block attributes

[Anonymous]

I have a block which i need to use in many drawings in a day (block dwg attached). For one project I use same block for different drawing. Where following attributes value DRAWING TITLE, DRAWING TITLE LINE 2, OPTION CODE, SCALE, TOLERANCE SPEC, G.O. NUMBER, ECO NUMBER remain same for all drawings of 1 project. This values I get from one notepad file (project details.txt file attached). Currently I am doing - if in any drawing i want to use this block i copy this block from block.dwg file & then change all attributes one by one, if I am using this block in 10 drawing of 1 project then i have to change same attributes value in all 10 drawings.So i need a programme where I will use this notepad to udate the block. Please help Thanking you in anticipation

[Shneuph]

I think this could be avoided if you make your titleblock the way we do.  The titleblock is xrefed into all drawings.

There are 2 blocks:  1 has things like "Project Name, Customer Name, Project Number" which are the same for the entire project.  This block lives in the titleblock xref and all drawings will update if any of those values are changed.

2nd has things like "Sheet Name, Sheet Number, etc." and those values can be changed in each individual sheet.

I think if you set up your titleblock similarly your problem will be solved.

[john.uhden]

shneuph ( I don't know how to pronounce it... shnoof?) has advised you wisely. Also with Sheet Set Manager and fields you can number your drawings easily and publish the entire drawing set to one DWF file. It is so neat.

[Anonymous]

I think the two man answer before me can be the accepted solutions

You can use the Acad untility "Sheet Set Manager" .There are many integrated function you can use easily.in addition you can customized your title block easily by using fields.The common attribute you use"DRAWING TITLE, DRAWING TITLE LINE 2, OPTION CODE, SCALE, TOLERANCE SPEC, G.O. NUMBER, ECO NUMBER" can be extracted and you can edit them only one time for all the project drawings.If you are not familiar with the Sheet Set Manager you can read the Acad user guide for more help.

If you really want to using notepad to control the comon block attribute for the project.Hope for some  sophisticated driver to programme for you