AutoCAD 2010 :: Click To Highlight All Instances Of Block
Feb 7, 2013
I was wondering if there exists an Autocad command that would allow the user to click an object, and then "highlight" all instances of the object. Refer to the attached pdf -hopefully it can convey what my words cannot.
For example:
The block name is "resistor" and there are 10 instances of this block. When I click the block "resistor", a dialog box will open, displaying the 10 "resistor" blocks.
When I select one of the ten "resister" blocks, that block will become highlighted. The reason for this is that I am building a very large electrical drawing, and this feature would make it infinitely easier to navigate. I know this feature exists in Matlab and I was wondering if Autocad allows for this kind of command.
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Dec 5, 2013
I'd like to delete all symbol instances on a click event, the
sym.getSymbol("SymbolDefinitionName").deleteSymbol();
only works on one symbol, and I've tried combining it with both
sym.getComposition().getSymbols("SymbolDefinitionName");
and
sym.getSymbolElement().children();
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Jan 10, 2012
I'm sure I've seen it here before and have probaly forgotten how to do something that is simple although how do I change an inserted block (A) into block B? i.e. if I select 1000 instances of Block_A I want them to all be converted into Block_B (without editing Block_A) where Block_b is already defined in the CAD file.
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Aug 2, 2008
I have a block with an attribute and need to change the first three characters of each to a different two characters. I recall my instructor once showing me how i could do this easily without having to click on each block to change the attribute.
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Feb 15, 2013
I have two menus that I use often and I would like to add them to my mouse buttons. Attached is a picture of the two menus I like and the two buttons. The Shift + Click has the correct menu already (Osnap menu2) my problem is adding my custom menu to the CTRL + Click doesn't work. I labeled Osnap Menu 1 and 2, 1 being the custom menu I have use in the past and 2 being the default osnap menu that comes with the cui file. How to get the second button to read my menu rather than both read the same osnap 2 menu?
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Jun 1, 2010
how I can disable the feature that highlights external references when they are selected in the xref manager. When large drawings are referenced (and many of them), selecting references in the xref manager takes a lot of wasted time. It seems like each xref needs to regen just to select it in the manager. I know which referenced drawings I want to select and I don't need the visual clues, so I'd like to dump that feature if at all possible.
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Jul 11, 2011
Arcticad gave me code to work out the right keywords to search for. The only google hit was a chinese website.I added it to his/her code but didn't delete any of the existing handlers just in case.
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.RuntimeImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServicesImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServicesImports AcApp = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.ApplicationImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInput<Assembly: ExtensionApplication(GetType(VbExtApp))> Public Class VbExtApp Implements Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime.IExtensionApplication Private DocMan As DocumentCollection 'Initialize sub.
[code]....
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Feb 26, 2013
I wrote a couple of functions one of them creates a block with a Name let say "MyBlock".
I wrote a command "MyBlockEdit" where the selected block attribute data is displayed in a custom form to change some of the properties.
Now I want to add the folowing function:
When a block with the blockname "MyBlock" is doubleclicked the command "MyBlockEdit" is triggered in place of the attribute editor.
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Sep 6, 2013
When I edit a block in place, REFEDIT toolbar pops up. This is good.
But why even I clicked "Add to working set" button on the toolbar, it still asks me select "Add" in command line?
Apparently I already selected "Add" button.
Is there a way to skip this command line option?
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Aug 13, 2012
Is it possible, via whatever methods (lisp?) to be able to have a premade block with an attribute and insert it into a drawing then assign a value to it by selecting another existing block in the drawing and using one of its own attribute’s values?
For example, say I have a block representing a telephone and it had an attribute called "PhoneNo" and I inserted it into a drawing showing an office floor plan that had blocks in each office space that are telephone junction boxes with attributes "PhoneExtension". I would like to be able to autocomplete the entering of the “PhoneNo” data by selecting one of the telephone junction boxes in the drawing and using its attribute’s value.
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Oct 28, 2013
I have created a dynamic block with a stretch, flip and rotate. Everything works great in its file. When I insert it in another file, the grips move but the block does not change.
AutoCAD 2014
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Feb 15, 2012
We have a title block and border which is used in MS. If this is referenced using AMTITLE then it acts as expected. We issue these to some external people to create our drawings but they have been using CTRL-C and V to place them in a new drawing. ACAD does now not see them as a Title block or border but as blocks. We have a process to bring DWG's into SAP and this will check for a title block and border.
The issue is we need to fix these drawings and currently this means removing the borders and title blocks and placing new ones then adding all the attributes again. Is there a way to convert the blocks back to how they should be?
AutoCADM 2011 SP2
XP 32-Bit SP3
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Feb 19, 2013
I must be using the Enhanced attribute editor the wrong way. Every time I double click the attribute block the enhanced attribute editor opens the dialog box and I have to resize it so a can see all my tags. Then I have to click the tag I want to change then click the value to change it. To change a different tag I have to repeat that process over and over. It makes attributes a complete waste of time. It’s faster to change Mtext or Dtext. I must be doing something wrong. Is there a way to get the dialog box in the image to pop up when I double click the attribute block?
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Mar 1, 2012
I have a user in my group that is hesitant to upgrade to 2012 because , he has many lisp routines that are associated with the PREVIOUS selection feature. This selection is very useful in that when you are moving or selecting many objects you can enter P for previous and the object will be selected.
In 2009, when you select objects then hit escape, then try to execute a command requesting to use the Previous, AutoCAD will remember the last selected object and then highlight it.
In 2012, when you select objects then hit escape, then try to execute a command using P for previous, it will not highlight the previous object selected but will highlight the previous object where a command was executed on.
