Dynamic Blocks Visibility States Mac vs Windows

Dynamic Blocks Visibility States Mac vs Windows

scottbussardjr
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Dynamic Blocks Visibility States Mac vs Windows

scottbussardjr
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I recently switched from Autocad on windows to Autocad for Mac. Our company has a dynamic block that we use for formatting our drawings, it has multiple visibility states with different layouts so that we can list all the attributes about the individual item. This worked well in Autocad for windows because we could have all the brands on one block and then switch between them. The problem we are running into is that in windows when an attribute was hidden in a visibility state it was also hidden in the properties explorer, now on Mac they all show up regardless of visibility. Is there a setting I need to change to fix this?

 

In the picture the only attributes that are supposed to be showing are the ones with CL in front of them.

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Also when we are using the dynamic block to set everything up we like to hit enter to tab through all the attributes because it will just take us to the next one down, but on Mac when I do that it just deselects the attribute. This may seem like a small thing, but we have 15+ attributes that need to be filled in on each block and we do 50+ drawings for each job so the time saved over a day is pretty substantial.

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maxim_k
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Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

 

Hi Scott.

@scottbussardjr 

 

>>>>>The problem we are running into is that in windows when an attribute was hidden in a

>>>>>visibility state it was also hidden in the properties explorer, now on Mac they all show

>>>>>up regardless of visibility. Is there a setting I need to change to fix this?

 

Looks like it is a bug (defect) in AutoCAD for Mac.

 

>>>>>when we are using the dynamic block to set everything up we like to hit enter to tab through all the

>>>>>attributes because it will just take us to the next one down, but on Mac when I do that it just deselects the attribute.

 

It is known behavior in AutoCAD for Mac and it seems to be OS dependent feature. You can try to move between input fields in the Properties palette by hitting Return after you change field and then using up/down arrows to go to the next field, hitting Return again will activate field for editing.

 


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