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#attdisp

    15-Jan-92 06:41:58
Sb: #attdisp
Fm: michael cunningham 72711,1200
To: all
1/15/92/7:30 I have an application where i'm using attributes for their graphic value as well as for data extraction. The blocks are office panels and furniture. The furniture has constant attributes and the office panels attributes are variable according to color, texture, and accoustical qualities. Both attributes are invisible. I use attdisp to control their visibility to create construction drawings. My problem is that I would like to be able to have more control over their visibility than attdisp gives me. I wrote an autolisp routine to toggle group 70 in the attributes assoc list from 1 to 0 and vice versa. It works fine when attdisp is normal. When attdisp is on it doesn't work at all. It doesn't work at all on the constant attributes of course. So to give me independent control over the attributes' display I think I need to either update the table section for the furniture blocks(constant attributes), or somehow make my lisp routine work when attdisp is on. The manual doesn't give a lot of info on attdisp except that it sets the attmode system variable. Does anyone have any insight or experience in trying to do something like this ??? THANKS Mike Cunningham