Attribute Extraction Issues

[liamrobertsSP]

I am trying to extract information on blocks from a drawing to create an order sheet. Attached is the template I have put together and also a screenshot of the block reference I am trying to take the attributes from. 

Once I select the template file to export using there is no option to generate the text file. I just get no further action.

[maxim_k]

Hi @liamrobertsSP ,

I think that the fields which represent block information - BL:NAME BL:LAYER and BL:NUMBER in your case - should be at the beginning of the template file. Attribute fields should follow BL: fields.

For example:

BL:NAME C020000
BL:LAYER C100000
BL:NUMBER C100000
PL202J C010000
S-Code C100000
UNIT_TYPE C010000
POWER C010000

Try to correct the template.

BTW - what do you see in the Command window after you select the Template file?

[liamrobertsSP]

Thank you, I changed the template and it hasn't worked, unfortunately. I have attached a template I use for coordinate extraction which works as expected when I run it. 

I get nothing back at all from the programme once I select the template file (the first one I posted). 

The second template attached is the first with the added information I want in this new case. 

[liamrobertsSP]

Hello @maxim_k .

Thank you, I changed the template and it hasn't worked, unfortunately. I have attached a template I use for coordinate extraction which works as expected when I run it. 

I get nothing back at all from the programme once I select the template file (the first one I posted). 

The second template attached is the first with the added information I want in this new case. 

[maxim_k]

Can you share your block?

I will try to figure out what happens.

[liamrobertsSP]

Of course, attached below. 

Sorry for the delay.

[maxim_k]

@liamrobertsSP ,

You attached your drawing in wrong place.

See my answer >>>>HERE<<<<

[liamrobertsSP]

Sorry @maxim_k that was a different block I am having some other issues on the stretching of (I can't get the attributes tos tay in the middle).

The correct block for data extraction is here. 

[maxim_k]

Hi @liamrobertsSP ,

There is a mistake in your template, in "Block counter".

In your template it is: BL:NUMBER C100000 (C- character data), but should be: BL:NUMBER N100000 (N - numeric data).

That is why I asked what do you see in the command window.

If I use your template, AutoCAD reports in the Command window:

** Invalid field specification:
BL:NUMBER C100000

If you change "BL:NUMBER C100000" to "BL:NUMBER N100000" - everything works fine.