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## Battman

Edits the attributes of a block definition; optionally also updates existing block references

| Command: Battman

This command opens the Block Attribute Manager dialog.

If the current drawing does not contain block references with attributes, a message is displayed, and the dialog is not opened.

Block Attribute Manager - main dialog

This dialog is free resizeable, and will maintain size and position of the dialog across BricsCAD sessions.

Select Block

You can select the block definition to be modified using the mouse, and select a block reference - afterwards the block is select.

If the block you select does not contain attributes, the active block definition is not changed in Block popup list.

Block

The popup list shows all block definitions containing attributes. You can select the block definition to be modified.

Sync

Updates all block references with current attributes definitions. Attribute values are not changed.

Sync Sel

Updates selected block references with current attributes definitions. Attribute values are not changed.

Move Up / Down

Allows to change the attribute's position in prompt sequence (does not effect constant attributes, because these are not prompted for a value)..

Edit

Opens the Edit Attribute Dialog to edit the attribute's properties.

Using left mouse button doubleclick also opens the dialog.

Remove

Removes the selected attribute from the block definition. If there is only 1 attribute left, it can not be removed from the block definitions.

Using Apply will also remove the related attribute(s) from all block references.

If option "Apply changes to existing references" is active in BAttMan settings, the attribute is immediately removed from all references.

Settings ...

Opens the Block Attribute Manager Settings Dialog to specify behaviour and list box columns to be displayed.

Apply

Updates the block definition with current settings. If the option "Apply changes to existing references" is active, then Apply also effects all existing block references.

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