Block Name in a field

[ASM78]

Hello,

I'm looking for some help. I'm trying to have a block's name show up as text within the block itself without using attributes. I am wanting to edit the block using refedit not bedit - that's why no attributes. I can get it to work using block place holders in an attribute, but this makes it so that I have to edit the block's geometry using bedit. Which is very inconvenient.

Thanks for the help!

[cadtag]

uhm,,, confused. if you want the block name to be displayed in the block, why not just use a piece of text as part of the block?

[ASM78]

I'm hoping to copy the block, do a copy/rename (Lee Mac program) on the block and have the new block show the new name.

[Norton_cad]

A diesel string should give the "filename", but i'm not sure what the block name system variable is.

[Tom Beauford]

Best thing would be to add a field after the block is inserted.
Field category: Objects
Field names: Object
Use the select button for Object type:
Property: Name
Click [OK] then place block label.

[cadtag]

I don't believe there's any way a field can do that -- fields are essentially dynamic in nature and you want something that will remain static (until you re-run the LISP routine).

I'd suggest that you modify the LISP code to change the value of a text string that's part of the block to display the new name you are giving the new block definition.

It will still be prone to breakage -- what should hapopen if someone uses the RENAME command after the new block definition is made via LISP?

[Tom Beauford]

I don't believe there's any way a field can do that -- fields are essentially dynamic in nature and you want something that will remain static (until you re-run the LISP routine).

I'd suggest that you modify the LISP code to change the value of a text string that's part of the block to display the new name you are giving the new block definition.

It will still be prone to breakage -- what should hapopen if someone uses the RENAME command after the new block definition is made via LISP?

Tested it using Lee Mac's CopyRenameBlockV1-5.lsp.
A regen after renaming the block updated the field and displayed the new block name. Works with rename command as well.

[BlackBox]

I don't believe there's any way a field can do that -- fields are essentially dynamic in nature and you want something that will remain static (until you re-run the LISP routine).

I'd suggest that you modify the LISP code to change the value of a text string that's part of the block to display the new name you are giving the new block definition.

It will still be prone to breakage -- what should hapopen if someone uses the RENAME command after the new block definition is made via LISP?

Object-specific Fields simply reference an ObjectId, which ultimately is a simple string substitution within the resultant (copied) Field, in order to reference the ObjectId of the resultant Object being referenced in same.

(vl-load-com)

(defun c:GetFieldCode (/ x)
  (if
    (and
      (setq x (ssget ":S:E"))
      (setq x (vlax-ename->vla-object (ssname x 0)))
      (vlax-method-applicable-p x 'fieldcode)
    )
     (prompt (strcat "\nFieldCode: " (vla-fieldcode x)))
     (prompt "\n** Invalid selection ** ")
  )
  (princ)
)

(defun c:GetObjectId (/ x)
  (if
    (and
      (setq x (ssget ":S:E"))
      (setq x (vlax-ename->vla-object (ssname x 0)))
    )
     (prompt (strcat "\nObjectId: " (itoa (vla-get-objectid x))))
  )
  (princ)
)

[cadtag]

I may well be misunderstanding. Having a filed in a DWG that displays the name of a placed block I understand. But, I didn't thank that was what the OP wanted. Can someone post an example of a block containing a field in its defintion that has the name of the block displayed?

Since the block won't exist when the field is placed, how is it populated?

[BlackBox]

Now we're getting into circular references, which is not what I was commenting on - for that see this apt post.