From the course: AutoCAD: Creating Sheet Sets
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Adding attributes with placeholding fields to the callout
From the course: AutoCAD: Creating Sheet Sets
Adding attributes with placeholding fields to the callout
- The last and final stage in designing this callout block is to add attributes containing the relevant fields. Select the object and right-click and choose Block Editor. Click Attribute Definition and click the Field button. Choose Sheet Set Category, Sheet Set Placeholder as the field name, and View Number as the placeholder type. Okay. Let's call this VNUM and View number. This will be Justified Middle Center, with the Standard text style, 1/8 of an inch high. Preset and Locked. I'm gonna specify that right there at the center. Then I will move it up about like that. Let's make another attribute and click Field. This time, we want the Sheet Number. Uppercase. Okay. SNUM, Sheet Number. Middle Center. Standard, 1/8 of an inch. Okay. I'll click this lower quadrant to center the attribute definition and then I'll move it up in a vertical direction. Close the Block Editor and save. The attributes don't show up in this particular reference, but if we insert another one, we should see…
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Preparing a template with a title block6m 57s
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Creating an attributed block with a field preset default value5m 5s
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Adding attributes with fields to the title block3m 54s
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Building a sheet-set override template2m 51s
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Designing a view-label block with placeholding attributes6m 34s
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Drawing callout block geometry2m 48s
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Assigning and testing visibility states in a dynamic block3m 27s
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Implementing dynamic rotation behavior for the callout block3m 59s
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Adding attributes with placeholding fields to the callout3m 31s
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