Two more weeks to go before Autodesk University...my goodness! Am I ready? (of course not...). So much to do between now and then...yikes!
Well the important thing is that my Colts are still undefeated...(barely)
Last week I posted a Hip Tip on the Find command - and commented that I couldn't "find the FIND" command in any menus...well many of you pointed out that I needed better glasses as the FIND command is located at the end of the Edit menu. Thank you all for sorting me out here! (You'd think being married to an Eye Doctor I'd be able to see better!). I also relied on the Help menu to confirm my suspicions that the Find command wasn't in any of the pull-down menus but the Help file told me I was right! (The Help file writers need glasses as well I guess).
And my good friend dave e-a (lower case) who just happens to be the top rated speaker at AU year after year has a fabulous Hip Tip on using the FIND command when searching for specific blocks with specific attribute values (something that had been missing for many moons). dave was kind enough to send me this tip today (and now I'm sharing with all of you)...dave is the King of sharing AutoCAD wisdom so I'm sure he won't mind (right dave?).
Hip Tip for Selecting Blocks by Attribute Value:
So let's say you need to find all the blocks that have a specific attribute value...you'll see that the standard filtering methods such as QSELECT and FILTER won't let you drill down to the actual attribute value. That's where the fabulous FIND command reenters the scene. Enter the FIND command, input the attribute text string to search for and you'll notice that the "Select All" and "Zoom to" buttons are not enabled yet. You won't be able to use them until you hit the tiny Select Objects button on the right and select the objects you would like to include in the selection set. Key in ALL if you'd like everything to be selected (or Control+A will also do the trick).
After selecting objects you'll find that the Select All button is available (presto!). If your system variables GRIPS and PICKFIRST are set to 1, then bingo! (and I quote) - all of the blocks with your specified attribute value are selected.
So there is your Hip Tip on finding blocks with specific attribute values!
Thank you lower case dave - you rock! Looking forward to seeing you at AU! (it's really been too long). I think it's been about "1 million" years!
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