You can use the Modify Symbol Library tool to change attribute text sizes in an entire library at once. There isn't a check box for the CAT attribute specifically but there is one for default text height; that might do the trick.
As for making it visible, normal behavior in ACADE is to leave un-populated attributes empty. If you want it to be displayed all the time, it needs to be populated with a value.
If you already are giving it a value, but the attribute remains invisible, then there is something else going on. You'd have to post back with more details in that case.
Jim Seefeldt
Electrical Engineering Technician
The attribute CAT is invisible as a default unless it is made visible manually. There are two ways of making CAT visible:
1. Right-click>Attribute> List/Edit
2. Using unhide attribute
3. If you want to make the CAT attribute permanently visible, open the symbol block and in the CAT properties, change Invisible to No. Here you can also change height and size. You may need to swap/update the block on the current drawing if that block is already placed.
As Jim mentioned, you can change the text size for the symbols from the entire library. Unfortunately, visibility has to be done one by one. Probably someone comes with a new idea.
Accepted solution
You can "just" write some lisp-code to make the CAT-attribute visible, and put it here:
Another option is to change the blocks base dwg before using the swap update tool for the entire project.
You will have to make the changes to each blocks base dwg, and run the swap update on each individual blocks base dwg but it will easily do the entire project.
Just make sure to NOT select the option for attribute location.
Regards Brad
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Brad Coleman, Electrical Draftsman
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