How do I display a specific attribute attached to different blocks

[andrew_wheaton]

I have a file of hundreds of Pay and Display parking machines.

Helpfully, they are all named differently, but represent the same thing. I want to display the machine number, list as "MACHINE" within a ream of attributes attached to each block.

Is there a quick command or routine I can use, to show that one attribute as a piece of text?

Would save our junior technician hours of work, and the project too!

[jtohill]

I use a data extraction under tables and chose the block name that has the attribute you want the information from.

[andrew_wheaton]

I need to show the atribute as a piece of text, not a table.

[jtohill]

If the attribute just needs the text to be visible you can modify the block, select the attribute and make it not invisible and it will show.

[andrew_wheaton]

I have 450+ blocks. Is there a quick way rather than doing this one by one?

[andrew_wheaton]

Also each block is named the same, just with a sequential number at the end. So its not just the cast of editing the block and turning showing the attribute.

[jtohill]

you only have to do it once and all the blocks will have it showing. If you upload the block here it would help.

[andrew_wheaton]

File attached

@jtohill 

[jtohill]

These are interesting blocks the attributes seem to be only attached to the points not within the block itself. I can extract the attributes in a table but the blocks do not have attributes within them and the drawing states that it was not autocad that  created the drawing.

[jtohill]

use a multi leader to tag the blocks separately and insert field choosing the machine attribute.

[andrew_wheaton]

I know, they were supplied by a client, seems like a GIS convertion. Not ideal.

[jtohill]

here is what i mean.

[andrew_wheaton · Accepted solution]

@jtohill 

The way I did it was to Data Extract the X and Y’s and Machine names from the original file. I then created the attached spreadsheet, amended from a setting out point tasks I did similarly for Southall. Once the source block is inserted, you then just copy and paste the final column into AutoCAD. then I scaled the block from its insertion point to the correct size.