Guides
Batch Update Title Block Attributes Across Multiple AutoCAD Drawings
Batch-update title block attributes — date, client name, project number — across multiple AutoCAD drawings at once, with a diff preview and automatic backup, instead of opening each DWG by hand.
Batch Translate Text and Labels Across Multiple AutoCAD Drawings
Batch-translate notes and labels across multiple AutoCAD drawings at once — export every text string from a batch of DWGs to Excel, translate it, and write it back to the exact entity it came from.
Batch Compare Block Attributes Between Two AutoCAD Drawing Revisions
Compare block definitions and attributes between a 'before' and 'after' folder of AutoCAD drawings at once — matched by object handle, with a field-by-field diff and an Excel export, instead of opening both revisions side by side.
Batch Compare Text and Notes Between Two AutoCAD Drawing Revisions
Compare DBText, MText and block content between a 'before' and 'after' folder of AutoCAD drawings at once — matched by object handle, with a field-by-field diff of every wording change and an Excel export.
Plot Different CTBs for Different Drawing Types in One Merged PDF
Batch-plot a submittal set where the cover sheet, schedules and product drawings each need their own CTB plot style, and still get out one merged PDF — instead of PUBLISH's single global plot-style setting.
Highlight Just the Layers or Blocks You're Checking — Plot Everything Else in Black
Plot a PDF where only the layers or blocks you're reviewing — new work, a revision, one item type — come out in color, and everything else plots flat black, so what needs attention is obvious at a glance.
Turn Block Attributes into Searchable PDF Annotations for As-Built Archives
Plot an as-built archive where every block's attribute values — manufacturer, spec, cost, tag — come out as real, searchable PDF annotations over the drawing, instead of flat, unsearchable plotted lines.
Verify a Procurement List Still Matches the Latest AutoCAD Drawing Revision
Check whether a procurement or bill-of-materials list issued from an earlier drawing revision still matches the current one — which items were added, removed or resized — before design and purchasing drift apart.