Taking DWG file into Autosketch

I sent a blank drawing format (Autocad ver 2000) with an attributed titleblock to a vendor who was supposed to create some simple tag drawings using Autosketch (ver 8). He tells me that he does not have any command to fill in these attributes and had to explode the block and create text entities. I don't know anything about Autosketch so I would like to know if he's correct, or whether he just isn't fully aware of his software capabilities. If necessary I could e-mail someone the titleblock to experiment with.

Thank,
Kim Miles

 

What is an attributed title block?

I sometimes need to explode AutoCAD blocks to get them to transfer
properly into AutoSketch.

If you just have a couple of attributes in a small file, you can post it
here.

 

Len has missed the point....again....!!!

All my Title Block are 'attributed' and some (but not all) attributes
created in AutoCAD and then opened in AutoSketch/QuickCAD will not translate
correctly and will need to be "re-formulated/re-created". In AutoSketch,
this can be achieved via (Menu) "Database".

AutoSketch/QuickCAD vs AutoCAD are not 100% compatible. Sad but true.
Quite frankly, I would steer clear of any vendors using
AutoSketch/QuickCAD.....it will become messy....as you have already
discovered.

Ric Norris.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/cavedrawings

titleblock to a vendor who was supposed to create some simple tag drawings
using Autosketch (ver 8). He tells me that he does not have any command to
fill in these attributes and had to explode the block and create text
entities. I don't know anything about Autosketch so I would like to know if
he's correct, or whether he just isn't fully aware of his software
capabilities. If necessary I could e-mail someone the titleblock to
experiment with.

 

Thanks to both of you. I was not happy about the Autosketch either, think we should require a copy of Autocad LT be gotten if he's going to continue doing these.

Kim

 

I can only miss the point once I understand what is happening.

 

Can you do this once and use the reformulated one for all future jobs?

Ric is correct that AutoSketch/QuickCAD is not 100% compatible.
However, the person may be able to make some changes as indicated above
and structure his drawing so that they do transfer well.

If he also gets a copy of AutoCAD LT, he may be able to use AutoSketch
for drawing and LT to make sure it looks OK.

Ric clearly thinks this is not worth it. Yet that is exactly what I
have been doing for over 8 years.