topic Re: Dynamic door block with attribute in AutoCAD LT Forum

Dynamic door block with attribute

YoshiCoolen — Wed, 17 May 2023 07:06:54 GMT

Hello everyone, I made a handy door block.
However, the attribute gives the wrong info.
I want the attribute to show the door width.
In this block he gives the wall opening.
But I don't need that information.

Re: Dynamic door block with attribute

h_s_walker — Wed, 17 May 2023 08:34:27 GMT

What I would do is add a line between the door frame and add that to your door width stretch and use a field to reference the length of that line OR

Just add a dimension to the door width, and add it to the stretch and hide all non relevant lines. If you do that the distance will update in real time instead of you having to regenerate it.

Re: Dynamic door block with attribute

YoshiCoolen — Wed, 17 May 2023 09:17:30 GMT

Wow @h_s_walkerthis was already very helpful.
Since sometimes I don't have the patience to regenerate.
But if I rotate the block, the measure will automatically change text direction. Is it possible to turn off the text direction?

Re: Dynamic door block with attribute

h_s_walker — Wed, 17 May 2023 09:18:34 GMT

Post the updated block so we can have a look at it

Re: Dynamic door block with attribute

YoshiCoolen — Wed, 17 May 2023 09:52:54 GMT

The updated block.

Re: Dynamic door block with attribute

cadffm — Wed, 17 May 2023 10:37:35 GMT

Offtopic:

You should re-create this block, this time: CLEAN length&coordinates.

Especially for Blocks, Layouts and other kind of "templates" you should spend some time more,

becaue you will use it often in the feature.

[F1] LUPREC / AUPREC

Re: Dynamic door block with attribute

h_s_walker — Wed, 17 May 2023 11:16:33 GMT

@YoshiCoolen See the image below (red ringed items).

If you want the El text to stay horizontal I would add the text to the dimension text