The Import Block Data command now provides the facility to use wildcards within the Block ini file for the Primary and/or Secondary search codes.

For example, the Events Data may contain separate Primary codes denoting Anodes as AN0, AN1, AN2 etc. rather than specifying each individual code, a wildcard can be used so that all events matching AN* will be plotted:

LINETYPES

# Name,File

LAYERS

# LayerName,Linetype,Colour

Plan-FlangeValve,CONTINUOUS,WHITE

Plan-Anodes,CONTINUOUS,WHITE

OBJECTDATA-TYPE

# PrimaryCode,SecondaryCode,SymbolName,Layer,Colour,Scale,Attrib,Attrib,Attrib,...

AN*,,C:\Symbols\Anode.dwg,Plan-Anodes,BYLAYER,2500,.Primary

FLG,,C:\Symbols\FlangeValve.dwg,Plan-FlangeValve,BYLAYER,2500,.Primary

 

If the PrimaryCode or SecondaryCode are left blank, then this acts as a wildcard * and plots everything. therefore, every record in a Custom Events format file could be plotted to a single block symbol definition by leaving the Primary and Secondary Codes blank in the Block ini file:

,,C:\Symbols\Target.dwg,Plan-Target,BYLAYER,2500,.Primary