Substitutions

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Substitutions are used in the Data Table, Sawing Table, Material Table, Lay, Mark, NC Prepare, DXF Export, Numbering and Smart Leader plug-ins. That is, wherever you need to insert some properties of drawing objects into the text. Substitutions are a system similar to AutoCAD fields. The substitution shows my programs where to paste the part information in the text. For example, you need the title of the part to contain the line "Part No. 1, Layer Chipboard", where 1 is the name of the part, and Chipboard is the name of the part layer. Then you use two substitutions in the calculation settings: "Part No.%name%, Layer %layer%". And the program will substitute for each part the name of the part where %name% is written and the part layer, so where %layer% is written.

You can always insert the substitutions into the program settings using the insertion substitution dialog. But you can not open a dialog, but write a substitution yourself. Therefore, it makes sense to figure out how to write your own permutations.

Writing substitutions

Each substitution begins and ends with the % percent symbol and can consist of a one or several property names, then an index number and then a format:

%namenamenameN:Format%

The names of substitution are case sensitive - it is usually necessary to write in small English letters, or as it is called attribute, drawing property. Some data can be substituted by short substitution or long (e.g. %n% or %name%) - there is no difference.

The substitution name can be composite. For example, face means that it is necessary to substitute some property of solid surface. Behind face we specify which one: facearea - area, facemat - surface coverage material. And after mat may be also a property of this material. facematprice - the price of the material of covering the solid surface. All these parts should be written in small letters without spaces.

%facematprice2:#.##'$'%

Here you can see inside the substitution not only its three-part name, but also its index and format. The index is used only to indicate the number of the painted surface or the number of the edge. In this case "2" means that you have to substitute the material price for the second (back) side of the part. And you need to format the price with the cents and the dollar symbol at the end. And for example, %edgematart1% is an article (art) of edge material (mat) on the first (longest) edge (end) of the part.

Substitution formats

The substitution format is written after the name and index and separated by a colon. The format redefines the standard formatting of numbers, sizes, areas. The format allows you to specify how many digits of the fractional part of the number you want to output. The same format allows you to specify any text in quotes. This text will be substituted only if the value of number/length/area/volume is not zero. You can use this to output units. For string substitution, the format string allows you to substitute some input words, but only if the value of the substitution is not an empty string. Since I use C# for my plugins, you can see the format string descriptions for C# and use them in substitution.

• • For floating point numbers (area, volume, prices) all the formatting options are described in great detail here. You can configure how many decimal places to write and whether to write insignificant zeros. This setting does not in any way affect the accuracy of calculations and the comparison of solids. In the format, use the characters 0 and #. 0 is a digit or 0, # is a digit or nothing. For example, the number 1.111111 formatted as 00.00 will be displayed as 01.11. And formatted 0.#### will be displayed as 1.1111. And the number 1.2 formatted as 0.#### will be displayed as 1.2. There are also standard formats, depending on the regional settings of Windows:

    • • G - regular format (default)

      • E - exponential format

      • F - fixed number of decimal places

      • P - percent

      • C - currency

      • N, D, R, X - other standard formats

      • Standard formats should be capitalized

      • After the format character, 1 digit is allowed, which means the required number of decimal places.

  • For lengths and sizes, all the same possibilities are used as for floating point numbers, plus special AutoCAD formats:

• • • CU - current from the drawing, as recorded in the system variables LUNITS and LUPREC,

    • AR - English Architectural

    • EN - English engineering,

    • FR - English fractional,

    • SC - scientific with decimal exponent,

    • DE - regular decimal

    • After the special formats AR, EN, FR, SC, DE, you can write one digit from 0 to 8. It will mean precision (see LUPREC). For decimal numbers, this is the number of decimal places.

    • If the size format is not specified in the substitution, the format specified in the Common Options or in the style settings of this command in the "Convert numbers to string" section is used.

• • Area and volume are displayed by default with dimensions: m², in³. If you do not need these characters, write any format suitable for numbers.

