select and insert notes

[avoAJ9DS]

I require a third-party solution or software for my projects.

I have various types of notes such as general, construction, demo, new, and more, and I can't use the same notes for all my projects.

I need an app, software, or any idea for creating a table of all notes and inserting it into CAD with the option for selection.

Any suggestions?

Thank you 

[LDShaw · Accepted solution]

Could you use RTF files or design center to keep track of all your notes or do you need some sort of block manager?

https://apps.autodesk.com/All/en/List/Search?isAppSearch=True&searchboxstore=All&facet=&collection=&...

[ec-cad · Accepted solution]

Here's a program I wrote many years ago for a package called 'EC-CAD', Electrical Controls CAD.

You will need a folder on your C: drive ........C:\ec\notes

Load the 'notes.lsp', and function call is INS_NOTES

Copy (unzip) there. See the Help drawing for what to do.

You'll need to make 'drawings' of your notes, or Wblock them.

Let me know if you have trouble.

ECCAD

[scot-65 · Accepted solution]

@avoAJ9DS 

There is also Tool Palettes.

Building is easy. Maintaining not quite as easy.

This type of question asked several times that I can think of.

Each time I think thru a solution. But never created a template as such.

Conceptually:

A dialog box contains 2 list boxes.

The first list box contains a list of sub-directories [parent] (similar to tool palette tabs).

The second list box is a list of items [children] for the selected item in list box 1.

To define the sub-directory list: A separate "CFG" file is written and will be read when utility is called.

The CFG file has one complete path for each parent, on it's own separate line.

One can structure this into an INI format, and parse as needed:

General=C:\\My\\Library\\General

Demo=C:\\My\\Library\\Demo

This method allows for editing and expansion as needed over time without having to rewrite the LSP file.

Another method:

Create separate DWG files as a "dumping ground" for all the blocks in each category.

Either create commands in the CUI or create lines in the tool palettes that will launch a separate instance of AutoCAD:

^C^C^P(startapp "acad.exe" (strcat "\"" "C:\\My\\Library\\GeneralLibrary.dwg" "\""))

"acadLT.exe" can also be used.

Copy-clip between drawings.