Unicode character in field formatting

[SLW210]

Sorry for the above garbage, but it was an image.

 

 

Not sure what happened

 

All you had to do was select "Edit Post" on lower right and fix it.

 

How to upload files to the forum?

[Corro]

Hi Lee

 

 

Still does not work.

 

 

I have attached a sample of the attribute / polyline Area dwg and a copy of my modified version of your lisp routine.

 

 

Thanks for your help.

Attrib Area Test.dwg

Areas2AttributeV1-10.lsp

[Lee Mac]

Still does not work.

 

I have attached a sample of the attribute / polyline Area dwg and a copy of my modified version of your lisp routine.

 

Of course it doesn't - looking at your drawing, I see that you are using a single-line attribute which doesn't support MText formatting - as per my earlier response:

 

Since you state that you are using my Area Field to Attribute program, are you using multiline attributes?

(As single-line attributes cannot support MText Formatting)

[Corro]

Hi Lee

 

 

Sorry, my bad.

 

 

I had not used multiline attributes before.

 

 

It now works as you said.

 

 

Thanks heaps

[Lee Mac]

You're welcome -

 

But note that modifying the attribute value 'manually' will remove the formatting (as such formatting when used in conjunction with MAttributes is not officially supported in AutoCAD).

[Corro]

Hi Lee

 

 

Everyone is excited that we now have this working, but a question has been asked, is it possible to move the M squared out of the field area.

 

 

It can stay the same colour as the value, magenta.

[Corro]

Hi Lee

 

 

We are extracting the attribute data to an Excel spread sheet, but the formatting is being included with the data, refer attached screen grabs.

Is there a way to resolve?

Thanks again

[Lee Mac]

We are extracting the attribute data to an Excel spread sheet, but the formatting is being included with the data, refer attached screen grabs.

Is there a way to resolve?

Thanks again

 

Unfortunately not, as AutoCAD is not expecting to find MText formatting codes within attribute content (for the reasons I have given above).

[Corro]

Hi Lee

 

 

Are you able to move the m squared outside of the field, like the (PAD), but can remain the same color and text size?

[Lee Mac]

Yes, change the field formatting to:

"%lu2%ct8[1e-006]"

And change the other two lines to:

                        ">%).Area \\f \"" fmt "\">%[highlight]m²[/highlight] \\H0.722x;\\C4;(PAD)"

                            " \\f \"" fmt "\">%[highlight]m²[/highlight] \\H0.722x;\\C4;(PAD)"

[Corro]

Thank you, thank you, thank you

[Corro]

Hi All

 

 

We have been using the routing that Lee so kindly resolved for us, but now have a requirement to be able to enter multiline, with spaces, into one of the attributes. Is this possible?

 

 

Thanks

[Corro]

Sorry I meant to attached sample files.

The dwg file is the attributed block we are inserting and need to enter the CODE number and the BRAND name into attrib.

The BRAND name is to be able to have spaces and also may have multiple lines of text.

Areas2AttributeV2.lsp

AREA_ATTRIB_S.dwg