  • For integers (quantity, indices, table row numbers), the same strings are used as for real ones, except for the fractional part and the exponent. For example, if you need leading zeros before a number so that there are always 3 characters, then write the format 000. You can also use special formatting strings:

• • • X - is a hexadecimal number

    • ARABIC - regular numbers

    • ROMAN - Roman numerals (only for numbers from 1 to 3999)

    • ALPHABET - letters in the English alphabet from A to Z and further from AA to ZZ and so on (only for numbers greater than 0)

    • CYRILLIC - letters in the Russian alphabet from А to Я and further from АА to ЯЯ and so on (only for numbers greater than 0)

    • Standard formats should be written in capital letters

• • For part and material prices, the default format is 0.00 and the local currency symbol $, £... If you do not need this symbol, write any format suitable for floating point numbers.

  • Edge angles are always converted to degrees and displayed with one decimal digit and the ° degree symbol. They can also be reformatted as any other floating point number.

  • For string and complex substitution, the format can be any text with a mandatory insertion {0}. This is where the property value will be inserted. This trick makes sense only to avoid writing anything superfluous when the property value is empty.

  • If you export data to Excel and only one value is written to one cell, then the table cell will be assigned this format. Therefore, record only those formats that are valid in Excel.

%info:\PInformation: {0}%.

This substitution will turn into an empty line if the information about the part is empty. And if it is not empty, the line break will be inserted (in AutoCAD is encoded by the characters \P ) then the word Information with a colon and only then the detail description will be inserted.

Then each substitution will be described with its type. Based on this, you can choose the acceptable formats.

Substitution Selection Dialog

In the settings dialog, all substitutions are grouped by objects from which data can be extracted. The substitution Format can be entered in a separate input field. And this field remembers the last formats you entered and contains examples - you can select them from the drop-down list. If the substitution allows an index, an Index entry field will appear. At the bottom of the form, you will see a field with the resulting substitution code. It can be corrected. Here, too, there is a list of recent substitutions - it may be easier for you to choose a substitution from this list. Click OK to insert the substitution. Or close the dialog with a cross so that you don’t insert anything.

Common properties

At all objects of the drawing it is possible to receive and substitutes in the text some standard properties. Here substitutions for them:

• • %layer% or %l% - object layer. String.

  • %color% - color. If the color has no name - digital color index or RGB code. "ByLayer" will substituted for the layer color. If the color is selected from the color book, the name of the book will be displayed. String.

  • %col% - the color of a part without color book name. String.

  • %block% - the name of the block this object is included in. For model objects, the name will be empty. String.

  • %blockNNN% - other owner-block properties or his constant attributes.

  • %hyperlink% - hyperlink. String.

  • %area% or %ar% - the area of a closed curve or region or surface. In millimeter drawing the area will be recalculated in square meters. Floating point number. By default it is written with the units of measurement at the end.

  • %length% or %len% - the length of the perimeter of the front side of the solid, the perimeter of the surface and the region, or the length of the line. Always output in drawing units. Formatted as a size without units.

  • %perimeter% or %p% - the length of the perimeter of the front side of the solid, the perimeter of the surface and the region, or the length of the line. In a millimeter drawing, the perimeter will be converted to meters. Formatted as a size, but by default it is written with the units of measurement at the end.

  • %basex%, %basey%, %basez% - X, Y, Z coordinate of base point = location, insertion point, first vertex. In Word Coordinate System (WCS) or owner-block coordinate system (BCS). Formatted as size.

  • %basexucs%, %baseyucs%, %basezucs% - X, Y, Z coordinates of the base point in the current user coordinate system (UCS). Model space objects only. Formatted as size.

  • %extentsx%, %extentsy%, %extentsz% - X, Y, Z dimensions of the overall box into which the object fits (aka Extents). In the WCS or BCS. Does not work for some auxiliary objects. Formatted as size.

  • %extminx%, %extminy%, %extminz%, %extmaxx%, %extmaxy%, %extmaxz% - the X, Y, Z coordinates of the minimum and maximum points of the overall box into which the object fits. In the WCS or BCS. Does not work for blocks and some auxiliary objects. Formatted as size.

  • %id% is the object identifier. Changes every time you load the drawing. Integer.

  • %handle% - object identifier. Invariable, but local, i.e. may be repeated in an external link. Integer. It is displayed in hexadecimal by default.

If you are using a A>V>C> Palette, you get access to substitutions:

• • %name% or %n% - string name of object,

  • %info% or %i% - description or any other information,

  • %kind% or %k% - kind, type, material of object or any other information

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In addition, all properties of the current drawing can be retrieved from any object. For objects from xrefs, the properties of the main drawing will be retrieved, not from he links.

