Find & Replace Block Attributes

Select “Find and replace block attribute values in drawings” from the Operation Tab and click the “Next” button. Finding and replacing block attribute values is another very powerful feature of Ultra AutoCAD Tool.

Click the “Add File” button to add drawing file ATTEXT.DWG then click the “Next” button.

Type * in “Text to find” text box, John Doe in the “Replacement text” text box, and attributetag = ‘drawn_by’ and layout = ‘layout1’ then click the “Process” button. The asterisk (*) is a special character which means “find any text value”.

A warning message will appear. Click the “Yes” button to begin replacing text in the drawing.

Now we will change the every occurrence of john doe to Charlie Brown. Select check boxes “Find whole word only” and “Replace whole value”. Click the “Process” button.

A warning message will appear. Click the “Yes” button to begin replacing text in the drawing.