Define common attributes

Home tab > Symbol group >  Attributes menu > Common attributes, ATTCOMMON

With this function, you can define, attach and delete common attributes.

Select option:

  • ? – List the current common attributes.

  • Define – Define a new common attribute. You can define 100 common attributes at a time. Attributes are numbered from 1 to 100.

    Do the following:

    1. Enter attribute number.

    2. Enter attribute name.

    3. Enter attribute value.

    4. To finish, enter 0 as the attribute number.

  • New – Clear the current common attribute table and start a new table. Use the Define option to define new attributes.

  • Attach – Attach current common attributes to either selected objects or next objects you draw.

    Select add mode:

    • Next This will switch on the attribute addition mode. Next object you draw will get the currently defined attributes. Addition mode is switch off once you have drawn an object. ATT flag on the status bar indicates that attribute addition mode is on.

    • Selected Attributes are added to selected objects.

  • Delete – Delete common attributes from selected objects.

Modifying objects

Modifying objects that contain common attributes will not, in most cases, affect the attribute information. Copy, mirror, move, join and stretch commands will not affect attribute information. Copied objects will contain the same attribute information as the original object.

  • Chamfer, Fillet, Join – If the first object you select contains a common attribute, the object resulting from the edit command, such as a fillet arc, will also contain the same common attribute.

  • Break, Crop – Commands that break objects into two separate object will result in two objects, that contain the same attribute information as the original object.

  • Modify – You can modify objects containing common attributes just like any other objects, including the attribute values.

  • Explode – If you explode a polyline, a circle, an arc or a text object, the resulting objects will lose their attribute information. Exploding a symbol will not destroy the attribute information, but the attributes will not be a part of any symbol, once the symbol has been exploded.

  • Attextract – Common attributes can be extracted with the ATTEXTRACT command just like other attributes.