Count blocks autocad 2010

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Block Count Field? Back to Topic Listing Previous Next. Filter by Lables. Message 1 of Message 2 of I wish! Message 3 of I'm trying to think if there's no workaround for this limitation.

A field can be linked to some custom AutoLISP variable, so maybe using a reactor which will trigger when a certain block is inserted, this variable could be incremented and the field will reflect the change. So far, it seems feasible. As time goes by, the horizon narrows and narrows, until it becomes a point of view. Select the option to create a table from the data. It will create the block properties I selected as well as a total count per block with the default option for count to display.

Now I have both a table with block count and attributes as well as a field referencing the table cells. The best of both worlds. I could place the field in a label elsewhere in the drawing instead of a table format. Between the Lines Autodesk, Design, Technology and more blog. OK lets step through this visually. Next Select the option to create a table from the data. For example, how can you count all instances of block A on layer abc?

Currently, all the blocks on layer abc are selected. Notice that the Apply to field has automatically switched to Current selection as shown below. This means that only the current selection set will be used rather than the entire drawing.

All the A blocks only on layer abc only are selected. Notice that you can start with a manually specified selection set of a portion of the drawing area, further filtering it with a succession of Quick Selection operations. In addition to providing a fast way of counting specified blocks, the Quick Select feature can also be used for many other tasks involving a selection set.

For example, you can use Quick Select to do the following:. While there are other methods available in AutoCAD to count blocks, the Quick Select feature has the advantage of the flexibility to be applied broadly to a variety of other tasks. Note: Starting in AutoCAD , we recommend using the new Count feature to easily count instances of blocks and many other object types.