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Blocks: Using the Block Attribute Manager (BATTMAN); no cape needed!

Blocks: Using the Block Attribute Manager (BATTMAN); no cape needed! - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Blocks: Using the Block Attribute Manager (BATTMAN); no cape needed!

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- [Narrator] Welcome to another tip and trick for AutoCAD. We're going to be looking at a really cool command in AutoCAD this time round, and it's called Battman. Now, I don't mean Battman with the cape and the mask, and you don't actually need to be a superhero to use the command either. I'm talking Batman as in B-A-T-T-M-A-N, which stands for block attribute manager. And the block attribute manager allows you to work with your blocks, with attributes in your AutoCAD drawings. So, speaking of drawings, we've got a new drawing for you in the library to follow along with this particular tip and trick. It's called workstation.dwg. When you open it up, you should be on the A Furniture Layer, like so. Make sure you're on the A Furniture Layer. And also you'll notice that we've got a block with attributes in the drawing already. Saying, see, it's got three attributes, employee name, employee phone number, and their department. It's also got an invisible attribute, which is the employee…

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