Hello,
I receive architect's plans with blocks containing area and height displays of rooms in the following form:
area : \A1 ... m \A1 ²
height : \A1 ... m \A1
https://imgur.com/mqrID7Y
see also attached file
I can edit the blocks and remove the "\A1" for each label, but it is tedious.
Is there a way to remove these "\A1" in a more automatic way ?
Thank you in advance for your help
Phil
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QCAD version: 3.26.4.0
Date: Jun 4 2021
Qt version: 5.14.2
Compiler version: gcc 5.4.0
Build date: Jun 4 2021
Architecture: x86_64
OS: Linux
OS version: 20.04
[SOLVED] changing the display of room dimensions in blocks
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[SOLVED] changing the display of room dimensions in blocks
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Last edited by Philsourish on Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: changing the display of room dimensions in blocks
Hi,
Menu .. Edit .. Find/Replace (RP) finds only 44 occurrences.
I had to revert because not all "\A1" where replaced.
QCAD saves dxf files textual ...
Saved as dxf one can find 110 times "\A1;" or 166 times "\A1"
Looks like a specific formatting escape.
E.g. Notepad++
Replacing first the "\A1;" by nothing and then the "\A1" by nothing does the trick I presume.
Regards,
CVH
That's a harder one ...Philsourish wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 12:14 pmIs there a way to remove these "\A1" in a more automatic way ?
Menu .. Edit .. Find/Replace (RP) finds only 44 occurrences.
I had to revert because not all "\A1" where replaced.
QCAD saves dxf files textual ...
Saved as dxf one can find 110 times "\A1;" or 166 times "\A1"
Looks like a specific formatting escape.
E.g. Notepad++
Replacing first the "\A1;" by nothing and then the "\A1" by nothing does the trick I presume.
Regards,
CVH
Last edited by CVH on Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: changing the display of room dimensions in blocks
Thank you for your advice,
With Replace Edit: I can find some of the occurrences of "\A1", but the replacement doesn't work on the file itself (both in .dwg and .dxf).
On the other hand it works by editing each block and doing Find Replace "\A1" once and then Find Replace "\A1;"
This is still very tedious
With Replace Edit: I can find some of the occurrences of "\A1", but the replacement doesn't work on the file itself (both in .dwg and .dxf).
On the other hand it works by editing each block and doing Find Replace "\A1" once and then Find Replace "\A1;"
This is still very tedious
Re: changing the display of room dimensions in blocks
I saved your file as DXF.Philsourish wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:12 pmWith Replace Edit: I can find some of the occurrences of "\A1", but the replacement doesn't work on the file itself (both in .dwg and .dxf).
Openend the DXF in Notepad++
With Notepad++ replaced all "\A1;" by nothing and then the "\A1"
Saved the file back under Notepad++.
DXF Looks fine when I load it under QCAD.
One can save this back to dwg with QCAD.
Regards,
CVH
Last edited by CVH on Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: changing the display of room dimensions in blocks
Thank you, the result is perfect!
but unfortunately Notepad++ does not work on Linux.
I will look for an equivalent editor to Notepad++ (or use a Windows PC)
but unfortunately Notepad++ does not work on Linux.
I will look for an equivalent editor to Notepad++ (or use a Windows PC)
Re: changing the display of room dimensions in blocks
Any plain text editor will do ...
CVH
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[SOLVED]changing the display of room dimensions in blocks
Yes, it works!
many thanks for the help
many thanks for the help