Expert: Bill DeShawn - 4/16/2004

Question
I am a store planner using blocks for furniture with attributes (finish,fabric etc) my problem is when I complete a plan, I have to edit each piece individually to fix the room #'s.  with r14 we had a toolbar button that would change the room number in a selected group of blocks all at once, so I could update each room in one or two passes. When we went to acad2002 we lost it. The closest I have gotten is the gatte command in xpress tools, but it either doesn't do what I need or I don't know how to use it and can't find step by step instructions anywhere.  I create all of the blocks and am self teaching myself the menu's and toolbars, I really dont care if it is in menu or .lsp or command line ( I am more comfortable with menu's- so dumb it down for me :) thanks

Answer
Kate:  This is the information I need for this routine or macro:
1.  What the routine asks of you, whether it be information or a pick.  

2.  What happened if you hit ESCAPE.

3.  What happens, first, next, next, etc.

You said selected group of blocks.  Did you select them and then run the macro/routine?  Did the room numbers start at a number you selected and then go up one by one sequentially by ones?  

I already have a routine that does the following:
You select each attribute or text by picking it one by one in the order required.  As you select, the routine changes the value of the attribute or text to a number beginning with a value you enter at the command prompt, and then each one you pick after that changes to a value equal to the previous value + 1.  If you miss the attribute or text when you pick, the routine quits and you have to start again, but can start with the higher number that you need to start with.

The above paragraph is the kind of description I need from you.  Also, if you want the routine I mentioned.  Send me your email address and I will pass it on.

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