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Use the Block Editor to edit a block.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
1 min.
Transcript
00:03
Click on the block and you'll see a single
00:05
grip indicating the insertion point of your block.
00:09
Next,
00:09
we're going to use the block editor to change the
00:12
location of the attribute and examine the ramifications of doing so
00:16
with the block still selected
00:18
right click and choose block editor.
00:21
AUTOCAD will switch from the drawing editor to the block editor
00:24
with the individual elements of your block displayed
00:27
here.
00:27
You can edit your block,
00:29
add dynamic elements or attributes constraints or whatever you need.
00:33
We're just going to relocate the chair color attribute,
00:37
select the attribute definition and use its grip to
00:39
move it down to the front of the chair.
00:41
That's a pretty simple edit,
00:43
but it also has some interesting consequences which we're about to see
00:47
escape to deselect the at DEV.
00:49
Then click on the green check mark icon in the ribbon to close the block editor.
00:53
You will get a confirmation dialogue asking if you want to save your changes.
00:57
Click on save the changes to high back chair,
01:00
the dialogue will dismiss and the editor will change back to the drawing editor.
Video transcript
00:03
Click on the block and you'll see a single
00:05
grip indicating the insertion point of your block.
00:09
Next,
00:09
we're going to use the block editor to change the
00:12
location of the attribute and examine the ramifications of doing so
00:16
with the block still selected
00:18
right click and choose block editor.
00:21
AUTOCAD will switch from the drawing editor to the block editor
00:24
with the individual elements of your block displayed
00:27
here.
00:27
You can edit your block,
00:29
add dynamic elements or attributes constraints or whatever you need.
00:33
We're just going to relocate the chair color attribute,
00:37
select the attribute definition and use its grip to
00:39
move it down to the front of the chair.
00:41
That's a pretty simple edit,
00:43
but it also has some interesting consequences which we're about to see
00:47
escape to deselect the at DEV.
00:49
Then click on the green check mark icon in the ribbon to close the block editor.
00:53
You will get a confirmation dialogue asking if you want to save your changes.
00:57
Click on save the changes to high back chair,
01:00
the dialogue will dismiss and the editor will change back to the drawing editor.
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