Editing Attributes in Attached Xref....

[mieshelley]

I have been using 2006 until a few months ago. I started on 14 and worked in 2000 and 2002 and then moved to 2006. I changed jobs and now working in 2004 so I am re-learning (or regressing, hehe) all sorts of sometimes annoying inefficient things.

 

Previously, I was able to create editable attributed text in a detail block (ex: detail name, number, scale etc). I could then save that detail as a file and attach it directly via xref into paperspace, scale it, and edit the attributes after attaching by double clicking the text.

 

In 2004 it seems I can not. When I double click the blocked attributes, the reference edit dialog comes up and shows my blocked attributes as a nested block.

 

Any advice?

 

Thanks!

[GE13579]

Have you tried ATTEDIT? I'm not sure if you can reallocate the double click to this instead of REFEDIT?

[Starkey]

This probably has something to do with not being able to double-click edit blocks. I went from 07 at home to 06 at work and was very annoyed with that. I'd like to see the outcome of this, as it could definitely solve some frustration for me too!

[mieshelley]

Hummm.....refedit is currently set to come up on double click - attedit comes up with "no object found". So that doesn't work, bummer! Oh, and to clarify I forgot I was using ADT 2007 previously over the past 2 years....so that feature must be really new. It was DEFINATELY a time saver on projects.

Anyone else who might have an answer I sure would appreciate it!?? I will keep trying different tactics and let you know if I come to any soultions!

 

Thanks for the quick replies~

[jaylo23]

Did a search and this post came up with the same question i have. Was hoping someone may have either found something on this or wrote a lisp that could accomplish what this person was trying to do by now. I recall awhile back there was a toolpac that i had gotten from a CAD resource website and one of the lisps they provided would extract the attributes of a block nested in a xref, anybody got any ideas?

[jaylo23]

By th way WHATS UP EVERYBODY (not that anybody knows or misses me) I use to be a regular but the IT nazis here at work have blocked everything on the internet, pretty soon theyre gonna block our own companies website! But when i told them i had a CAD question and had to get on CADtutor they relaxed the internet blockage.