
- #AUTOCAD ELECTRICAL FORUM UPDATE#
- #AUTOCAD ELECTRICAL FORUM SERIES#
- #AUTOCAD ELECTRICAL FORUM DOWNLOAD#
#AUTOCAD ELECTRICAL FORUM UPDATE#
Be sure to press Update List after creating each one. Inside the User-Defined dialog, create the mapping for the NEXT and PREV attributes. Title Block Update - The Basicsįrom the mapping dialog choose User Defined If you have yet to setup any mapping, see this post. Run through the Title Block Setup utility to modify your existing mapping. Below is an image of my updated title block. Really all that's needed are two additional attributes for the "Previous" and "Next" page numbers. (setq sheet (nth (- (length (nth 1 GBL_wd_prj_ixlst)) (if (setq x (member ix (nth 1 GBL_wd_prj_ixlst))) of sheet numbers in (nth 3 GBL_wd_prj_ixlst) (setq sheet_lst (nth 3 GBL_wd_prj_ixlst)) (progn current drawing is in the project, If index not defined for current drawing, then GBL_wd_cip holds index of current drawing in (setq GBL_wd_prj_ixlst (c:ace_proj_data nil))) Return the WD_M block's SHEET attribute value (defun c:nextsheet ( / ix sheet_lst x sheet) It's online on several websites as well as on the Autodesk User Forums.ĭownload the lisp file and copy it to a folder that is listed in your ACAD search path. I don't know who to give credit for this script. Listed below is the script and some notes about what each line is doing.

#AUTOCAD ELECTRICAL FORUM SERIES#
This series of lists is from the FILETIME table. Where is this information stored? In the project's temporary database stored in the user subdirectory. This is what the LISP utility will access to find the "previous" and "next" drawing sheet number assignments. One of these lists is a list of SHEET number assignments for all the drawings in the project.
#AUTOCAD ELECTRICAL FORUM DOWNLOAD#
The returned value from this expression gets inserted as a text value in the linked attribute.Ĭlick here to download Title Block Update.lspĪutoCAD Electrical has a global variable named GBL_wd_prj_ixlst that carries a series of lists of various data for the drawings defined in the active project. AutoCAD Electrical allows us to embed an AutoLISP expression into the mapping file (.wdt) and link it to a title block attribute. So how can we get AutoCAD Electrical to figure these out and map the values to attributes on in title block? This is where a script comes into play. And it would be even better if AutoCAD Electrical could do this automatically. For this type of numbering it would be very nice to see what the previous or next page numbers are. For example, The first five pages are for "power" followed by five pages of "controls", ect. Some companies use a page numbering system where each group of drawings has a set series of page numbers. Automatic Previous/Next page numbers and tying scripts to attributes using the Title Block Update utility. So in this post you will get to see two things. However with a little scripting and the Title Block Update utility its very possible.

This is something that Electrical cannot do out of the box. Several times now I have been asked for Previous/Next page numbers on the title block.