For objects extracted from assembly-blocks, you can retrieve the properties of the owner-block and its constant attributes. To do this, write the word "block" in the substitution and then the desired property. Note that objects do not know through which block reference they were received and therefore the block reference properties are not available. Also, parameters of dynamic blocks and variable attributes are not available.

Solids

In addition to the standard properties of solids, you can substitute properties:

• • %material% or %mat% - name of material. This is a render material, not special materials from BIM or Mechanical verticals. If the material is set by ByLayer, then the material of the layer will be substituted. If the material is ByBlock, an empty line will be substituted. If the material is not assigned to either a solid or a layer (the default material is Global), then instead of substituting its color or the color of its layer will be displayed. If you have the A>V>C> Properties Panel, then you can configure and use not only the name of the material, but also a number of its properties (see further in the Material section). In the substitution, specify the material property after mat keyword. String.

If you run the Lay, Saw, Mark or SolSize commands, then its metric will be written to solid xData. You can get this data using substitutions:

• • %thickness% or %t% - thickness of solid (minimum of the three overall dimensions). Matches %extentsz% of the solid laid out in XY according to the rules of the LAY program. Formatted as size.

  • %length% or %len% - length of solid (minimum of the three overall dimensions). For parts with a texture across, instead of the length, the width is displayed. Formatted as size.

  • %width% or %w% - height (third of the three overall dimensions). Formatted as size.

  • %asym% or %a% - Indicator asymmetrical: the distance from the boxing center to the center of mass. It allows you to identify the offset holes, and others. Floating point number.

  • %asymv% - The direction of the center of the box to the center of mass in three dimensions. It differs from the mirrored parts. String.

  • %tech% - Technology, a method of manufacturing parts. String.

  • %box% or %note% - comment “Box” for easy boxes. String.

  • %nobox% - comment “Not box” for all solids except easy boxes. String.

  • %doubleside% - comment "Double-sided processing" for parts requiring drilling or milling from both front and rear.

  • %tmm%, %lmm% and %wmm% - solid size (thickness, length, width) converted from current drawing units to millimeters. Size formats are ignored.

  • %volume% or %v% - real volume of solid (not product dimensions). In a millimeter drawing, the perimeter will be converted to cubic meters. Floating point number. By default, volume units are displayed. By default it is written with the units of measurement at the end.

  • %area% or %ar% - the area of the greatest flat face of the part. You can use it to calculate the quantity of materials. In the millimeter drawing, the area will be converted into square meters. Floating point number. By default it is written with the units of measurement at the end.

  • %perimeter% or %p% - perimeter of the outer contour of the largest flat face of the part. You can use it to count the number of edges. In the millimeter drawing, perimeter will be recounted into meters. Formatted as size. By default it is written with the units of measurement at the end.

  • %facecount% or %fc% - number of faces of the solid. Integer.

  • %weight% - weight of the part (volume * density of the material). Floating point number.

  • %cost% - the price of the part materials. Floating point number. By default, the currency symbol from the Windows settings is assigned to the price.

  • %faceXXXN% - properties of the selected solid surface. For example, the surface indicated by the Smart Leader. N is the number (index) of the surface. The surface number 1 is always considered the front, number 2 is the rear. 3 and further, only surfaces having a cover (material assigned) are numbered in decreasing order of area. For each surface, you can substitute the following properties instead of XXX:

    • id - surface identifier in the internal structure of the solid. Unchanged until you edit the geometry of the solid. Integer.

    • # - surface index. 1 - front, 2 - rear, then in descending order of area. Integer.

    • color - color like all objects, including the name of the color book. String.

    • col - color without the name of the book. String.

    • area - surface area. Floating point number. In a millimeter drawing, the area will be converted into square meters. By default, it is written with the units at the end.

    • mat - material assigned to the surface. If not assigned (Global), then the color will be displayed. If both the material and color coincide with the solid, then an empty string is substituted. After the keyword mat, you can specify any property of the material.

  • %edgeXXXN% - properties of one of the edges of the part adjacent to the main surface. Properties of other edges (not adjacent to the main surface) are not available. N is the number (index) of the edge. The edges are indexed starting from the longest (number 1) and then in the order of going around the main surface (front). There are not necessarily 4 edges - they can be any number. And they are not necessarily flat. Instead of XXX, you can write all the same properties as on surfaces, but it is still added:

    • len - the length of the end. It is measured along the length of the edge of the front plane, which may be slightly smaller than the required size of the edging material. Formatted as size.

