DATA EXTRACTION - count amount of blocks - in Autocad

[Anonymous]

Hi!

I am trying to find out how I can make a table of excel sheet with the amount of blocks that I have used in a drawing.

All the solutions I can find on the internet do not work on my AutoCAD2018 version.. (Like DATAEXTRACTION is no function in this version)

Until now I always clicked on a block > select similar - and then I saw how many of the same blocks where used in the drawing.. But this take up a lot of time and I want to make a excel sheet of this.

Can you help me out?

[cadffm]

>Like DATAEXTRACTION is no function in this version

Then you have NOT AutoCAD2018

Command: ABOUT will show you the productname and the productversion in detail

[vinodkl]

Here is one of the lisp by Lee mac which I use to count the block. You could output the count as table, CSV file or text file. 

[Anonymous]

Yes Indeed I mean that DATA EXTRACTION is no function. Or it is impossible to find..

I have Autocad 2018 for MAC, maybe that is the problem?

[Anonymous]

Thanks, but I can't open this file

[vinodkl]

Hi,

You are not supposed to open the file. In the AutoCAD type in the command APPLOAD and browse the .lsp file which you downloaded and then click on load. You will be able to see a message in the dialog box saying the lisp has been loaded successfully.

Now type in the command "COUNT" and select the blocks to count.

For setting a different output type in the command "COUNTSETTINGS" and select the preferred output.

BTW are you using AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT?

If its LT, then you can load the lisp.

[cadffm]

FOR MAC is another Version as Autocad (for windows)

And we have a special board FOR MAC versions here.

It's important because there are not all commands and programming features available.

Sorry, i am out

EDIT:

https://forums.autodesk.com/

--> https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac/ct-p/4051

----> https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/bd-p/520

Take a look to this search-result:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?advanced=false&allow_punctuation=false&...

[nikm42Q9N]

Data Extraction is in MAC its just not a wizard style. You need to make a temple in notepad and then use the command "-attext" basically the old school way of data extraction.

[cadffm]

@Anonymous 

If Attext works (similar to acads window version

For non dynamic, but attributet blocks, start -ATTEXT

in this dwg and with this sample template for attext.

Sample, click me