Attribute

Menu: Draw / Attribute

Shortcut Key: $

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Assigns information to objects in the drawing.

Later you can use the Material List command to list the types and numbers of attributes you have placed in your drawing.

Point 1: Location of the attribute

Enter the text string in the Attribute window.

DesignCAD stores a history of the last 20 entries.

Most of the options on this window are covered in Text

Invisible: Controls whether attributes are displayed. Visibility will be as indicated here if the Attribute Display Setting in the Text Options is set to Visible. If disabled, the attribute can only be hidden if the Attribute Display Setting is set to None. If checked, the attribute can only be made visible if the Attribute Display Setting is set to All.

Attribute Definition

Menu: Draw / Attribute Definition

Assigns constant or variable information to a block. Later you can use the Material List command to list the types and numbers of attributes you have placed in your drawing.

Point 1: Location of the attribute definition

In the Tag field, enter an identifier for the block with which the attribute will be associated.

Most of the options on this window are covered in Text.

In the Prompt field, enter a question to be asked when the block is inserted in the future. In the Value field, enter a default value or answer to the prompt.

Constant Value: If checked, you will not be prompted and the default value will be used.

Invisible: Controls whether attribute definitions are displayed. Visibility will be as indicated here if the Attribute Definition Display Setting in the

Text Options is set to Visible. If disabled, the attribute can only be hidden if the Attribute Definition Display Setting is set to None. If checked, the attribute can only be made visible if the Attribute Definition Display Setting is set to All.

NOTE: The Invisible option has no effect on stand-alone attribute definitions. Attribute definitions that have not been defined as part of a block using the Block Define command will be visible at all times unless they are on a hidden layer.

To automatically assign an attribute definition to a block when it is inserted in the drawing, the Block Define command must be used to define the attribute definition as part of the block. This is easier than it sounds. Just select the drawing entities to be defined as a block and the attribute definition to be associated with it. Select the Block Define command, name the block and click OK. Now when the block is inserted into the drawing using Block Insert, the attribute definition will automatically be associated with it and you will be prompted for a value.