    • angle - the angle of inclination of the flat end relative to the front plane. The angle is measured as it is adjusted on a sawing (format) machine: the angle is 90 degrees is taken as zero. The positive angle is when the end is visible from the front. The negative angle is when the end looks down, on the other side of the front. Floating point number. By default, 1 decimal place and degrees symbol are displayed.

  • %covers% - a complete description of all covered surfaces. All surfaces to which the material is assigned are listed, except for the edges. For each, the name of the surface is displayed and then the name of the material. The FRONT word is displayed as the name of the front surface, for the rear - REAR, for the rest - surface area is displayed. If the same material is assigned to several surfaces, then the descriptions are combined, and the names of the surfaces are listed through the fraction symbol /. You can replace the name of the material with any other property of the material - just add the appropriate substitution name after covers keyword. In this case, you can skip the "mat" prefix. That is, to display the index of a material, you can write %coversmatindex% or %coversindex%. In both cases, "Front: A; Rear: B" will be substituted. You can substitute a description for only one surface if you specify its index in the substitution. It can be formatted as a string.

  • %bandings% - a full description of the edge materials at all ends of the part. Edges are listed in order to bypass the front plane. As the name of the edge, its length is usually used. But you can reconfigure the Common Options so that instead of the length, the numbers of the edges are written in order or the letters L are the length and W is the width. For consecutive edges with the same material, only the names of the ends through / are listed. You can also select any material property. In this case, you can skip the "mat" prefix. That is, to display the index of the material, you can write %bandingsmatindex% or %bandingsindex%. In both cases, "L: A; W: B" will be substituted. You can specify a face index to display information about only one face. But the edge name (L or W) will still be present. You can format the substitution as a string.

  • %slopes% - a full description of all the ends of the part, made with the inclination of the saw. Everything is similar to %bandings%, but in the list there are only inclined ends and angles instead of materials.

If you are using the A>V>C> Palette, you get access to substitutions:

• • %name% or %n% - string name of object.

  • %info% or %i% - description of detail or any other information. Some characters (end of line, tab, semicolon) cannot be inserted into a cell in a text table, and the Sawing Table command will delete them.

  • %kind% or %k% - kind, type, material of object or any other information. String.

  • %sweep% - comment “Sweep” for solids marked like Sweep. String.

  • %mirror% - comment “Mirror” for solids marked like Mirror. String.

  • %texture% – comment about texture direction. String.

  • %texture2% - “2” if Texture = Along or Across and “1” if Texture property = No (specially for Cutting3 or OptiCut program)

  • %texture*% - “*” if Texture = Along or Across. Use this mark in the sawing table after the length substitution. For parts with a texture across, instead of the length, the width is displayed. Thus, for all textured parts, the side along which the fibers of the texture should be deployed will be marked.

Blocks

All standard properties are available to Block Reference. Plus:

• • %scale% - the scale of the link to the block. Always greater than 0. If the scales are different along different axes, the word "distorted" will be substituted for the scale. Real number.

  • %mirror% - if the block is mirrored in 1 or three axes, the comment “Mirror” will be substituted. String.

In addition, the properties of the block itself (BlockTableRecord) are available:

• • %name% or %n% - name of block,

  • %info% or %i% - description of block,

  • %expodable% - if the block can be exploded (and used as an assembly), the comment will be substituted “Explodable”, otherwise - “Not Explodable”. String.

Attributes and parameters are also available. Both constant (from a Block Table Record) and mutable (from a Block Reference). Their name must be enclosed between the % characters. It is important to observe the case of letters as the attribute tag is written, and to write in the substitution. Substitution of attributes and parameters can be formatted as a string. Integer and real parameters can be formatted as a number.

Curves

All lines, polylines, multi-lines, arcs, circles, flat splines, ellipses are added to the standard substitutions:

• • %length% or %len% is the length of a line, polyline, or other curve. Always equal to %perimeter%. Formatted as size.

  • %endx%, %endy%, %endz% - the X, Y, Z coordinates of the end point of the curve in the world coordinate system (WCS) or BCS. Formatted as size.

