CAD tip # 12150:

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How to update a block while keeping its attribute position and rotation?

If you have block references in your drawing, with manually adjusted positions and rotations of their block attributes, and you then update such blocks, after the synchronization will the attribute properties revert back (reset) to the positions given by the block definition. So their individually adjusted position or rotation may change.

So if you want to keep not only the attribute values but also the currently set position of the individually repositioned attributes in the newly updated blocks, use the French LISP utility SYN (by Patrick) instead of the standard attribute synchronization commands (ATTSYNC, BATTMAN). Download the SYN add-on utility from Download, load it into your AutoCAD session with APPLOAD and type the command SYN.

Select the block to update and check those parameters you want to keep from the existing inserts (references) - e.g. Positions+Angles. The command will change all other geometrical parameters of the block, resp. its attributes.

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23.2.2019 18648×

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See also:
Tip 14402:	What is the difference between the BLOCKREPLACE, BREPLACE, REPLACEBLOCK, RIBLOCK and BLKREDEF commands?
Tip 14138:	How to hide individual block attributes - 3 methods.
Tip 13000:	Labels of dimensional parameter values in dynamic blocks (parameters->attributes)
Tip 11398:	Editing block attributes in AutoCAD mobile.
Tip 7595:	Block changes are not reflected in the drawing.

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