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not as wild-card characters.
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Quick Reference
See also:
■ Attach Data to Blocks (Block Attributes)
Extracts attribute data, informational text associated with a block, into a file.
List of Prompts
Enter extraction type or enable object selection [
Cdf/Sdf/Dxf/Objects] <C>:
Enter an option or press Enter
CDF: Comma-Delimited File Generates a file containing one record for each
block reference in the drawing. Commas separate the fields of each record.
Single quotation marks enclose the character fields.
In the Select Template File dialog box, enter the name of an existing attribute
extraction template file.
In the Create Extract File dialog box, enter the name for the output file. The
extract file's file name extension is .txt for CDF or SDF format.
SDF: Space-Delimited File Generates a file containing one record for each
block reference in the drawing. The fields of each record have a fixed width;
therefore, field separators or character string delimiters are not used.
In the Select Template File dialog box, enter the name of an existing attribute
extraction template file.
In the Create Extract File dialog box, enter the name for the output file. The
extract file's file name extension is .txt for CDF or SDF format.
DXF: Drawing Interchange File Produces a subset of the AutoCAD Drawing
Interchange File format containing only block reference, attribute, and
end-of-sequence objects. DXF-format extraction requires no template. The file
name extension .dxx distinguishes the output file from normal DXF files.
In the Create Extract File dialog box, enter the name for the output file. The
extract file's file name extension is .dxx for DXF format.
Objects Selects objects whose attributes you want to extract.
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