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Define Block Attributes
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To create a multiline attribute definition

  1. Click Draw menu Block Define Attributes.At the Command prompt, enter attdef.
  2. In the Attribute Definition dialog box, under Mode, select Multiple Lines.
  3. Enter tag information, location, and text options.
  4. (Optional) Under Text Settings, Boundary Width, specify a value.
  5. (Optional) Click the Multiline In-Place Text Editor button to use the in-place text editor to format the attribute in the drawing.
  6. Click OK.

    After creating the attribute definition, you can select it as an object while creating a block definition. If the attribute definition is incorporated into a block, whenever you insert the block, you are prompted with the text string you specified for the attribute. Each subsequent instance of the block can have a different value specified for the attribute.

 Command entry: ATTDEF