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Automatically create drawings in AutoCAD

Automatically create drawings in AutoCAD

Automatically create drawings in AutoCAD

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Is there a way to automatically create a large number of similar drawings where there are only 5-6 different changes between each drawing? I am faced with creating 100 different detail drawings of a label. Each label is slightly different - drawing number, part number displyed on the label, description shown on the label, etc. I would like to set up the drawing with fields that could be automatically populated from an excel spreadsheet. This would create the 100 drawings in a matter of seconds rather than manually making the changes.

RE: Automatically create drawings in AutoCAD

Perhaps AutoCAD is the wrong software for the task. The mail merge function in MS Word and MS Publisher will do what you are asking.

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RE: Automatically create drawings in AutoCAD

A script that opens the drawing, changes the attributes or places the text, renames and saves the drawing might work.  Use Excel to create the script file.

RE: Automatically create drawings in AutoCAD

thread159-230306: Excel to Autocad may be useful here

simple to use spreadsheet addin that enables a "for-next" loop to generate ACAD scripts from Excel.  It is also freeware.

 

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