Script for EditAtts (on AutoCAD 2016)

[Anonymous]

May I ask, how come the script provided below is not working on AutoCAD 2016 when I am trying to edit the attributes on a block?

(load "EditAtts")
(EditAtts "PSA_TBLOCK" "Deg.No.." "")
(EditAtts "PSA_TBLOCK" "Line 1" "")
(EditAtts "PSA_TBLOCK" "Line 2" "")
(EditAtts "PSA_TBLOCK" "Line 3" "") 
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The last time I used this was on AutoCAD 2013 or 2014 (a year ago).

Thank you,

[ambrosl · Accepted solution]

When you run the script in AutoCAD 2016, what happens and where does it fail?  The script itself might not be the problem, the AutoLISP routine itself might be the source of the actual reason why it won't run.  There are some security changes with AutoCAD 2016 that you might need to address if you haven't already prior to getting your AutoLISP routine to execute.

The path of the AutoLISP file needs to be added to the Support File Search Path and Trusted Locations on the Files tab of the Options dialog box.  When the AutoLISP file is loaded the first time, make sure you Allow the file to be loaded each time going forward.

It is also possible something has changed that could be affecting the functions or commands used in the AutoLISP routine, but without the source code it would be hard to tell.  Does your AutoLISP routine use the OSNAP function?  The changes to the AutoLISP environment for AutoCAD 2014 and later can be found here:

• http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-31FD1A96-C002-434E-8684-63D50BE0CF94
• http://help.autodesk.com/view/OARX/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-037BF4D4-755E-4A5C-8136-80E85CCEDF3E

[Anonymous]

Now I understand. No wonder the script I was pasting on the command line was not working. 

Apparently, the path of an AutoLISP was not added. The AutoCAD 2016 software was just newly installed.

I learned something new today. The links you have provided were helpful. Thank you. It took me a while to respond as I went through the link, watched tutorial videos regarding AutoLISP, and tried to solve the problem.

p.s. The errors were:

;error: LOAD failed: "EditAtts"

;error: no function definition: EditAtts