Defining Attributes and Blocks
Blocks can be defined with attributes that contain any manner of textual information relevant to the object in question. Let's explore this topic in an exercise. First you will alter the Annotative text style that will be used by the attributes you create. Then you will create attribute definitions to store employees' names and ID numbers. Finally, you will define a simple block composed of two rectangles containing the attribute definitions.
- Go to the book's web page at www.sybex.com/go/autocad2012essentials, browse to Chapter 15, get the file Ch15-A.dwg (or Ch15-A-metric.dwg, and open it. The drawing is an elaboration on the diagram you dimensioned in Chapter 11, “Dimensioning” (see Figure 15.1).
FIGURE 15.1 ...
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