Converting data fields and text into tags

Is there away that I can take text or data fields and turn them into tags?

  • There is no way that I know of, without creating a program, to do so!

    You have an option to convert Enter Data Fields into Text when translating to DWG.

    The only way I know to take plain Text or ED Field info into a Tag (database) is to cteate the database Tag and Cut/Copy/Paste info. into the Tag field.

    I Hope this Helps!

  • Thanks for the response. I kinda figured there wasn't a way to that. I wonder if there is some VBA code to do what I want? Like you said a program. Ill keep searching.... If you come across anything please keep me in mind and let me know.

  • ntcall said:
    I wonder if there is some VBA code to do what I want?

    Neither VBA nor MDL has an API that deals with text fields.  However, if you mean enter-data text, then yes, there is an API that would help.

    What sort of data are you putting into text fields or enter-data fields?

     
    Regards, Jon Summers
    LA Solutions

  • Could you give a example (perhaps with screenshots) describing what you want to achieve? I can not see the workflow from some loose texts into a particular tagset that is attached to a particular element. That would require some very situation specific handling. E.g, there is some cell with two lines of text in a distance.  first line > tag1 second line > tag2 - tags placed and attached as the text was. Is your situation always the same? You easily get into a range of exceptions that need to be handled. That is nothing you get from the shelf.

  • As you see here I have a screen shot of two titleblocks. The first titleblock in yellow is the one that is made up of datafields. The second titleblock in red is made up of tags. I need to take the information in the data fields and put them into tags. Right now its a manuall process. I was seeing if there was a way to do it faster.