Hope I haven't lost you. It seems there should be a setting under SELECTION of how to manipulate the Previous selection feature.
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Oct 2, 2013
2014. In help, it says to "Click Insert tab-Block Definition panel-Manage Attributes" In my display, when clicking the Insert tab, I only have a "Block" panel, not a "Block Definition" panel. Trying to get to the Sync command.
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Aug 15, 2013
I have a block (room info) that has five line os text with attributes that display grips which allow them to be moved in whatever drawing I put them in. Within that block there is a little polyline that is the square with a dash through it to represent sq. ft. that I made into a seperate block ( sq ft tick). The room info block part of it works great in all my drawings, but the darn sq ft tick block within the room info block won't budge! I have tried giving it a seperate insertion point and giving that block its own attribute, but no luck.
Is there any way to have a block within a block that has the same ability to move around as the other elements?
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Aug 7, 2011
I have this double click class. which works fine. In order to clear grips after user finishes with double clicking,I added two lines (which shown on code below). But having those two line make code faulty. When ?
if user select a dynamic block with stretch grip on it, then double click on stretch grip trianlge. code geneaarte fatal error. Funny thing is code doesn't catch. it. Is there any other way to clear grips after double click ?
Here is code:
Imports Autodesk.AutoCAD.RuntimeImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServicesImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInputImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServicesPublic Class Main_0_Class Implements IExtensionApplication Public Sub Initialize() Implements IExtensionApplication.Initialize dblClickEven_Class.Start() End Sub
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Feb 29, 2012
I'm having trouble with my right click on my mouse. Until about a month or so ago my right click would bring up a short cut menu that inclided things like move, rotate, scale, copy. But now it includes none of those features.
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Feb 6, 2012
While being distracted while working, I inadvertently kept my finger on a key (forget which one), heard a little BEEP, and now my Right Click FlyOut Menu is going somewhere I don't need it to go to. I am getting the 'Snap" options box
instead of 'Last Command' Options Box.
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Jun 21, 2012
i am using autocad 2012 last twoday i was faced this problem i cant edit the text through double click?and i seen some of options missed out in right click menu like ( copy,paste ,rotate ...... finally deselect the objects.
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Mar 4, 2012
I've just upgraded to ACAD 2012 from 2009 and have copied over my CUI settings and getting different results when Double clicking on regular ( not Dynamic ) blocks. The macro for this i've set to ^C^C_refedit.
This previously would automatically select the NESTED block in the list of reference names if double clicked on in the drawing, however now in 2012 the parent block is always selected and i need to hunt through the list to find the actual nested block that im wanting to edit.
Is there a setting / variable that has changed in the upgrades? I have Automatically select all nested objects selected in the Reference edit dialog box and all other options match my 2009 as far as i can tell.
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Feb 4, 2013
Trying to change the Hatch double click command from quick properties to the familiar hatch edit dialog. When I go to the cui, hatch edit doesn't even appear as a command. There a lots of commands that don't appear in the CUI command list.
I added it, but I cannot get it to stick when I drag it to HATCH in the double click list. The the HATCH Advanced element box "ID_QUICKPROPERTIES" is greyed out so I cant retype it to "hatchedit"
It could be because I let autocad migrate from 2008 (pre ribbon) when I installed.
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Apr 23, 2012
In AutoCAD 11 the right click pop-up has clipboard and an arraow you need to slide on to get to the copy, paste, paste as block, copy with base point...Older versions had these clip board features in the pop-up and I hate having one more step to get to the clipboard features. Is there way to customize what shows up with right click?
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Mar 16, 2012
how to allow my right click mouse button to the function of the F3 key? I want to be able to draw, move, copy or whatever and mid-command be able to right click (on or off) the snap that are assigned to F3.
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Apr 10, 2013
For some reason when I open a drawing and try to edit it, the left mouse button cancels the command.
Example;
Command: line
Specify first point:
Specify next point or [Undo]: *Cancel*
Command: *Cancel*
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Feb 21, 2012
i have already made the pattern in 3d, but its made up of a whole bunch of different objects, what i need to do is to join them all together to make a seamless one piece. i read through the tutorials, the explain that i have to select all the objects that need joining, then click the "join" button under the modify tab. I did this but still see the seams.
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Sep 11, 2013
Working in AutoCAD™ 2012... Is there a way to "erase" an entity, line, etc. by selecting it and having it immediately disappear? I work in 3D/DXB files a lot and it really useful when working with an audience either for on-screen seminars or over-the-shoulder.
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Apr 18, 2012
My office has just installed 2012 on a couple of extra machines. Our installs were fine before but for some reason we can't double click to edit text or attributes any more. I've checked MTEXTED = INTERNAL and DBLCLKEDIT = 1 but that's not it. We can type ED or ATTEDIT to edit attributes normally, or MTEDIT to edit mtext but we don't get the normal text formatting bar or ruler. It's just looks like were using the dxtext editor, but it's not dtext.
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Apr 23, 2012
In Older version could Double-click the dimension text to open it in a text editor. 2012 does not. How do I change it so it will work.
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Dec 30, 2009
I currently have a bug, I can't double-click on the text box for editing text and when I click on a line I can't change propretie of the line by changing on toolbar.
Do I have to reinstall Autocad?
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Nov 30, 2011
I have just noted that I cannot single click on entities to open properties or double click on text to launch text editor. The facility has just stopped of its own accord.
There have been no crashes or changes to my systems. No-one else uses this station or this software in my office so how can these things just go wrong by themselves?
I checked options and mouse config and nothing seems to be out of place there.
LT2010
Windows XP Professional SP3
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