# \#text-function

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## [User Text Field on Block](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/user-text-field-on-block/160436)

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**Author:** [@Ivan\_Malek](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Ivan_Malek)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/user-text-field-on-block/160436 "2025-05-23T14:55:37Z")

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Hi, while creating architectural drawings, I’m trying to make a block, that would contain “Room number”, “Room description” and “Floor area”. While the first two are normal user text, the area should be a text field fu…

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## [Duplicating Text Function Feature Request](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/duplicating-text-function-feature-request/191018)

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**Author:** [@Dane\_Sosna](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Dane_Sosna)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/duplicating-text-function-feature-request/191018 "2024-09-11T16:23:07Z")

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I was working on some floor plans and room layouts, trying to ensure that all the square footage was working, when I noticed a behavior when copying text functions that I thought should be different. I duplicated the fl…

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## [BlockAttributeText problem](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/blockattributetext-problem/149456)

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**Author:** [@François\_Baudry](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Fran%C3%A7ois_Baudry)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/blockattributetext-problem/149456 "2022-10-21T12:10:06Z")

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Hello, I used the AttributeBlockText function to optimize the nomenclature of some blocks in a drawing. Everything was working until today: I opened my file and these blocks now show the text “####” instead of the valu…

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## [Text field function to repeat text?](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/text-field-function-to-repeat-text/75794)

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**Author:** [@PeterB](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/PeterB)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/text-field-function-to-repeat-text/75794 "2018-12-04T18:41:58Z")

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Im often having to repeat the same text on a layout, as in the example of section marker showing A - A on both sides. It would be nice if I could set one text to mirror the other. So if I wrote “A” in one area, the linke…