I have dynamic blocks that I want to override a dimension inside of one of the blocks without exploding said block or it changing all of the other blocks. I think it would work kind of like an attribute does. Is this possible?
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Nope.
As a workaround, you could go into block editor, use 'save as' to create a copy of the block, insert the new block and edit the dim in block editor for that single insertion.
Yes. I thought of that as a work around, but it's not as time efficient as I need it to be and it would just compound the file size. Thanks for the input though.
I'm not sure I get where you're coming from. Is this a 'one off' edit that you need to do? If so, then you spent a whole lot more time posting your query to this forum than it would take to do the workaround I posted. If not, and in fact you frequently need to modify the same dimension within the same dynamic block, then that can indeed be done. What I have done in that situation in the past is to do a text override on the dimension so that it contains just a space. Then add an attribute that displays the same text style and size as the dim text, and add a field to it referencing the dimension value. It will display the dim value unless you need to customize it and in that case, you are just editing the attribute.
It's not a "one-off". I guess my wording was confusing. It will be multiple blocks that I want to change without it changing all of them. Your solution of overriding the dimension with a space and adding an attribute was exactly the suggestion I needed. That's a simple solution and will help a lot. Thank you so much for your time.
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