Michael’s Corner

Michael's Corner is a monthly publication written by Michael E. Beall, Autodesk Authorized Author and peripatetic AutoCAD trainer. Michael travels all over the USA, bringing his fantastic experience and great understanding of AutoCAD to his clients. Michael's Corner brings together many of the tips, tricks and methods developed during these training sessions for the benefit of all users.

Michael's Corner provides something for every AutoCAD user. Every month, a number of articles cover a wide range of topics, suitable for users at all levels, including "The Basics" for those just starting out. Essentially, the aim of Michael's Corner is to help all AutoCAD users work smarter and faster.

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From the Vault

Originally published August 2007

Battman Follow-Up

Last year (October 2006) I addressed using the Block Attribute Manager (Battman for fun) to edit the attributes of a block definition.

While editing the title blocks of one of my customers just recently, I used the Block Attribute Manager for a different purpose: The ordering of the attributes in the Enhanced Attribute Editor.

When you have an attributed block, in this case an attributed title block, when you double-click on that block, the Enhanced Attribute Editor opens. If you have several attributes, there's a possibility the order of the attributes may not be in a logical order. To order the attributes in a block definition, use BATTMAN.

Tips on using the Block Attribute Manager

1. Click the Select Block button in the upper left corner so you can select the block containing the attributes you wish to order.
2. Select the attributes one at a time, then use the Move Up or Move Down buttons.
3. If you have several block references (locations) of the same block definition, use the Sync button to synchronize the new attribute order to all of the block definitions in the drawing. You will need to use the Sync button if you Remove attributes, too.

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