Automatization of a block

[Anonymous]

First of all, sorry for my terrible english.

I work designing industrial electrical panels and need to create a smarter TAG system than just placing them manually, I believe LISP is the most suitable tool but I don't have enough knowledge for that, I currently use blocks and name the phases as "L1 ", "L2" and "L3" and number them as they pass through a switching device.

Ex: "L1-01" passes through the "Q1" breaker and becomes "L1-02" and so on for each of the phases.

Is there any way to make this TAG's system become automated and also self-listing in an excel document? Thank you in advance for any response and help regarding this topic

I'm sending an exemple in attach

[pendean]

While you wait... If I may ask, are you using plain AutoCAD (your file says you are using a 3rd party CAD program for some reason) or a version designed for your industry like AutoCADELECTRICAL and the tasks you seem to do often? AutoCADELECTRICAL is free to use with any current subscription of AutoCAD https://www.autodesk.com/products/autocad/included-toolsets/autocad-electrical

I don't think AutoCADMEP is the correct tool but it could be, also free with a subscription https://www.autodesk.com/products/autocad/included-toolsets/autocad-mep

[Anonymous]

This project is a example that i made with SolidWorks Electrical and exported to .dwg format, but i have to come back to AutoCad and i'm trying to use some things that i saw there, i've never tested autocad electrical version, my license is the trial license for now, but if the electrical version of autocad do this task i'll use it

[pendean]

You can grab a trial of AutoCADELECTRICAL and MEP from the links I posted in my first reply.

You'll get more focused replies on your transition needs in the AutoCAD ELECTRICAL forum here https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-electrical/ct-p/2035

and if you opt to test drive MEP that forum is over here https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-mep/ct-p/2036

[3wood · Accepted solution]

You can insert the tag with same attribute "L1-01" first.

Then draw a reference polyline as a path go pass all tags to be renumbered.

Then select all tag blocks with "select similar" and use ALTEXT to change their number sequence "Along paths".

Because tags with value of L2-01 and L3-01 should be excluded, you can set up a matching rule in "Only apply to" to tell the add-on only change attributes of "L1-*".