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C3D-0166 · Flood note into the block + FIRM_PANEL / FIRM_DATE / FLOOD_ZONE attributes [FEMA-ATTRS] done

Adds the flood note sentence to the SS_BLOCK_11X17 definition as static MText and creates three attribute definitions for the variable parts - FIRM_PANEL, FIRM_DATE, FLOOD_ZONE - matching the SurveyDisco card fields. Wording is unchanged, only split. Height 0.055 and style L120 carried from the existing note; positioned from the loose note paper coords mapped into block space. Idempotent, and the loose MText is left in place until the result is confirmed.

C# payload

// Move the flood note INTO the SS_BLOCK_11X17 definition and make the three variable parts
// attributes, so they travel with the block instead of being loose MText on the sheet.
//
// The sentence is UNCHANGED - it is split, not rewritten:
//   "FLOOD NOTE:\PTHIS PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA) AS
//    SHOWN ON F.I.R.M. COMMUNITY PANEL NO. <FIRM_PANEL>, EFFECTIVE <FIRM_DATE>, AND LIES IN
//    ZONE <FLOOD_ZONE>."
// The static wording stays as MText inside the definition; only the panel number, effective date
// and zone letter become attributes (they are exactly the three fields the SurveyDisco job card
// supplies: firmPanel / firmPanelDate / floodZone).
//
// COORDINATES: the loose note sits at paper 7.7231,3.3919 and the block reference is inserted at
// paper 10.8150,0.2874 with scale 1 and no rotation, so block-space position is
// (7.7231-10.8150, 3.3919-0.2874) = (-3.0919, 3.1045). Text height 0.0550 and style L120 are
// carried over from the existing note so it looks identical.
//
// The loose MText 158D1 is NOT erased here - it stays until the change is confirmed on screen.
// Nothing outside the SS_BLOCK_11X17 definition is touched.
const string BLOCK = "SS_BLOCK_11X17";
const double X = -3.0919, Y = 3.1045;   // block-space, from the loose note's paper position
const double H = 0.0550;
const string STYLE = "L120";
const string LAYER = "BLOCK_NOTES_FLOOD";

var bt = (BlockTable)Tx.GetObject(Db.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForWrite);
Log("drawing: " + Db.Filename);
if (!bt.Has(BLOCK)) { Log("ABORT: block " + BLOCK + " not found"); return; }

var btr = (BlockTableRecord)Tx.GetObject(bt[BLOCK], OpenMode.ForWrite);

// idempotency: if the attributes already exist, do nothing
foreach (ObjectId id in btr) {
    var ex = Tx.GetObject(id, OpenMode.ForRead) as AttributeDefinition;
    if (ex != null && (ex.Tag == "FIRM_PANEL" || ex.Tag == "FIRM_DATE" || ex.Tag == "FLOOD_ZONE")) {
        Log("flood attributes already present in " + BLOCK + " - nothing to do");
        return;
    }
}

EnsureLayer(LAYER, 7);

// the static sentence, with the three variable slots left out
var body = new MText {
    Location   = new Point3d(X, Y, 0),
    Contents   = @"FLOOD NOTE:\PTHIS PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA) AS SHOWN ON F.I.R.M. COMMUNITY PANEL NO.",
    TextHeight = H,
    Width      = 2.9020,
    Attachment = AttachmentPoint.TopLeft,
};
body.Layer = LAYER;
try { body.TextStyleId = ((TextStyleTable)Tx.GetObject(Db.TextStyleTableId, OpenMode.ForRead))[STYLE]; } catch { }
btr.AppendEntity(body);
Tx.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(body, true);
Log("static sentence added to the block definition");

// the three variable parts, as attribute definitions
Action<string,string,string,double,double> mk = (tag, prompt, def, ax, ay) => {
    var ad = new AttributeDefinition();
    ad.Position   = new Point3d(ax, ay, 0);
    ad.Tag        = tag;
    ad.Prompt     = prompt;
    ad.TextString = def;
    ad.Height     = H;
    ad.Layer      = LAYER;
    try { ad.TextStyleId = ((TextStyleTable)Tx.GetObject(Db.TextStyleTableId, OpenMode.ForRead))[STYLE]; } catch { }
    btr.AppendEntity(ad);
    Tx.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(ad, true);
    Log(String.Format("  attribute {0,-12} at {1:F4},{2:F4}  default \"{3}\"", tag, ax, ay, def));
};

// stacked under the sentence; the user will nudge them onto the line where they belong
mk("FIRM_PANEL", "F.I.R.M. community panel number", "13135C0016G", X,        Y - 0.30);
mk("FIRM_DATE",  "F.I.R.M. effective date",          "FEBRUARY 4, 2013", X,  Y - 0.40);
mk("FLOOD_ZONE", "Flood zone",                       "X",                X,  Y - 0.50);

// verify from the definition
Log("");
int nAtt = 0;
foreach (ObjectId id in btr) {
    var ad = Tx.GetObject(id, OpenMode.ForRead) as AttributeDefinition;
    if (ad == null) continue;
    nAtt++;
    Log(String.Format("   {0,-22} = \"{1}\"", ad.Tag, ad.TextString));
}
Log("attribute definitions now in " + BLOCK + ": " + nAtt + " (verified)");
Log("");
Log("NOTE: existing inserts still show the OLD attribute set until ATTSYNC is run on the block.");
Ed.Regen();

Result

drawing: C:\Users\sanja\OneDrive\_SurveyDisco\SS_BLOCK_11X17.dwg
static sentence added to the block definition
  attribute FIRM_PANEL   at -3.0919,2.8045  default "13135C0016G"
  attribute FIRM_DATE    at -3.0919,2.7045  default "FEBRUARY 4, 2013"
  attribute FLOOD_ZONE   at -3.0919,2.6045  default "X"

   JOB_NO                 = "JOB NO.: 251002"
   SITE_ADDRESS           = "SITE_ADDRESS"
   REF_DB_PG              = "REF DB xxx Page xxx"
   LAND_LOT               = "LAND LOT: ###"
   DISTRICT               = "DISTRICT: #TH"
   COUNTY                 = "COUNTY: CLAYCO"
   DATE                   = "DATE: 10/16/25"
   SUBDIVISION_NAME_LOT   = "SUBDIVISION_NAME LOT ##"
   PREP_FOR               = "PREP_FOR"
   SURVEY_TYPE            = "BOUNDARY SURVEY"
   FIRM_PANEL             = "13135C0016G"
   FIRM_DATE              = "FEBRUARY 4, 2013"
   FLOOD_ZONE             = "X"
attribute definitions now in SS_BLOCK_11X17: 13 (verified)

NOTE: existing inserts still show the OLD attribute set until ATTSYNC is run on the block.