Search for unlinked fields

[sergio_panadero_bautista]

Hello everyone,

Reviewing some plans, I saw one text with "####" referring to an unliked field, but i cannot find it in my AutoCAD. I am looking for a way to search for these unlinked fields. I tried searching for #s, but it just keep looking for numbers.

Any idea of how to find these?

[imadHabash]

Hi,

@sergio_panadero_bautista 

You won't be able to reach for the original unlinked fields because the Field option now is broken either by deleting or disabling field option.

That field is now broken — the object or data it referenced is missing or renamed. For that AutoCAD replaces the field value with ####.

[sergio_panadero_bautista]

So there is no way of finding where are broken fields? Neither by searching a specific text or by quick select? I have a lot of texts and I would not like to search for broken fields 1 by 1

Thanks in advance

[pendean]

---

@sergio_panadero_bautista wrote:

So there is no way of finding where are broken fields? Neither by searching a specific text or by quick select? I have a lot of texts and I would not like to search for broken fields 1 by 1

---

Not in the core program as it is today. Sorry.

[imadHabash]

>> So there is no way of finding where are broken fields?

Yes.. thers is no way for that. how could you find not existing things!!!

[cadffm]

You can search for text content what incl. "#"

Command: (sssetfirst nil (ssget "_X" '((1 . "*`#*"))))
(nil <Selection set: 8d0>)

Command:

or in filter command, Text value *`#*

[AdammReilly]

That's only going to work for text that is already showing the #### content. If there's a field that used to reference data, it could still contain that data in the display and didn't update (usually before a regen that forces the content to update), so just be aware of the potential state of the fields when searching for the broken links.

[cadffm]

To make sure to understand:

It does display content (not #) AFTER a fieldupdate?

And if so: Di you delete this field target by native commands, or by custom tools?

I like to reproduce it.

If so, I think there is no out of the box way, but by programming.

Please describe a sample to replicate this on my side.

[cadffm]

Hi,

forget my last post, I confused you & TO.

@sergio_panadero_bautista 

Make sure you run a fieldupdate, before using one of my ways to find such # strings.