With this command you can read out the attributes from one or more captions. The attributes are copied to the Windows clipboard and can then be inserted into a drawing list (e.g. in Excel).
Dialog box Read out caption
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There are two pick lists in the Export dialog box section: Attributes and Columns. In the Attributes field the attributes are shown which are not exported. In the Columns field the attributes are shown which are exported as a table column. The basic setting is that all attributes are exported as table columns.
> < With the buttons > and < you can move the displayed attributes between the pick lists.
Upwards, Downwards With the buttons Upwards and Downwards you can alter the order of the columns. To do this, mark the required attribute in the Columns field and click Upwards or Downwards until the required position is reached.
Save settings With the button Save settings you can save the changes in the dialog box as a setup.
The settings for reading out the caption are saved in the drawing.
Reset The Reset button restores the basic setup.
End of program
Click OK to read out the content of the caption and click Cancel to terminate the dialog box without reading out the caption. The settings are however saved.
Conditions for reading out the caption
The following requirements must be fulfilled to be able to read out the content of a caption.
The block name of the caption must start with text or legend, upper/lowercase is not taken into account. Examples: text, legend, SCHRIFT_01, LEGEND_MODEL...
In addition the following attributes must be present (attributes which are not present in the drawing are shown in brackets):
German attribute name
Internat. attribute name
Explanation
AUFTR
ORDER
Order designation
TA
PART
Part order designation
AUSZ
KIND
Type of extract
OBJEKT
OBJECT
Object/project
ARCHITEKT
ARCHITECT
Architect
INHALT1
CONTENT1
Content of row 1
INHALT2
CONTENT2
Content of row 2
INHALT3
CONTENT3
Content of line 3
INHALT4
CONTENT4
Content of line 3
ERST_DATUM
CREATE
Date created
GEZ
DRAW
Drawn by
MASST
SCALE
Format, scale
GEPR
CHECK
Checked by
DATEI
FILE
File name
DATUM_ZEIT
DATE_TIME
Current date
LAYOUT
LAYOUT
Layout name
PATH
PATH
Path for saving
TIME
TIME
Time
Further attributes may be optionally present and can also be read out.