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españolDefine Attributes
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Keyboard: ATTDEF or -ATTDEF for command line version
Alias: ATT, DDATTDEF
Creates an Attribute Definition, which is an entity consisting of a name, prompt for information, display characteristics, and default text. Use an attribute definition for text that you want to associate with a block definition.
DIALOG BOX OPTIONS
Invisible Select to create a hidden attribute.
Constant Select to create a fixed-value attribute.
Verify Select to create an attribute whose value must be verified when you later insert a block containing the attribute.
Preset Select to create an attribute whose value is defined and not requested when you later insert a block containing the attribute, but that you can edit after the block is inserted.
Lock Position Select to create an attribute whose position is locked.
Multiple Lines Select to create an attribute containing multiple lines of text. This option lets you set the boundary width for the attribute.
Specify on Screen Select to specify the insertion point for the attribute by selecting a point in the drawing.
X Enter the value for the X coordinate of the attribute insertion point.
Y Enter the value for the Y coordinate of the attribute insertion point.
Z Enter the value for the Z coordinate of the attribute insertion point.
Tag Type the name you want to assign to the attribute.
Prompt Enter the identifying prompt information displayed when you insert a block containing the attribute.
Default Enter the default or constant value. For variable attributes, the default value is replaced by the actual value when you later insert a block containing the attribute.
Justification Choose the text justification.
Text style Choose the text style from the styles already defined in the drawing.
Annotative Select to create an annotative attribute.
Text height Specify the text height, or click to specify the height by selecting two points in the drawing.
Rotation Specify the text rotation angle, or click to specify the rotation angle by selecting two points in the drawing.
Boundary Width Enter the value for the maximum length of text lines. Available only when Multiple Lines is selected.
Align Below Previous Attribute Definition Select to place the attribute tag directly below the previously created attribute definition. Not available if there is no previously defined attribute.
NOTE After you have finished defining an attribute, you see its name on the screen. To attach the attribute to a block, use the Create Block command. Then insert the block and the attribute, using the Insert Block command, at which point the program prompts you to enter text for the attribute.