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Position af a block inside polyline

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Position af a block inside polyline

Anonymous
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I really don't know if this is basic AutoCad or what? But I have a set of drawings (floorplans) of some large buildings.

All workstations (table, chair etc.) is set up as a block. Attributes are the number of the workstation and the initials of the current user.

When I extract the list I would love to include the position of the block, ie. where is it located within the building. I was thinking of drawing polylines around certain areas, and the extract would then need to include what polyline encloses the different blocks. Is this doable?

Or perhaps I need to work with coordinates etc?

I haven't got a lot of experience with this, so what I'm basically asking is, if it's doable for someone like me :cara_con_una_leve_sonrisa: 

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s.borello
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What 's your end game... what are you trying to achieve? 

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Kent1Cooper
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I don't know whether data extraction [which I have no experience with] can do a combined extraction of Attributes and insertion-point coordinates, but even if it could, I see potential problems.  The coordinates wouldn't likely be of much use by themselves, and I'm not sure there would be any way to tie them to a surrounding Polyline.  And if you have multiple floors, you would likely have areas that cover the same coordinates extent on more than one floor, so just the coordinates wouldn't tie a Block down as to where it is.

 

Probably the better way would be to add an Attribute to the Block definition for a room number.  That could then be extracted along with the other Attribute information, and would also cover which floor a Block is on, even if its insertion point is the same as one on another floor.

Kent Cooper, AIA

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Thanks a lot. My initial thought/hope was, that when I move or create a new block anywhere in the drawing, I would be able to get the position of that block in an extract, I can then use in Excel or Access.

But I might be overthinking this. Perhaps I can just name the workstations(blocks) according to their position in the drawing and kill 2 birds with one stone. After all we dont move the workstations around very often.

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s.borello
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I think you just gave yourself the solution... that's what I would do. 

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Anonymous
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My advice would the the same as @Kent1Cooper
Add and attribute for "Location" and when you have them places in a zone you want to separate from the rest, just highlight those blocks and in properties change that attribute.
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