I'm am writing a program that inserts a drawing as a block and at the time of insertion changes a single attribute's text.
The code I'm using isn't working. When I set a breakpoint and inspect the blockreference that I am trying to retrieve info from, it seems to show that there is no attributereference in the block... which I don't believe is true because I know for a fact that the block contains an attribute. Obviouslt there's something I don't understand about retrieving and modifying block attributes with .net.
I know some of you use vb.net. Your help would be much appreciated. What am I doing wrong? What don't I understand about how to access block attribute info?
Sub InsertBlock(ByVal BlockPath As String, ByVal thePoint As Point3d) Dim doc As Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Document = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument Dim fname As String = BlockPath HostApplicationServices.Current.FindFile(fname, doc.Database, FindFileHint.Default) Dim db As Database = New Database(False, False) Try db.ReadDwgFile(fname, System.IO.FileShare.Read, True, Nothing) Dim t As Transaction = doc.TransactionManager.StartTransaction Try Dim idBTR As ObjectId = doc.Database.Insert(BlockPath, db, False) Dim bt As BlockTable = CType(t.GetObject(doc.Database.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForRead), BlockTable) Dim btr As BlockTableRecord = CType(t.GetObject(bt(BlockTableRecord.ModelSpace), OpenMode.ForWrite), BlockTableRecord) Dim bref As BlockReference = New BlockReference(thePoint, idBTR) Dim dblscale As Double = doc.Database.Dimscale Dim theScale As Scale3d = New Scale3d(dblscale, dblscale, dblscale) bref.ScaleFactors = theScale bref.Layer = "HANGERS" Try btr.AppendEntity(bref) t.TransactionManager.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(bref, True) Finally End Try Dim RefBTR As BlockTableRecord = t.GetObject(bref.BlockTableRecord, OpenMode.ForRead) Dim attEnt As Entity For Each attID As ObjectId In RefBTR attEnt = t.GetObject(attID, OpenMode.ForRead) If TypeOf attEnt Is AttributeDefinition Then Dim attDef As AttributeDefinition = attEnt Dim attRef As AttributeReference = New AttributeReference() attRef.SetAttributeFromBlock(attDef, bref.BlockTransform) Dim attRefID As ObjectId attRefID = bref.AttributeCollection.AppendAttribute(attRef) attRef.TextString = "Test" t.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(attRef, True) End If Next t.Commit() db.CloseInput(True) db.Dispose() Finally End Try Finally End Try End Sub
I'm a little hazy about what's going on in some of that code, particularly where the SetAttributeFromBlock method is invoked. Why does that method require a blocktransform? When I think of blocktransform I think of a transformation matrix... but that just doesn't seem right to me.
I can’t say I know the rational for that either. Presumably, because it is an entity not yet fully defined (constant attributes notwithstanding) AutoCAD leaves some of the final details – transformations already established with the geometry for example – to the last possible moment.
AutoCAD’s procrastinating, basically. In that light, AutoCAD and I are part of the same fellowship.
Is it possible to have something that will help me (to insert a block if possible as well) to update my block information in each drawing without opening each drawing
I have over 100 drawing and I have a block on each of them, and has few attributes in the block and I need to change one or all of them. All will be same throughout the project.
also i have a new block with attributes that i have to insert to all drwings.
What you're explaining is doable. You may not need vb.net to do it either. You may be able to accompish it with one of the more accessible languages such as lisp or VBA.
You may get more responces if you post your question as its own thread, or search for other people who have had similar issues in this forum.
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