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Since 1990, AutoCad has supported block creation which permits inclusion of edited text (called attributes) as part of the object data. Say I have a door block. I have doors numbered 1 through 20 as attributes in the doorblock. If I move door 3 from one location to another, the text moves with the block. If I delete door 3 the block and it's data are both deleted, so my door set goes 1,2,4,...20. AutoCad attribute data can also be extracted to create schedules that reflect the objects on the drawing.
Exploding the block dissociates the drawn object from the text object so it makes schedule and drawing maintenance much more error prone.
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