Summary: Have the ability for a field in a block to display the value of a string user parameter located inside the same block.

Description: I want to create a block that is basically a mtext object that has fields that display the variables that I need. I can get the fields to work fine if the variable is numeric by having a construction line length that is controlled by a user parameter & the field reads the length of the line. But I have found no way to read a user parameter that is a string type when it is located inside the same block.

The work around for this is to have 2 blocks. One block that is on a no plot layer that simply holds the parameters, & another block that has the text & fields that read the parameters of the first block. I have tried inserting attributes into the block & have the fields read that values, but the fields only read the default values of the attributes & will not update when the attributes are changed.

Product and Feature: AutoCAD - Blocks

Submitted By: Rob Peterson on 08/18/2014