How Rename Anonymous Blocks *u????

[Anonymous]

How I can Rename any Block With Name *u

[Anonymous]

Why do you need to rename them?

-Jason

Juan Carlos Velez wrote:

> How I can Rename any Block With Name *u

[Anonymous]

Because I have any blocks in my design whith this name and i need redefine
those and I need use REFEDIT in this Blocks
Jason Piercey escribió en el mensaje de noticias
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> Why do you need to rename them?
>
> -Jason
>
> Juan Carlos Velez wrote:
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> > How I can Rename any Block With Name *u
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[Anonymous]

use the command RENAME

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"Juan Carlos Velez" wrote in message
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| Because I have any blocks in my design whith this name and i need redefine
| those and I need use REFEDIT in this Blocks
| Jason Piercey escribió en el mensaje de noticias
| 3B141C93.FAD7806D@kc.rr.com...
| > Why do you need to rename them?
| >
| > -Jason
| >
| > Juan Carlos Velez wrote:
| >
| > > How I can Rename any Block With Name *u
| >
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|

[Anonymous]

On Tue, 29 May 2001 15:11:07 -0700, "Juan Carlos Velez"
wrote:

>Because I have any blocks in my design whith this name and i need redefine
>those and I need use REFEDIT in this Blocks

With anonymous blocks, this should not be a problem as the numbers
after the *U are assigned or reassigned when a drawing is loaded.

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[Anonymous]

Yes, it is possible to rename an annonymous block from *U17 to MTM_17 (for
example). But when you list the available blocks in a drawing using commands
like BLOCK or INSERT, MTM_17 will not be listed as it is an annonymous block
(but it exists). Just by changing an annonymous block's name will not make
it a named block. The group code 70 decides if this block is annonymous or
not, and this group code cannot be edited.

For example, create an annonymous block "*T" using any_blk function and then
execute the ren_blk function to rename it to "TESTBLOCK"

(defun c:any_blk ()
(vl-load-com)
(setq a_app (VLAX-GET-ACAD-OBJECT)
a_doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument a_app)
a_blks (vla-get-blocks a_doc)
blk (vla-add a_blks (vlax-3d-point '(0 0 0)) "*T")
)
(vla-addcircle blk (vlax-3d-point '(0 0 0)) 3)
)


(defun c:ren_blk ()
(vl-load-com)
(setq a_app (VLAX-GET-ACAD-OBJECT)
a_doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument a_app)
a_blks (vla-get-blocks a_doc)
blk (vla-item a_blks "*T1")
)
(vla-put-name blk "TESTBLOCK")
)

Now invoke command INSERT and you will find that TESTBLOCK is not listed,
but you are allowed to type the blockname and then to insert it.

The block TESTBLOCK is not listed as it is an annonymous block.

As a workaround, I would suggest you to make a copy of the annonymous block
instead of renaming it, as shown in the following sample code:

(defun c:cop_blk ()
(vl-load-com)
(setq a_app (VLAX-GET-ACAD-OBJECT)
a_doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument a_app)
a_blks (vla-get-blocks a_doc)
i 0
blk (vla-item a_blks "*T1")
inspt (vla-get-origin blk)

cnt (- (vla-get-count blk) 1)
newfil (vlax-make-safearray vlax-vbobject (cons 0 cnt))
)
(vlax-for ent blk
(vlax-safearray-put-element newfil i ent)
(setq i (1+ i))
)
(setq newblk (vla-add a_blks inspt "TESTBLOCK"))
(vla-copyobjects a_doc newfil newblk nil)
)



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"Juan Carlos Velez" wrote in message
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