How can i auto insert name of block

[keiths]

Hi all,

 

advice needed please, i want to be able to insert a block with the name of the block next to it...

 

For example, inserting a road sign on a dwg i the want to place the reference number next to it automatically (Reference number being the name of the block)

 

Thanks Keith

[BIGAL]

Here in Aus we have HFS Fonts which does exactly what you want with a full library of signs. I am not sure if it still exists as a product.

 

Any way can be done via a simple lisp the hard part is making a selectable interface as shown in image. Again once you create a snap shot of each sign then its there hopefully forever. You can make a slide image of every sign block via a lisp and use a custom dcl or I would suggest a menu option like the image. Tool palettes come to mind also others will comment on how to set them up.

[keiths]

Hi BigAl,

 

Thanks for your reply

[TheCADnoob]

Hi all,

 

advice needed please, i want to be able to insert a block with the name of the block next to it...

 

For example, inserting a road sign on a dwg i the want to place the reference number next to it automatically (Reference number being the name of the block)

 

Thanks Keith

 

if this is a one off kind of thing an action macro may get you close. I created on that issues the block command and then is followed by the field command. Its not ideal but it at least knocks a little bit of the command work out.

[BIGAL]

The cadnoob we are talking a few hundred signs here, it can be done very simply from the point of passing block name and description, its really more about the front end.

 

I know I have seen the equivalent signs as American highway signs anybody how you use them , do you have a palette etc ?

 

some sample menu code using a slide menu

**PIPES
[PIPES]
[COGGSLD(SD201,SUBSOIL)]^C^C(openblk "P:/ACADSTDS/CIVIL STANDARDS/CGG201") 
[COGGSLD(SD202,FLUSHOUT)]^C^C(openblk "P:/ACADSTDS/CIVIL STANDARDS/CGG202") 
[COGGSLD(SD203,CATCH)]^C^C(openblk "P:/ACADSTDS/CIVIL STANDARDS/CGG203") 
[COGGSLD(SD204,HOUSE)]^C^C(openblk "P:/ACADSTDS/CIVIL STANDARDS/CGG204") 
[COGGSLD(SD205,STREET)]^C^C(openblk "P:/ACADSTDS/CIVIL STANDARDS/CGG205") 
[COGGSLD(SD206,EASEMENT)]^C^C(openblk "P:/ACADSTDS/CIVIL STANDARDS/CGG206") 
[COGGSLD(SD207,ANCHOR)]^C^C(openblk "P:/ACADSTDS/CIVIL STANDARDS/CGG207") 

[MillerMG]

BigAl! That Wrong Way/Go Back sign is hilarious! We just have a bland Wrong Way sign....ahhh...such a bummer. Stupid dull American signs hahahaha

[BIGAL]

Sorry to steal post this is a real road sign.