PROPULATE command (Express Tools)

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Description

Allows you to list, remove or update drawing properties data. Using a template, the drawing properties data can be added to folders of drawings. If a customized template is used it is possible to extract attribute values from title blocks to the drawing properties. The information that can be extracted are attribute values of blocks and lists of attached xrefs, images and fonts.

Options within the command

Active template

Opens the Select Propulate Template File dialog box that allows you to select a propulate template file that is used to update drawing properties fields.

Edit template

Opens the Edit Propulate Template dialog box that allows you to create and edit propulate template files.

List

Allows you to choose between Current drawing and Other drawings.

Current drawing

Displays the drawing properties for the current drawing.

Other drawings

Asks you to specify a search directory and a drawing name.

Note: If you add a * in the directory, all the drawings starting with the directory part before the * will be searched and optionally its subfolders. For example, if you use C:\Drawings\Plan*, all the drawings with a name that start with Plan will be searched in the C:\Drawings folder.

Search subdirectories?

Choose Yes to search in subfolders of the directory.

Remove

Removes the drawing properties from the current drawing or a specified drawing.

Update

Propulates the drawing properties from the current drawing or a specified drawing using the active template.