  • %midx%, %midy%, %midz% - the X, Y, Z coordinates of the midpoint on the curve in the world coordinate system (WCS) or BCS. Not for Multi-linest. Formatted as size.

  • %endxucs%, %endyucs%, %endzucs% - X, Y, Z coordinates of the end point of the curve in the current user coordinate system (UCS). For curves in model space only. Formatted as size.

  • %midxucs%, %midyucs%, %midzucs% - X, Y, Z coordinates of the midpoint on the curve in UCS. For curves in model space only. Not for Multi-lines. Formatted as size.

Polyline & Polyline2d

Adds to curve substitutions:

• • %closed% - if the polyline is closed, it will write the word "Closed", otherwise an empty line. String.

  • %bypass% - closed polyline bypass direction - substitute the words “Clockwise” or “Counterclockwise”. String.

  • %segments% - number of segments. Integer.

Arc

Adds to curve substitutions:

• • %radius% - arc radius. Formatted as size

  • %angle% - arc angle. Formatted as size (default with degrees)

Circle

Adds to curve substitutions:

• • %radius% - radius. Formatted as size.

  • %diam% - diameter. Formatted as size.

Text & MText

Adds to standard substitutions:

• • %style% - text style. String.

  • %text% - content along with field codes and format codes. String.

MLeader

Adds to standard substitutions:

• • %style% - multi leader style. String.

  • %text% - content along with field codes and format codes. String.

  • %format% - substitutions for Smart Leader. String.

Table

Adds to standard substitutions:

• • %style% - table style. String.

  • %name%, %n% - table name. It just content of a first cell of a table. String.

  • %section% - section number if table spitted between sheets. Integer.

Details

When the commands Data Table, Lay and Sawing Table group the same objects and count the number of the same, then in these commands, the detail property substitutions are available:

• • %row% - table row number (use only if you do not use numbering). Use only if Numbering is not configured. Formatted as an integer. The default format is 000, that is, with bit justification up to 3 digits. It is this substitution that is used for part numbering in the AvcNum command. It is here that such integer formats as ROMAN (Roman numerals), ALPHABET and CYRILLIC - alphabetical letters are most in demand.

  • %count% or %c% - quantity of identical details in all assemblies. Including multiplier (product series). Integer.

If geometric comparison of objects is enabled, but the separation of mirror parts into separate records is not enabled, then the following substitutions make sense:

• • %countmirror% - quantity of details, marked like ”mirror”. By default, an empty string is substituted for zero. Integer.

  • %countright% - quantity of details, exclude marked like ”mirror”. Integer.

  • %c+m% - quantity of "right" + quantity mirrored details (if not zero). The text "pcs." will be added to this line. String.

If the search for objects inside assembly blocks is enabled or the multiplier (product series) is greater than 1, then additional substitutions can be used:

• • %assemlycount% - Number of assemblies. It takes into account the number of founded Block Reference in which these details are found. The quantity is also multiplied by a Multiplier (product series). Integer.

  • %perassembly% - Quantity per assembly (per block). Integer.

Detail properties are not saved in object and therefore not available in Smart Leader and Mark.

Materials

If you use the A>V>C> Palette, you can customize new material properties. And after that you can use the substitutions (after name mat ) :

• • index - the index of the material. For example: %matindex% or %facematindex1%. String.

  • color or col - the diffuse color of the material. If the color does not have a name - a digital color index or RGB code. If the color is inherited from an object (ByObject), then an empty string. String.

  • art - article of material. String.

  • info - description of the material. String.

  • use - the purpose of the material. String.

  • den - the density of the material. Floating point number.

  • length or len - the length of the sheet/rod of the material. Formatted as size.

  • width or w - width. Formatted as size.

  • thickness or t - thickness. Formatted as size.

  • price - cost per unit area / length / volume. Floating point number.

  • piece - The size of the piece of material. Sheet area, rod length or volume. Calculated by the size of the material, taking into account the purpose ("Use" field). For millimeter drawings, it is converted to meters. Floating point number.

  • units - Units for measuring the amount of material. Substituted depending on the purpose ("Use" field). String.

  • grain - This material has a grain pattern (texture) along the long side of the sheet. 0 or 1. Integer.

  • milltool - The name or number of the tool (cutter) as it is named in the CNC machine. For CNC-layer names. String.

  • millmode - Processing mode (milling). For CNC-layer names. String.

