Hi.
I'm tasked with creating a few eletrical blocks and I would like it to display some extra information when I plot it from the catalog browser. I created a new catalog using the Autocad eletrical, which is completely empty. Then I added a new family SE(sensors) and created a block and added the description to the catalog. Using the Microsoft Access, I edited the database collums to have the headlines I wanted, "Accuracy", which is the collum feed with the informating I would like the block to fetch and display. Using the Cad Symbol Builder, I added a new attribute in the optional row and named it "Accuracy", exactly as it's labeled in the database.
Now the issues I'm having. 1 - The "Accuracy" tag is not being displayed at all. Nor the number, nor as a plain text. 2- It's also not showing up in the list if I open the Symbol Builder Editor, but is does show up in red if I double click the block.
Does anyone knows how to do what I want? Thank you in advance.
To try tok simplefy my question. If I insert a motor from the catalog browser, is is possible to display the Motor's HP as an Attributre? How do I do that?
The topic title has been edited to improve findability by @alina.balkanskaia. Original: Adding and displaying information from the calatog database in eletrical blocks
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The only way to push values from the catalog to the symbol is to use the TEXTVALUE field in the database.
Accuracy=123ABC
will push "123ABC" into the accuracy attribute.
Read more about this here: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-electrical/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/201...
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