EXPORT LAYOUT incl dwgprops
Hello people
I need to export a lot of tabs to separate drawings. The easiest would be to use "EXPORTLAYOUT" I think.
But this command doesn't export my drawingpropperties with it wich makes my header screwed up. Is there a way to include custom drawingproperties ("DWGPROPS") when using "EXPORTLAYOUT"?.
I am now importing all the separate dwg's back in to a clean dwg that has the drawing propperties and resaving it again. This feels like to much work.
Maybe someone knows a way to do this
I am using BricsCAD Lite V26
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Hello.
The feature of exporting the drawing properties when using EXPORTLAYOUT is not yet implemented.
Something of interest could be to experiment with the PROPULATE command.
This command allows the user to create a template with drawing properties and import the properties in other drawings.
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In a roundabout way could export the layout and then reopen it and add the custom properties, you would need a script, and maybe a couple of lisps. By using a script can open multiple dwgs ,edit them and save them. Export the master current dwg properties to a file etc and then re-read them as part of the script.
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@Virgil Thank you. I wasn't aware of this command but will check it out
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The propulate command works perfectly fine for copying drawing properties.
What whould be nice: Using EXPLORER to copy/paste the drawing properties between drawings.
(My AI says that in some versions of BricsCAD this is already possible but not in my V26)
PROPULATE
- The "Copy" step (Fill template):
o Open the source drawing and type PROPULATE.
o Choose E (Edit template).
o Go to the menu Edit > Fill from Current Drawing. This copies all current metadata (Author, Title, Custom fields) to the template.
o Save this as a .prp file via File > Save As. This is now your "copied" data.
- The "Paste" step (Update):
o Go to the new drawing and type PROPULATE again.
o Choose A (Active template) and select your saved .prp file.
o Choose option U (Update) and then C (Current drawing) to "paste" the data into the new drawing.
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You may be able to do what you want using a lisp command (command "Propulate" "A" …… )
CoenWilms could not get the E option to work but I don't use custom properties very often, may need dwg saved. Once you have a prp file, using obdx may be able to open multiple dwgs and update the custom properties. You can using VL get a list of dwg names etc. Even a script once you have a prp made. Coen could you try the command method please, not sure what I am doing wrong.
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@ALANH I usually use a script for multiple drawings sometimes combined with lsp. But I am not sure if it is going to work with the popup.
I tried the command again and it works perfect for me. I am using BricsCAD V26.1.08 with experimental mode on.
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