topic Re: Attribute block error in AutoCAD Forum

Attribute block error

itsnathanblake — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:26:27 GMT

Hi everyone,

Has anyone else had an issue where by turning off certain layers in a drawing it also turns off the text inside the drawing frame (attribute block)? I have changed the drawing frame to another layer but still when I turn off other layers it turns this of off too?

please let me know if you have a fix for this?

Re: Attribute block error

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:28:59 GMT

Hi,

if the attribute (or text) inside your block is set to a layer you are freezing, then yes, it will be invisible.

- alfred -

Re: Attribute block error

itsnathanblake — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:53:57 GMT

you misread that completely clearly, even tho the attribute block isnt in a frozen layer its being frozen off when I'm turning off layers that have nothing to do with it. Seems like a set up a new frame issue which wont be to bad anyway.

Re: Attribute block error

pendean — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:56:21 GMT

That just means your text is on a layer you obviously don't wish them to be on: so BEDIT that titleblock and change them to layers you want to be on all the time.

You do know that every item in a block can be on as many layers as you have in the file, and the layer the block is actually on simply means nothing at all: right? If you wish to avoid that rookie mistake, ensure all the content of your blocks are on layer 0 (which you never use for anything else or freeze or turn off).

HTH

Re: Attribute block error

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:12:56 GMT

Hi,

>> even tho the attribute block isnt in a frozen layer its

>> being frozen off when

Please upload the drawing and let us know which layer you are freezing and expecting the block-reference not to be frozen.

- alfred -

Re: Attribute block error

jrreid — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:25:49 GMT

Also check and see if you inserted your Attribute Block onto one of the layers you are freezing / turning off.

Go into your Title block and click onto the Attribute Block and see what layer it is inserted on.

If your made a layer for the Attribute Block, place that block onto that said layer. Close and save your Title block and test by freezing / turning off the layer you don't want to see.

Hope this helps.

JRR.

Re: Attribute block error

itsnathanblake — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:34:39 GMT

tried bedit and changed all the text layers to appropriate ones but when I start turning off things in the model space that's when it does it if I'm turning off layers through viewport it works fine. This the first time this has ever happened to me so its a bit of an anomaly, so just gonna go how it is for now as it works then if it happens in the future again ill let you know

Re: Attribute block error

user181 — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 15:14:45 GMT

After editing the block try using the ATTSYNC command and select the block

Re: Attribute block error

3wood — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:47:33 GMT

You can VP Freeze the object layer in a viewport so it doesn't affect the drawing frame object layer display in Paper Space.

Re: Attribute block error

3de_jsc — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:43:07 GMT

You can edit like image or cm: battman when you bedit bock (sync)