Can't rotate block attributes - text style memory issue

[mbickelVMG55]

I am trying to make a simple change to a detailed title block. In the old block, the the (attribute) text is horizontal (rotation=0). In the new block, rotation will be 90. I should be able to select the attributes, show the properties, and type "90" into the rotation field. This works fine fine for some attributes...the ones I am not changing of course.

To be very specific, it works fine for attributes that were created with a non-annotative text style. However, if the attributes have an annotative text style, OR IF THEY HAVE EVER HAD AN ANNOTATIVE TEXT STYLE, it seems that I am up sh!t creek without a paddle. In other words, I have already changed my attributes' text styles to non-annotative, but they remember that the rotation can only be zero (relative to the block). For what its worth, the attributes are position locked and do rotate with the block, just not in the block definition (block editor, where I need them to rotate). The attributes cannot be rotated through the block attribute manager either.

I understand I could "simply" rebuild the attributes. However, the block has 30 attributes that are referenced to sheet set variables. These references are intricate and finicky. I built them 18 months ago, and have just recently gotten their bugs worked out. I do not want to rebuild, re-associate, retest each one, particularly when the work could all be undone in a careless text style change.

Is there any way to make autocad "forget" the previous text styles of the attributes? Thanks in advance.

Michael

[Libbya]

Can you post the file to play with?

[mbickelVMG55]

Here is a file w/ company info removed. Some notes on this:

* The variables will not populate in this copy because they are referenced to custom sheet set variables. Please don't get distracted by that; it is not what I am asking about. Setting up these references is a tedious, multi-step process, but that part works here.

* The revision block attributes are the ones in question. They were previously L80 text style, my company standard. I created "L80_Non" today, a non-annotative alternative that should look identical.

[mbickelVMG55 · Accepted solution]

Follow up...

I rebuilt and re-pathed 33 attributes with a non-annotative text style. This allowed me to rotate the attribute fields. I would still be interested to know why a text style change is irreversible.

[neaton]

I can't get them to rotate in the block editor, either. So , Yes.

If you use an annotative font, but uncheck Annotative when you create the ATTDEF you can rotate the attribute in the editor.

Nancy

[Amriya_Exe]

Your file empty?