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The following template file includes the 15 possible fields. N means numeric,
C means character, www means a 3 digit number for the total width of the
field, and ddd means a 3 digit number representing how many numeric dec-
imal places are to be displayed to the right of the decimal point.
BL:NAME Cwww000 (Block name)
BL:LEVEL Nwww000 (Block nesting level)
BL:X Nwwwddd (X coordinate of block insertion point)
BL:Y Nwwwddd (Y coordinate of block insertion point)
BL:Z Nwwwddd (Z coordinate of block insertion point)
BL:NUMBER Nwww000 (Block counter; the same for MINSERT)
BL:HANDLE Cwww000 (Block handle; the same for MINSERT)
BL:LAYER Cwww000 (Block insertion layer name)
BL:ORIENT Nwwwddd (Block rotation angle)
BL:XSCALE Nwwwddd (X scale factor)
BL:YSCALE Nwwwddd (Y scale factor)
BL:ZSCALE Nwwwddd (Z scale factor)
BL:XEXTRUDE Nwwwddd (X component of block extrusion direction)
BL:YEXTRUDE Nwwwddd (Y component of block extrusion direction)
BL:ZEXTRUDE Nwwwddd (Z component of block extrusion direction)
numeric Nwwwddd (Numeric attribute tag)
character Cwww000 (Character attribute tag)
The template file can include any or all of the BL:xxxxxxx field names listed,
but must include at least one attribute tag field. The attribute tag fields deter-
mine which attributes, hence which blocks, are included in the attribute
extraction file. If a block contains some, but not all, of the specified
attributes, the values for the absent ones are filled with blanks or zeros,
depending on whether the field is a character field or a numeric field.
Comments should not be included in an attribute template file.
The illustration and table show an example of the type of information you're
likely to extract, including block name, manufacturer, model number, and
cost.