Expert: Paul Jordan - 2/20/2009

Question
I have a BOM block with 6 attributes and want to transfer the data to another BOM block which has larger size columns.
(the mouse to touch one block to copy the data then touch another block to transfer the data)

Answer
Hey Ricky,

I'm a bit confused on your question.  I guess this would be better with pictures.  It sounds like you have one block that you'd like to transfer the data to another larger block??  

My first thoughts would be to explode both block and move the attdefs from the smaller block to the larger block and then create a new block with the attdefs and columns of the newer block.

Now, if you have pre-existing blocks with data that you need to move to the larger block, that might take a bit more work but, I think it would basically be the same thing.  The main difference is that you'd create the new block using the same name as the older/smaller block so that all the blocks will update with the new size.

Hopefully that helps.  If not, send me a couple of copies of the blocks and maybe explain a little more of what you're trying to do.

Paul