Function Syntax: DBCount Version: 1.0 Date: 06.07.2026 4:25:36PM https://www.lee-mac.com/dynamicblockcounter.html id: dbcounter01 SEO Description 🚀 DynamicBlockCounter is an AutoCAD and Civil 3D AutoLISP block counting utility for standard blocks, dynamic blocks, xrefs, and visibility-state summaries in the current drawing layout. The main benefit is faster DWG block auditing, cleaner CAD quantity checking, and exportable AutoCAD Civil 3D block count reports. command: | Main Command and Loading Method 🧰 Load the LISP with APPLOAD or from the AutoCAD startup suite. ▶️ Run DBCOUNT to open the dynamic block counting workflow. 📌 The command scans INSERT entities in the current layout, lets the user count all or selected blocks, and can export TXT or CSV reports. 🎯 Target platform: AutoCAD and Civil 3D with Visual LISP COM support through vl-load-com. description: | Detailed Description 📘 This AutoLISP program counts block references, dynamic block references, and xref-style insert references in the active DWG layout. 🔍 The user runs DBCOUNT, selects specific blocks or presses Enter to count all detected layout blocks, and receives a formatted block count table in the AutoCAD command line. 🧩 For dynamic blocks, the routine resolves the effective block name so anonymous dynamic block names are shown as readable production block names. 👁️ When a dynamic block has a visibility parameter, the routine also counts how many references use each visibility state. 📊 The user can export the result to a TXT or CSV file created in the current drawing folder. This makes the code useful for AutoCAD Civil 3D block management, DWG cleanup, symbol quantity checking, xref review, and CAD production reporting. helper_function: | Helper Logic 🚀 Command entry point - c:dbcount controls selection, counting, reporting, and export. 🔍 Current layout scan - ssget "_X" finds INSERT entities in model space or the current paper layout. 🧩 Effective block name detection - LM:blockname uses EffectiveName when available. 🔢 Count accumulator - LM:nassoc++ increments block and visibility-state counts in a nested association list. 👁️ Visibility parameter lookup - LM:getvisibilityparametername reads the ACAD_ENHANCEDBLOCK extension dictionary. 📐 Dynamic property reading - getdynamicblockproperties extracts each selected dynamic block visibility value. 📝 Formatted output - LM:padbetween creates aligned command-line report rows. 📤 Unique report filename - LM:uniquefilename prevents TXT and CSV reports from overwriting older files. 🔐 Error-safe cleanup - the local *error* function closes open file handles and restores NOMUTT. functionalities: | Functionalities 🚀 Count all current-layout blocks - counts every detected block reference when the user presses Enter at the selection prompt. 🎯 Count selected blocks only - lets the user audit only specific selected block references. 🧩 Dynamic block support - reports readable effective names instead of anonymous dynamic block names. 👁️ Visibility-state counts - lists the quantity of each dynamic block visibility state when supported. 📌 Xref-style insert counting - processes reference objects that appear as INSERT entities. 📊 Command-line report - prints block names, visibility rows, and counts in a clean AutoCAD text table. 📤 TXT export - creates a tab-delimited report for documentation or checking. 📤 CSV export - creates an Excel-friendly block count file for coordination and quantity review. 🔒 Non-destructive audit - reads drawing block data without modifying AutoCAD geometry. result: | Final Result ✅ The final result is a fast AutoCAD and Civil 3D block count report showing standard block totals, dynamic block totals, xref-style insert totals, and visibility-state breakdowns. It improves CAD productivity, Civil 3D drawing quality control, symbol quantity verification, block library auditing, DWG cleanup, and project reporting. additional_info: | Additional Information and Limitations 🔴 Important: the routine scans the current layout context only and should be run separately in other layouts if needed. 🟧 Visibility limitation: visibility-state output is available only for dynamic blocks that contain a valid visibility parameter. 📌 Exported reports are created in the active drawing folder with the DWG filename as the base file name. 🔐 The command does not create, delete, move, explode, or edit block references. 📘 The source header identifies the original utility as Lee Mac Dynamic Block Counter version 1.1 from 2013-11-27.