ATTEXT — Extract Attributes

Extracts block attributes to a CSV file or a table.

• Command: ATTEXT · Global name: _ATTEXT · Alias: DDATTEXT
• Ribbon: Insert › Attributes
• Menu: Insert

Extracts the attribute values of blocks to a table in the drawing or to a CSV file that opens in a spreadsheet. It is useful for door, device or luminaire schedules.

Usage

1. Enter ATTEXT or click the button. To also output the other objects (count, layer, length and area), use DATAEXTRACTION.
2. Select the blocks and press Enter, or press Enter without selecting to take all those in model space.

Select blocks or [ALL] <ALL>:

3. Choose the output.

Output [Table/File] <Table>:

4. With Table, specify the upper-left corner of the table.

Upper-left corner of the table:

5. With File, enter the file path.

CSV file:

Options

• ALL (ALL): every block with attributes in model space.
• Table (T): a table titled "Block Attributes", with a header row and one row per block.
• File (F): a comma-separated CSV file.

Notes

• The columns are the block name, the X and Y coordinates of its insertion point and one attribute tag per column, in the order they appear. There is no wizard to choose columns: they are all output.
• If the path does not end in .csv or .txt, .csv is added. The file has a UTF-8 mark so that the spreadsheet reads accented characters correctly.
• The table is created with the current text height and is edited like any other table (TABLE).

See also

ATTDEF · BATTMAN · TABLE · Blocks and attributes