1Overview
ACAD, BCAD and DCAD use red/green assignment feedback before committing assets. In DCAD, a compact direct-selection panel opens automatically: left-click each closed string, select Done, then use the Plan point-in-polygon panel to assign the next numeric Lot or alphabetic Easement value.
A design contains many closed areas that should become separately identified Lot or Easement assets.
2Select and number cadastral areas
Use the assignment preview in ACAD/BCAD or complete the compact left-click-and-Done selection flow in DCAD.
Select source polygons
Use drawing selection in ACAD/BCAD or the compact direct-selection panel in DCAD.
- Run
ADACBulkLotorADACBulkEasement. - DCAD: the selection panel opens automatically; left-click each required closed 12d string and each click is accepted immediately.
- Select Done to continue to LotNo assignment. Select Cancel before making a pick to cancel the macro.
- There is no Source Box grid, column choice, Pick menu or press-Esc-to-continue step.
- The command rejects open, invalid or already-attributed source geometry before assignment.
Assign LotNo
Use the red/green assignment view to control the starting value and sequence.
- Unassigned polygons are red and assigned polygons are green.
- DCAD: before the next pick, edit Next LotNo and the positive Sequence step when the displayed defaults do not match the plan.
- Click inside a polygon in a Plan view to assign the displayed value; click an assigned polygon again to reset it and make that value available again.
- Select Done after at least one polygon is green.
Complete shared attributes
The command creates one new physical asset per assignment.
- Review shared asset attributes and any PlanNo overlay.
- Confirm no LotNo conflicts are reported.
- Allow the bulk creation process to duplicate each assigned source into the profile destination model; the selected source strings remain unchanged.
Review the creation result
The result identifies completed and failed assignments.
- Check the created and failed counts.
- Read any polygon-specific error before closing the result.
- Remember that bulk creation does not insert property blocks.
3LotNo sequencing and conflict rules
Numeric Lots and alphabetic Easements use product-appropriate selection while preserving one asset per accepted area.
| Feature or choice | Current behaviour |
|---|---|
| Lot sequence | Lots use positive whole numbers and advance numerically.The assignment order can match plans and staging. |
| Easement sequence | Alphabetic Easement numbering continues A through Z, then AA, AB and onward.The same readable sequence applies beyond the first 26 Easements. |
| DCAD numbering scope | DCAD initially begins after the highest matching value already present in the active project. Next LotNo and Sequence step remain editable before every pick.Users can follow the plan's required start and interval without losing duplicate protection. |
| Conflict handling | Existing design values are reserved; assigning an in-session duplicate resets the prior polygon.Each resulting LotNo remains unique within its context. |
| Source treatment | Each assigned polygon produces one new standard Cadastre asset in the profile destination model; the original selected string remains untouched.Mass creation does not combine separate parcels into one group, and each new element receives its own ADACId/ObjectId and assigned LotNo. |
| Stored assignment | DCAD writes the displayed assignment to the created element as LotNo. Lots also receive calculated titled area, and PlanNo is copied from project data when available.Find, Edit, Audit and Export read the same value from the actual created native asset. |
4Before you begin
- Ensure each source is a valid closed polygon and does not overlap ambiguously.
- Set shared Cadastre global/specific values such as PlanNo before or during creation.
- Know the starting numeric Lot value or alphabetic Easement sequence.
5Product differences
The task is shared where possible, but selection, interface integration and model operations follow the host shown below.
Displays transient red/green polygon previews and point-in-polygon assignment in AutoCAD.
BCAD uses equivalent transient previews and polygon tests.
Each macro opens a compact direct-selection panel automatically. Left-click each closed string and select Done; every click is accepted immediately, with no Source Box grid, column choice, Pick menu or Esc step. Cancel before any pick cancels the macro. Eligible polygons are red until a Plan click assigns the displayed LotNo and turns them green; Next LotNo and Sequence step can be edited before each pick, and clicking an assigned polygon resets it. Each assignment creates a new native asset and retains the source string. Lot uses numeric LotNo values and Easement continues A through Z, then AA onward.
6Troubleshooting
The source-selection panel is still open
Left-click every required closed string, then select Done. Do not press Esc or look for a Source Box grid, column choice or separate Pick menu.
Clicking does not select a polygon
Confirm the point is inside a selected, closed, non-self-intersecting polygon. Reselect clean boundaries.
The starting value is rejected
Lots must be positive integers. Easements must contain alphabetic characters only. Existing values also cannot be reused.
No property blocks were created
Bulk workflows intentionally skip them. ACAD/BCAD can recreate property blocks; DCAD stores attributes on the native element and has no DWG property block.
The next DCAD value is higher than expected
The assignment panel starts after existing project values. Review current LotNo values with Find or Audit, then enter the required unused Next LotNo and Sequence step before the next Plan pick.