topic Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show in AutoCAD Forum

Block Attributes Do Not Show

Light_Guy — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:38:36 GMT

We recently updated our office to 2014 ACAD and are now testing 2015. One thing I have noticed for both is that when I try to add an attribute to an existing block, the only place I can see it is in the block editor. Once I save and exit the block editor, it acts like it was never there. Double click to bring up the attribute editor and it does not show in there either. What am I missing??

This block was inserted into the drawing. On that drawing I need that block to have another attribute. I don't want to modify the original drawing the block was made from as it gets used in other places where this extra attribute is not required.

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

steven-g — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:44:00 GMT

Run the Attsync command, this should update any existing blocks in the drawing

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

Light_Guy — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:48:48 GMT

Thanks StevenG, never had to do that before, they just showed up automatically.

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 17:30:09 GMT

I get the same roblem as some others when updating / changing the drawing template / border some of the att. do not come through and never appear.

Tried Reset Block, Insert & reset, Battman, Attsync , OLEFRAME , etc..

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

steven-g — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:03:48 GMT

Ignore this

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

murray-clack — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 16:27:32 GMT

For future reference, remember the system variable ATTDISP (ATTribute DISPlay)

There are three settings (keep in mind attributes can be defined to be displayed or not):

NORMAL - displays attributes to display how they were defined

ON - makes all attribute values display even if they were defined to not display

OFF - makes all attribute values NOT display regardless how they were defined

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

ashafaq — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:28:53 GMT

Thank you very much!

That little comment pupped up all of the attributes that I was trying to show them for hours.

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 19:57:57 GMT

All these commands are not making a difference, am using AutoCAD 2019. Attribute shows up in block editor, its not invincible, ATTDISP is ON, i've ran ATTSYNC, nothing. still black block. Please advice. Thanks

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

cadffm — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:10:07 GMT

Upload a sample.dwg and we can tell you what the problem is.

Layer or visiblestates o dynamic blocks, perhaps.

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 06:09:55 GMT

Hi there, here's the block am working on, there's a "1" inside as an attribute thats not showing.

Thanks

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

cadffm — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:00:45 GMT

I see one blockreference WITHOUT a attributevalue.. "1" is the (unlucky) TAG (=Name) of this attribute.

Select the blockreference and fill in a attribute value and you will see where the attribute is.

And re-think about your block base-point.

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:38:24 GMT

Hi all,

I am using CAD 2019.

I've tried ATTSYNC, BATTMAN, RESET THE BLOCK. However, the attribute text is still not showing.

dyamic block file is attached.

Can anyone help? Appreciate!

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

cadffm — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:59:02 GMT

Without going deeper, regardless of the current problem, this is the wrong way.

Use ONE Attributdefinition and if you need this one in multiple visibility states, then ADD THIS Attributdefiniton to your v.state,

do not create multiple objects (for every v.state one) if you want just this one.

The explaination of your problem.. is to much work for me / for a block which isn't well designed (in my eyes).

If you need different positions, use MOVE-parameter actions

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

nathan.derover — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:00:00 GMT

I just went through this and it ended up being a problem that the text style of the attribute was annotative. Since the block (in my case, a revision triangle) was scaled up for modelspace, the annotative scale didn't match the viewport scale. I changed the text style to a non-annotative style, saved the block, and ran ATTSYNC and everything showed up just fine. Just a thought in case someone else runs into this.

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:50:51 GMT

GREAT tip!!! I have only run into this issue a couple of times. In my case, ATTDISP did the trick. Thanks!!!

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

smail.boubaya — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:10:04 GMT

If you are in a dynamic block you may need to check the visibility states of your Attributes.

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

martinaodiete — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:17:07 GMT

I was in your situation too and nothing helped as i ran all commands and it was not invincible. Try to note the layer it is in especially when you copy a block you did not create. My layer was just turned off

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

maulikkumarchaudhary21 — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 12:13:46 GMT

God, you're helpful. 🤗

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

faggcallum — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 01:23:09 GMT

I've found that if the block you are editing has previously been brought into the drawing then the updated version will not appear "updated" until you purge the previous version out.

- update the block

- purge command

- select the blocks drop down and tick the specific block you're editing

- purge that block from the drawing

- import the newly updated block.

Fingers cross for success.

Re: Block Attributes Do Not Show

donald — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 23:00:26 GMT

when you're in the block editor, if you click on your attribute and look at the properties, make sure VALUE is not blank. If it's blank, the attribute will disappear when you exit the block editor. This fixed my issue.