Topic: linking attribute tags to objects

[danny]

I'm using ACAD 2004 and was wondering if their is a way to link attribute tags to objects.  So if you move the tag, the object that it belongs to moves with it and vice versa.
thanks for the help..

[MikePerry]

Hi

A real simple method that doesn't require any kind of programming would be to use the _.Group command.

Have a good one, Mike

[CADaver]

I'm using ACAD 2004 and was wondering if their is a way to link attribute tags to objects.  So if you move the tag, the object that it belongs to moves with it and vice versa.
thanks for the help..

ummm  block?  Am I missing something??

[danny]

sorry CADaver,
I meant to say that these tags are the AEC attribute tags. ex. door tags, window tags, room tags.  You attach them to an object and fill out the property definition. Well, problem I'm having is that if you move the door that the tag belongs to, the tag doesn't move with it.
Mike, I'll try the _.group command
thanks,

[CADaver]

sorry CADaver,
I meant to say that these tags are the AEC attribute tags. ex. door tags, window tags, room tags.  You attach them to an object and fill out the property definition. Well, problem I'm having is that if you move the door that the tag belongs to, the tag doesn't move with it.
Mike, I'll try the _.group command
thanks,

ahh okay, sorry 'bout that, an old Microstation brain cell crept into the crypt.

Groups are cool, I built a toggle for "Group selection" (pickstyle) into F11 to facilitate popping it on and off.

[danny]

Groups are cool, I built a toggle for "Group selection" (pickstyle) into F11 to facilitate popping it on and off.

you mean you can activate them and deactivate them all at once?

[CADaver]

Groups are cool, I built a toggle for "Group selection" (pickstyle) into F11 to facilitate popping it on and off.

you mean you can activate them and deactivate them all at once?

Sorta, it controls the PICKSTYLE sysvar.  Group selection can be turned on and off so you can move the group (if on) or just one elemtn in the group (if off).  If Group Selection is on, and you change the layer of one element in the Group, all the elements in that group change (maybe good, maybe bad).

 

PICKSTYLE System Variable Concepts Procedures Reference
Type: Integer
Saved in: Registry
Initial value: 1
Controls the use of group selection and associative hatch selection.

0  No group selection or associative hatch selection
1   Group selection
2   Associative hatch selection
3   Group selection and associative hatch selection

Here's the code I wrote before I found out about (boole

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(defun c:pkst ()(pks))
(defun pks ()
  (cond
((= (getvar "pickstyle") 0)
(progn
(setvar "pickstyle" 1)(princ "\n\tGroup Selection ON")(princ)
)
)
((= (getvar "pickstyle") 1)
(progn
(setvar "pickstyle" 0)(princ "\n\tGroup Selection Off")(princ)
)
)
((= (getvar "pickstyle") 2)
(progn
(setvar "pickstyle" 3)(princ "\n\tGroup Selection ON")(princ)
)
)
((= (getvar "pickstyle") 3)
(progn
(setvar "pickstyle" 2)(princ "\n\tGroup Selection Off")(princ)
)
)
  )
)

It still works for me

[danny]

thanks.. I'll check it out.

[CADaver]

thanks.. I'll check it out.

Yur welcome