topic Autotext in DWG in Collaboration with other software

Autotext in DWG

martin-b — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:48:36 GMT

Is it possible to publish autotexts from Archicad that will keep their functionality also in DWG?

What I need is a File Path Autotext in a DWG-file, that will show the DWG's location.

When I place such autotext in Archicad, it tells me the Archicad files's location, but when exported/published to DWG, it just becomes a static text with its previous contents from Archicad.

Re: Autotext in DWG

Scott Boyd Turner — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:12:02 GMT

Unfortunately no, auto-text is exported as regular text when converting to AutoCAD dwg.
File name and path are fields in AutoCAD not regular text.

Re: Autotext in DWG

Lingwisyer — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 01:23:42 GMT

Within AutoCAD you could create an Block with the Attribute Definition of the save location. I do not believe there is a way to automatically convert an Autotext into a a Block with an Attribute Definition.

Ling.