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bolshevik09:
i am using fabrication parts to model in revit and creating spool assemblies for prefab. The GC is requesting that i provide a cad file with all of the spools saved as blocks (because they are using Doxel). I have no problem exporting each assembly using the MAJ utility, but then i have to manually select the parts and create a block out of it. This is extremely time consuming.

Is there a way to export the assemblies saved as individual blocks? I would need the blocks named as their assembly name

cadbyken:
There is a way to make a selection set using mapfilter. If you could populate a list, then use a lisp routine to do each iteration, that is one path. The list can be created by converting a screenshot of the project browser. I use SnagIt that has not only the screen capture, but does it while scrolling and converts to text.

bolshevik09:

--- Quote from: cadbyken on Oct 08, 2025, 12:07:50 PM ---There is a way to make a selection set using mapfilter. If you could populate a list, then use a lisp routine to do each iteration, that is one path. The list can be created by converting a screenshot of the project browser. I use SnagIt that has not only the screen capture, but does it while scrolling and converts to text.

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Unfortunately i dont use lisp very often and i wouldnt know how to write that. I tried the Mapfilter and was able to select all of the elements for the spool.

If i understand this correctly, the lisp would run mapfilter, filter out a spool, create a block of it naming it with a integer at the end, and then repeat?

cadbyken:
Yes. There are several threads on Mapfilter like this one https://www.xtracad.com/forum/index.php/topic,8168.msg111634.html#msg111634

One of the keys is to use the Search/Filter for Objects. When you use the group, it is written back into a txt file that you can look at to help you out.

The lisp routine just helps automate it.
  Get the name
  Select by the name
  Create block by the name.

cadbyken:
A manual way of doing it is cut and paste
  Cut the name
  openjob <paste name>
  select all
  block <paste name>
  hide block
  Start back at top of list

You could also use an old time AutoCAD script (not to be confused with Fabrication MEP scripting) as well. Build it by creating a list of the spool names as mentioned above. Don't forget to suppress the dialog boxes in that example.

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