  • sawtool - The name or number of the tool (disk / saw blade) as it is named in the CNC machine. For CNC-layer names. String.

  • sawmode - Processing (sawing) mode. For CNC-layer names. String.

  • id - is the material identifier in dwg-file. Changes every time you load the drawing. Integer.

  • handle - object identifier too. Invariable, but local, i.e. may be repeated in an external link. Integer. It is displayed in hexadecimal by default.

In the Material Table command, you can use material calculation substitutions for selected parts:

• • quantity - The amount of material by area, length, or volume. Taking into account the required scrap (see "Cost Calculation" in Common Options). The unit of quantity depends on the purpose of the material. Floating point number.

  • pieces - The number of pieces of material. If the dimensions of the material are specified, the program will calculate how many sheets, rods, and edge bandings are needed. Floating point number.

  • weight - The weight of all parts made from this material excluding scrap. The density of the material must be specified. Not calculated for coatings and edges. Formatted as weight.

  • cost - The cost of this amount of material. The unit price of the material must be specified. Formatted like money.

Drawing property

For any object you can use DWG drawing property substitutions:

• • %filename% - drawing file name without dwg,

  • %dir% - the path to the drawing folder,

  • %revisionnumber% - revision number,

  • %lastsavedby% - last saved by,

  • %comments% - comments,

  • %keywords% - keywords

  • %author% - author,

  • %subject% - subject,

  • %title% - title,

  • %hyperlinkbase% - base address for all hyperlinks from drawing objects,

  • %dwgcreated% - date and time the file was created,

  • %dwgupdated% - the date and time the file was last saved,

  • %indwg% - total time of drawing editing,

  • %usertimer% - the user time counter reset by the _Time command.

  • %number_of_details% - the number of details in the drawing. Detail numbering can be continued from this digit.

  • %multiplier% - multiply the number of parts by an integer. This will help fill the table for making a large series of identical products.

You can also substitute custom drawing properties. To do this, place the substitution in the form of %customdp.My_property_name% Do not forget the point before the name. It is important to write the name in that case of letters as in the properties of the drawing. All drawing properties except dates are formatted as a string.

Current time

You can use date and time substitutions for any object.

• • %today% - is today's date in the short date format. The format depends on the settings of Windows. For the USA localization of Windows, the default is MM/dd/yyyy (month/day/year)

  • %now% - the current date and time at the time of the substitution call. The format also depends on the Windows settings.

  • %timestamp% - timestamp, i.e. the current date and time in short format, convenient for alphabetical sorting yyMMdd_HHmm (2 digits of the year, month, day, hour and minute without extra points and spaces). Does not depend on the date format settings.

All substitutions of the current time are calculated at the moment of launching the commands and cannot be converted to fields.

Contours of parts for CNC

The contour preparation commands for CNC (Outside loop, NC_Prepare and DXF Export) are able to use substitutions when creating new layers. These substitutions can use the data on the contours of the part, which is necessary for assigning processing parameters to the part. The same substitutions can be used in the Drill Table and on the face tilt angle leaders.

• depth - Depth of immersion of the tool along the direction of immersion. For the Blank layer is simply the thickness of the workpiece. For the Outside loop command, you can set the depth in the settings.

• z - position on Z axis. Measured from the bottom of the part (XY plane). Always a positive number. It makes sense for layers of horizontal (lateral) drillings, milling and sawing.

• -z - The Z-position in the inverted coordinate system from the top of the part. Always a positive number.

• centerx, centery, centerz - coordinates of the drill entry point into the part along three axes. Measured from the lower left corner on the laid out part. Used in the Drill Table, but you can get the coordinates of the center of any surface, not just drilling. Note that %centerz% is the entry and %z% is the exit or bottom.

• diam - diameter. For drilling - the diameter of the hole.

• angle - the angle drill axis or tilting the cutter / disc from the Z-axis. Measured in degrees (or as configured to display angles in the drawing). From -90° to +90°

• -angle - the tilt angle from the Z-axis in the inverted coordinate system. The angle sign is replaced with the opposite one compared to the %angle% substitution.

• slope - the angle of inclination of the plane or drilling from the horizon. 90 - %angle%. For front plane is always 0. For rear plane - 180

• rotation - the angle of rotation of the normal to the plane or drilling around Z axis from X (spindle rotation). From 0 to 360. For horizontal planes - n/a.

