AutoCAD Dynamic Blocks :: Flip Attribute Justification?

Jan 27, 2009

I've built this nifty block for holdowns, but the attributes get all goofy on me when I use the flip command. The problem is that the justification of the attributes does not change when they are flipped - so if I modify the text in the attribute while the block is in the FLIPPED state, how to modify the justification?Check out the attached file to see what I'm talking about. The block instances are numbered so you can follow along:

1. block is inserted
2. attribute text is modified in NOT FLIPPED state - everything is dandy
3. block is flipped
4. attribute text is modified in FLIPPED state - text justification is jacked up
5. block is flipped again, in order to demonstrate the continued jacked-uppedness of the attribute

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Feb 16, 2012

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Feb 6, 2009

I have been trying to convert my offices blocks to dynamic blocks and this one is giving me a hassle.

Essentially we have a line with an arrow at the end of it to show drainage pathways. I added a multiline attribute so we can add the percentage along the line with a mask. The line, arrow and attribute all need to be able to be aligned perpendicular or tangent to a given line. Everything looks great until the arrow flips sides to work from the other direction and then the text is mirrored backwards.

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Dec 17, 2012

Please take a look at the attached dynamic block.

I have two flips in there, one verticle, one horizontal. For some reason, whenever I tell it to flip, and then select everything in the block, it doesn't flip the other flip's arrow.

Then, when I created the second arrow, and went back to include the first flip in the second flip's Action Selection Set, it doesn't pick it up. Doesn't matter if I do "modify selection set" or "new selection set"... doesn't matter if I select everything within (blue box) or everything that touches (green box).

Yet, when I highlight the icon box, it shows everything is selected.

Can flips not flip other flips?

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What am I missing with these selection parameters?

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Nov 21, 2011

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Dec 4, 2013

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Sep 18, 2013

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I attached a simple example.

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Sep 24, 2012

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Aug 27, 2013

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Jul 2, 2013

Fairly versed with Dynamic blocks here, so the first thing I checked was to make sure that my FIELDEVAL was set to 31 to ensure updates but this one isn't working for me and may be a limitation of the software?

I'm making a dynamic block for my users who aren't familiar with electrical wiring so I am developing a series of blocks for our typical wiring configurations.  In this instance, I've setup a pair of attributes to allow the changing of wire color codes and I want to use that single attribute entry to used in multiple other locations that are also connected to that conductor in certain situations.  I have setup a field within this block to be the "VALUE" of the object (the attribute) in order to accomplish this.  Unfortunately it is only displaying the default value I have for the attribute and will not update either upon insertion of the block or after an edit.   Is this beyond the capabilities of Dynamic blocks or do I need to take a different approach?

Find file attached.

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Nov 19, 2013

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Jul 26, 2011

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Jul 21, 2011

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I have two major concerns.

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Nov 22, 2012

In the attached block, how can I contraints the red line to follow the end of the attribute text?

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Jun 23, 2011

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I just want to insert the borehole block from a tool palette, enter a couple of attributes, stretch the bottom down to whatever level, and I'm done.

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I would like to use a Y scale of 10 rather than a block with 10x the length because I have a field that returns a length parameter and I don't want that value to be 10x what it's supposed to be, and it would make things much easier to not have to multiply my values by 10x each time I use the block. 

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