Block in Title Sheet prints only box with x

[Anonymous]

I have a title block that has a block reference in it. The blocks are for a time and date stamp along the right side of the paper and the other one is for the drawing name. These option work on the other AutoCAD computers that we are running in the office but it will not work on mine. I think that it is a setting but haven't been able to find it. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Hey rcmerkel;

How about you check out Express Tools Remote Text?

It can accomplish the same ends with no User Input whatsoever. Other than
the Setup necessary. It updates through Regens, so I include a Regen in my
redefined Plot command.

MNL snip>
(princ "Redefining PLOT command with User extensions.")
(command "undefine" "plot")
(defun c:plot ()
(command "qsave")
(command "regen")
(command "AUDIT" "Y")
(command "LTSCALE" "1")
(command "qsave")
(command "spell" "all" "")
(initdia)
(command "_.plot")
(princ)
)

end MNL snip>

You can see I do quite a few "checks" during a Plot. 🙂

Check the lower left side of the dwg file I attached.

Would that suffice?

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I have a title block that has a block reference in it. The blocks are for a
time and date stamp along the right side of the paper and the other one is
for the drawing name. These option work on the other AutoCAD computers that
we are running in the office but it will not work on mine. I think that it
is a setting but haven't been able to find it. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Figure out what it is that you have first. It may be a lisp routine or a field. Or it might be, as Don is suggesting, Rtext. If it is showing up as a box with an x through it, it probably is Rtext and one of two things is happening. Either way, AutoCAD is seeing your Rtext as a proxy. You may not have Express tools installed. It won't work until you install them. Two, Check under tools > Options > Open & save tab and check that under "demand load for objectARX apps" is set to "Object detect and command invoke". Object detect is key. That forces the open command to recognize the Rtext and load the appropriate ARX files.