• -rotation - the angle of rotation of the normal to the plane or drilling around Z in an inverted coordinate system (as required by Biesse), that is, from -X CLOCKWISE. From 0 to 360. For horizontal planes - n/a.

• dir - The letter of the drilling direction "A" - in X, "B" - against Y, "C" - against X, "D" - in Y. It makes sense only for horizontal (lateral) drillings.

• length or len - the length of the given end face of the part. Can be used on a through-cut layer on a saw.

• milldiam - is the diameter of the cutter used.

• sawdiam - saw blade diameter.

• sawthickness - saw blade thickness.

• milltool - number or name of the milling tool. The program prefers to take this data from the material properties of the part, but if it is empty, it will take it from the CNC style.

• sawtool - number or name of the sawing tool.

• millmode - milling mode code.

• sawmode - sawing mode code.

• down - label " downward" if the inclined end of the part is facing down. Substitution is used in sloped edge leaders.

• row - drilling number. Used only in the Drill Table. Just a table row number in the order of the holes. Cannot be used in layer names.

• All other substitutions of the Metric and Name of solid - the properties of the processed solid will be substituted. This way you can create individual layers for each part. You can also get data about the material of a part through a compound lookup. for example %matindex% - part material index.

View name

The Lay program can lay out parts face or backwards. With the special substitution %view%, you can display the name of the view in the title of the part. Substitution is also available in the DXF export command.

• %view% - view name: "FRONT VIEW" or "REAR VIEW". Formatting is not supported.

Unknown properties

If you wrote a substitution with an error or the object does not have such a property or the block does not have the required attribute, then the substitution system will return the value "n/a". You can reconfigure this string - write down another value in the Common options in the Substitution section in the "No available" field. You can substitute an empty string too.

In the summary values and totals, the unknown substitution will be considered as zero.

Fields

AutoCAD fields are also substitutions of a special kind. They are inserted by the _Field command into any text (multitexts, multileaders, attributes, tables) that allow you to display the properties of the drawing or objects. Conveniently, the fields are updated automatically, almost immediately after you change the property of the object.

Updating the fields can occur when the image is regenerated (command _Regen), change the sheets, before printing or manually using the _UpdateField and AVCUpdate commands. Field updates are configured by the FieldEval system variable.

Commands from A>V>C> plugins can create fields and replace substitutions for fields. This can be convenient, because many object changes on Smart Leaders even without calling the LeaderUpdate command. But there are a number of limitations and peculiarities:

• • Do not expect the fields themselves to switch to displaying the properties of another object. For example, if you moved objects under the Smart Leaders, you still need to call LeaderUpdate.

  • Fields with properties created by the plugin Names work only under AutoCAD in which the plug-in Names is installed. Disable the creation of fields if you plan to transfer the dwg-file to other engineers.

  • Fields with additional properties of objects Name, Type, Info, etc., which creates the plug-in Names, can not be edited in the AutoCAD field editor, because he simply does not see these properties.

  • Fields with properties Name, Type, Info, etc., which creates the plug-in Names, work only in one location AutoCAD. If you created them in the Russian AutoCAD, they will not work in English. For Smart Leaders, it is enough to call LeaderUpdate and the fields will be recreated and will work again.

  • My plugins do not replace those properties on the fields that have a list of values: Mirror, Texture, Sweep - these are always substituted as a string, not as a field.

  • You can not create fields for properties that do not appear in the Property Panel (OPM). Those to display the Type, Info, and so on properties requires a working Names plugin (or AVC_Kit). The hidden properties of the solid are not available: %box%, %tr%, %dmm%, %wmm%, and %hmm%. No Detail properties are available. For all these cases, the substitution will still work, but the value of the property will be inserted, not the field. And you need to manually update these values ​​(for Smart Callouts, you just need to call LeaderUpdate)

  • I have not yet found a way to create field for block-parameters. If you write a block parameter in a substitution, it will be substituted as a string. With block attributes, everything is fine, their substitutions will be converted to fields.

Creating fields is easy to disable in the Common Options - see the "Use Fields" checkbox.

In the Common Options, you can set the display format for numbers/sizes. This setting also applies to fields. But there is a restriction - you can not add characters and texts to the format string.

In the Common Options, you can adjust names of textures and technologies.