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September
9 2013
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Welcome to the Multi-Batch
Newsletter. The purpose of this Newsletter
is to pass on new routines and useful information when using Multi-Batch.
There are also other tips which you may find useful, if not now
then sometime
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What's New in
Multi-Batch 14 |
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*New Program Release* CADWorx Database Utility For all users of CADWorx Plant we have released a new program PipeDbase-Utility. This is a quick and easy way to check the integrity of the pipe models using the CADWorx Database. [Read More]
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Multi-Batch Full Licence: Upgrade: If your company has previously purchased Multi-Batch you can upgrade to the latest version without having to install the old version |
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Multi-Batch Routine Help and other Useful Information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rename Files using Excel and DOS Have you ever needed to rename a folder full of files. An easy way to do this is by creating two columns in Excel, one of old file names and one of new file names, then using DOS to rename the files. The process can be broken into three stages. Stage 1 create a list of the files in the folder and open this in Excel, stage 2 create the formula with the DOS command Rename and stage 3 copy/paste the results into Notepad and run this in DOS mode to quickly rename all files. Stage
1: Stage
2: This
is what you will see in the Excel file 2610-PI-039.dwg
12-00175 167.dwg
RENAME "2610-PI-039.dwg"
"12-00175 167.dwg" Stage
3: I
would advise you to back up the files into another folder before you
start. |
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Multi-Batch
- Using
the AutoCAD GATTE command to change attributes
From AutoCAD help: Gatte - Globally changes attribute values for all instances of a specified block. When you specify a new value for one of the attributes, it replaces all
values with the same attribute tag name. Gatte also works through
all tabs at once and if there is already a value assigned to the attribute,
Gatte replaces it with the new value. Since this is an express Tool command type in Gatte on the AutoCAD command line to make sure it is available. The routine below is used in Multi-Batch. ;Update all blocks of
NAME/Attribute with same value |
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Multi-Batch - Change Xref Path Type In
AutoCAD 2014 you can now batch change the Xref path type from relative to full and
vice versa. |
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;Changes
Xref Path Type - Full to Relative ; _-XREF _T ;Name of Xref to change path. Use * to select all * R _qsave _redraw |
;Changes
Xref Path Type - Relative to Full ; _-XREF _T ;Name of Xref to change path. Use * to select all * F _qsave _redraw
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Multi-Batch
- Using
Reverse Quote ` to handle Wild Card characters This came up on the AutoCAD LT discussion group with the solution provided by David Tosh. The problem arose when the user wanted to batch change title block attributes. One of the attributes was named DEPT#, when trying to change this attribute the octothorpe symbol (#) is treated as a wild-card character and stops the routine. To resolve this you precede the wild-card character with a reverse quote (`) in our example you call the attribute tag DEPT`# in the Multi-Batch routine. The # is now, not interpreted as a wild-card character. From AutoCAD help - List Layers Using Wild-Card Characters:
Note To find a layer name that contains a wild-card character, precede the character with a reverse quote (`) so that it is not interpreted as a wild-card character.
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Multi-Batch
- Sort the order of drawings by a field in the file name
In this example we have a drawings named 150-STM-5896-VP-65 and 100-STM-6898-VP-65 but we want them to sort the list by the fourth field, in this case 5896 and 6898.
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