I don't have Standard AutoCAD, do not have an option to check if it works on the Standard AutoCAD.

Thanks in advance!

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

syanchuck — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:01:35 GMT

Sorry, didn't mentioned, working on Windows 10

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

pendean — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:21:15 GMT

You did not quite explain, what is stopping you from doing that in LT?

Are you perhaps asking about extracting that data perhaps?

I can add any entry I want there in AutoCADLT here, no issues:

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

steven-g — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:33:55 GMT

Your drawing layouts use a block that presumably needs to show this sheet number. Unfortunately, that block isn't set up to show that dwgprops information, you would need to add a field either directly to your block or within an attribute, your title block now just contains a plain text item?

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

syanchuck — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:35:31 GMT

If I change Total sheet here:

then doing "regen". After that Total Sheet supposed to be changed here:

However it won't work.

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

pendean — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:38:23 GMT

Is that a field in your titleblock? It does not appear to be, looks like someone exploded it.
What is it referencing/where is it getting info from if it is a field?

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

steven-g — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:42:14 GMT

There is no link the 4 in your title is just plain text in an attribute, maybe at some point you had a field in there but looks like maybe someone edited the block because it isn't in the block definition either.

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

syanchuck — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:14:02 GMT

Oh, how comes...

Thank you both, Steven and Pendean!

Could you please remind me, how to create the reference now?

Thanks!

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

pendean — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:24:14 GMT

FIELD command (not references) is explained here https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-lt/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/AutoCAD-LT/files/GUID-742C92C3-1284-4722-B650-C46F9191C701-htm.html
and this older video https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-mep/learn-explore/caas/screencast/Main/Details/367f64b0-354f-4321-a703-e614938a62f3.html

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

steven-g — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:28:16 GMT

Open the block in block editor. Double click on the attribute and then where the "4" is delete the 4 and then right-click and choose 'field', from the list on the left hand side go all the way to the bottom to find the dwgprop total-sht. Now save the block and in your drawing run attsync and select the title block to update the information, (possibly you might need to reinsert the title block). Then when you make the change in your dwgprops you will need to do a regen.

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

syanchuck — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:19:17 GMT

Hi Steven,
Thank you for your solution.

I found "Field":

But on the Block Editor I don't have "4", only the attribute:

And if I delete that attribute, not clear where I DoubleClick.

Thanks in advance for clarifying.

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

steven-g — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:44:04 GMT

No don't delete the attribute, double-click on the attribute and delete just the number 4 that is in the attribute default, then right-click in that default box and select insert field, it is here that you place the field value you have found.

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

syanchuck — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 23:49:15 GMT

It works on the attribute but it does not work inside of Block editor. It let to insert the field, but finally it is not catching up.

I will accept your solution on the end of the day, but I wanted to find out why it doesn't work inside Block Editor.

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

steven-g — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 06:15:50 GMT

Works just fine here. Did you save the changes to the block and did you run the attsync command after making the changes, once you have done that then you should see a slight greyish background color around the number (this indicates that the text is now a field). When you make changes to the dwgprops you will need to run the 'regen' command in order for the fields to update in the title block. See the attached.

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

syanchuck — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 01:30:53 GMT

I to do the same with "REVISION", it works from outside of BLOCK EDITOR, but from inside it doesn't. Will try to check it Monday. I can't do it from home.

Thank you anyways, since I can use it.

Will let you know Monday.

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

syanchuck — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 17:22:36 GMT

Once again, I am trying to understand why it doesn't work inside of Block Editor.
Went there again, inserted "Field" and then, I got that:

And then I simply pushing "Enter". After that I am saving the Block Changes (by the way, Block Test is not working). So, I am testing my changes outside of the block editor, but the "Field" is still not inserted.

Trying to understand what's the issue...

Is that reason why

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

steven-g — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:32:14 GMT

Have you run the 'attsync' command, any existing blocks don't automatically update you have to run attsync and select one of the existing blocks, this causes the block to recognise that you have changed an attribute setting in the block editor. Plus after you make changes to the dwgprops you need to run regen.

Re: Drawing Properties are not working on AutoCAD LT

syanchuck — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 23:57:25 GMT

Yes, I did. That is useful command for updating all other attributes, however the "Field" function still doesn't work inside Block Editor. That is not very important, I fixed everting from outside of Block Editor.
Still need to figure out how to where to find Sheet number:

I wanted to insert "sheet layout name" as a sheet number, but I don't know what Prop to select.

Will be very appreciated you for your help!