AutoCAD 2013 :: Automatic Field Update
Jan 9, 2014
I am having problems with the automatic field updates. I've made a dynamic block with a length parameter "LENGTE (mm)" and a stretch action. In this block I also made a Attribute "LENGTE" the value of this attribute is linked to the length of the parameter with a field. The system variable "FIELDEVAL" is 31, so when I save or plot, or ..., the value of the attribute will be updated to the exact length of the parameter.
Now when I insert the block and stretch the parameter to a desired length and I save the drawing the attribute is updated and it has the same value as the parameter. But when I close the drawing and I open it again AutoCAD changes this value to ###. I tried the command "UPDATEFIELD" but the value doesn't come back. I have made a command string "c^c^_fieldeval;0;0;save;close" so that when i close the drawing AutoCAD sets the system variable FIELDEVAL to 0 then saves it and closes the drawing, so when I open the drawing again AutoCAD doesn't update the fields. That solved the problem. When I open the drawing again, I made a command to put the fieldeval back to the default value "31", so when I change the length parameter the attribute "LENGTE" will be updated again after a save or a plot. But then it goes wrong and AutoCAD changes the value back in ###. What is the reason that AutoCAD can't update that field, it works fine when the drawing stays open but when the drawing has been closed and I open it again it doesn't work anymore?
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May 14, 2012
I'm using ACA2012 x64 but I suppose this question is applicable to all flavors of AutoCAD. Is there a routine that will insert today's date in a drawing and update that entry when the drawing is opened? Fieldeval won't update date fields.
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Jun 14, 2011
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Jan 7, 2013
I have a field in a block and all the FIELDEVAL variables are set as shown in the screenshot but the field doesn't update on REGEN - I have to issue the UPDATEFIELD command to update the field.
There was a previous thread started in March 2011 with the same problem - is this another unresolved bug? (No connection with Autodesk other than using the products in the real world)
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How to make Automatic Update propeties for Flat Pattern Extens. I have write code and setting rules trigerred by event (Before save, Any model Parameter Change) but if some parameter change properties isn't automatic update. So could some one tell me how to solve this problem.
Part with iLogic code is attached
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May 19, 2013
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My UI is like this
It's possible.
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X: InsertionPoint => It is recognized as an Dynamic field but displays InsertionPoint. and does not update the value.
How can i update the fielddata from vb.net?
Part of the code I use (where i think the problem is)
For Each attid As ObjectId In refbtr attent = tr.GetObject(attid, OpenMode.ForRead) If TypeOf attent Is AttributeDefinition Then Dim attdef As AttributeDefinition = attent Dim attref As New AttributeReference() attref.SetAttributeFromBlock(attdef, myBlockRef.BlockTransform) Dim attrefid As ObjectId = myBlockRef.AttributeCollection.AppendAttribute(attref) tr.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(attref, True) End IfNext
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When i use the same field with the same expressions, it does not recognize the viewport/object.Is there a way to make the field, diesel expression or even something else, work without it's need for a
object name. Perhabs that the expression gets the viewportname from a lisp, something like: (setq ss(ssget "X")) ;some thing like this Can it be done?
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>In our Autocad we show the dimensions in drawing by parallel lines pointing from start and end point.
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>But we want to show the dimensions as following. Currently we have to draw these lines manually.
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>Is there any setting/option to show the dimensions automatically marked by orange circle shown as following.
Attached Image : PDF file
Software : Autocad 2012-64Bit , Autocad_LT 2012-64Bit
Hardware : Workstation Dell Precision T3600
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System specifications: AutoCAD 2014 64-bit SP1, Windows 7 64-bit SP1, Intel Core i7-2600K, AMD FirePro V4900
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I have a block in a drawing that will not update after re-insertion of the updated copy of said block (Wait, does that make sense?)
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Jan 17, 2013
I am using several blocks within a drawing (furniture...stock racking, to be precise). I had additional information to add as a new attribute. Opened the block in Block Editor, added the new attribute and saved changes. No change to any of the instances of that block in the drawing? But when I add the same block to the drawing, all new instances have the new information.....which means the block exists, with exactly the same name, in the same drawing in two different forms??? How is this possible and why do the old instances of the block not update to match the current version.
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