Attribute

[mallaouisetirail]

Attributes in block, but not showing in Block editor

[VincentSheehan]

Can you post the block?

[ChicagoLooper]

If the block editor doesn't show the attribute then you may check the Properties Palette.

When selecting a block the attribute(s) and their respective values will be displayed in the Properties Palette. If the attribute and a corresponding value IS shown, then the attribute itself might be 'Invisible.'

On command line, enter BATTMAN=>Select your block=>Click Edit=>Uncheck invisible on the Attribute tab. 

If  the attribute you are expecting still isn't shown in Props Palette after selecting the block, then that block does NOT have the attribute to begin with and that means you'll need to add or DEFINE an attribute onto the block using ATTDEF.

FYI. some blocks have attributes and some don't. Attributes are not mandatory, blocks can exist without any attributes at all.

[mallaouisetirail]

Hi

1- If I double click on the block everything is fine and I can modify the text of the block, See Image 1

2- If I right click on the block only the symbol appears and I cannot find the text, See image 2

3- If I type BATTMAN and I cannot select the block, it does not recognize the block See image 3

and as I want to modify several attributes at the same time I need the BATTMAN command.

[MMcCall402]

I noticed that the block name in image 1 is different than in image 3. You may have multiple blocks there or a block inside another block.

*U blocks are anonymous blocks and can't be open in a block editor

[ChicagoLooper]

@MMcCall402 

The image you refer to (image-3) is NOT the Block Editor, it's the Block Manager which is accessed using BATTMAN.

The OP must manually select the block to MANAGE. 

Alternate: Use the Ribbon=>Go to Insert Tab=>AutoCAD Attributes Panel=>Manage Icon.

[MMcCall402]

Just trying to guess what's going on here.  Image 2 is the block editor so the block in image 3 can't be the one shown in image 2.  The block names in image 1 and 3 are different as well.

Here's a possibility:  The block was created with an attribute and inserted into the drawing.  Later the block was edited to remove the attribute.  The inserted instance(s) of the block will continue to have the attribute(s) even though the block definition no longer has it.  Blocks with attributes need to be synced with the block definition whenever there is a change made to the attributes in the block editor.   ATTSYNC will to that.

Bonus: If you hold down the CTRL key and double click an attribute you can edit them right in place like text.

[ChicagoLooper]

<<the block in image 3 can't be the one shown in image 2.  The block names in image 1 and 3 are different as well.>>

Of course the blocks are different.

The window in image 3 is NOT the same window as the one image 1 and 2.

BTW, use BATTMAN to get the window in image 3.

DO NOT expect the block editor to display the window in image 3.

[mallaouisetirail]

Hi,

I have provided you with a dwg file showing the problem of attributing what I have just explained.

[MMcCall402 · Accepted solution]

The attributes in the block were deleted from the block, or the block was rewritten after the block was inserted into the drawing in a few places.  Those inserted instances of the block still have the attributes but the block definition no longer does.  Most likely the block was rewritten during an insertion of drawing objects from a source where that block didn't have any attributes and the block was 'updated'.

I fixed the block in the drawing you posted. (see attached)    First I used the Burst command to explode the block and turn its attributes into text.  Then I used those objects to make a new block and replaced those text objects with new attributes of the same name, size, and placement.

Copy this block into your current drawing and overwrite the existing one.