DISPLAYING RIBBON IN DRAFTSIGHT FOR MAC HOW TO
If you have problem, you can use this video as reference how to create and use the coordinate label block. It works if you don’t create a block from them, but I believe you want to use it as reusable content, aren’t you? Video Instruction You may want to try it by yourself.Īpparently, the field will consider the reference point always at 0,0,0 when you create a block. You might ask this: why not just use text in a field? I know we can insert a field into a text, single or multiline. After you have one of the blocks in your drawing, you can copy it and place it on several points you wanted.īecause we add a control grip, we can move the text and leader position!īecause we use a field, if you move your points, the value will be automatically updated! Very cool, isn’t it? Why Attribute Definition? Why not Just Use Text? MAC: CPU Type, 64-bit Intel CPU (Intel Core Duo CPU, 2 GHz or faster recommended) RAM, 4 GB of RAM (8 GB or above recommended) Display Resolution, 1280 x 800. How can we use the label? Just insert the block, and click on the point you want to show the coordinate. Now we are done! Save this block and close block editor. Select the point parameter, create the stretch frame like below, and select the line and attribute definition. Now place it where you want the grip to appear. In block authoring palette, activate the point parameter. What we want to do is adding a grip control so that we can modify the text (and optionally leader) placement. We don’t want to modify it as it is updated automatically. Click OK.ĪutoCAD will show the edit attribute dialog. We are going to add some ‘dynamic’ functionality. Activate Open in Block Editor on the lower left of this dialog. Select all the objects, and define the center as an insertion point. I add a line that will be used as the leader. If you don’t want to have a leader on your coordinate label, you can skip this step.
Place your attribute definition in the desired location. Change the format if necessary.Click OK.Ĭlick OK again to close the define attribute dialog box. Because I only use it in 2D drawings, I don’t need it to display Z value. Select center (or if you use point, select position). Select the circle, don’t select anything else!ĪutoCAD will list all available properties. Click select object button to define the object type. In default field, type ‘X Y = ‘ then click insert field.Ĭhange the field category to objects, and in field names, select object.
Give the attribute tag, prompt like below. You can activate it by clicking it on your ribbon, home tab, block panel. Creating an Attribute DefinitionĪfter we have the reference object, we need to define an attribute definition. We can easily use the point position or circle center. It can be a point, a circle, or any symbol you want it to appear. So, why not using field? Creating a reference objectįirst, we need to create an object as a reference point. But sometimes you may want to have your labeling symbol and format. I saw many people use AutoLISP to do that task. I had this question several times: can we automatically label our coordinate in AutoCAD? If you are a Civil3D user, then you most likely will suggest them to use C3D.