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revert back to their initial text form, rather than their set values – whereas Remove Attribute will retain your attribute’s block value appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thus, Remove Attribute is especially convenient if you’re looking to maintain the visibility of your Attribute’s values in the drawing window, while still separating them from their Block entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>I hope this post encourages you to experiment with Remove Attribute in your \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.draftsight.com\u002F?utm_medium=Display&utm_source=Blog&utm_campaign=DraftSight_Blog&utm_content=Blog_RC_InText_1232020&utm_term=link-text\" data-id=\"59110\">DraftSight\u003C\u002Fa> designs!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Check out the video below to see the Explode and Remove Attribute features in action!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cdiv class=\"ds-video\">\u003Ca data-3ds-videoplayer=\"modal\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fexplodeb.mp4\" 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