Now let’s open it in Microsoft Excel to finish the report. Opening the extraction result in Microsoft Excel Select the template file and output file, then click OK. But ATTEXT will not process it because they don’t have attributes. AutoCAD will process only blocks with attributes. In this sample, you can select everything. Now click Select objects and select blocks you want to extract. Using Attribute ExtractionĪfter we define the extraction template, we can extract the attributes now. And certainly, you can add your own attributes. If you want to see all 15 block properties, you can see all possible fields in this AutoCAD help page. txt file.īlock has 15 extractable properties. And for windows it’s WINDOWTYPE.Īdd the attribute tag’s name in separate lines. In this sample, the attribute tag for the door is DOORTYPE. I also want to extract my block’s attribute. So for block name in my template, I write: 000 is used for the number of decimal places if the format is number.So I added C then I replace the www with 016. Block name using characters (string) and I limit the name length to 16 characters.For block name, the properties name is BL:NAME.Add in each line the properties you want to extract. In the text file define what you want to extract. The first thing you need to do is to create a template file.
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If you want to try this feature with the same drawing file, you can download the DWG file here. But if you need to create a schedule or report from blocks in your drawing, then this tool can help. Unfortunately, this tool is limited to extract block properties and block attributes. Many people don’t know that AutoCAD LT (and AutoCAD) has a similar tool to data extraction. Unfortunately, this tool is only available in AutoCAD, not in AutoCAD LT. Opening the extraction result in Microsoft ExcelĪre you familiar with data extraction? It’s a great tool to generate reports from any object properties in your drawing.