copied block lost name

[jdfnnl]

Is it normal for a block copied from one drawing to another will acquire the generic A$ prefix? Is design center the easiest way to retain these properties into a new drawing?

[cadffm]

NO,

there is a problem! After restart still this happens?

You can Explode this blockreference and you will have the blockreference you expect.

I don't know why, but your clipboard  paste action acts like ctrl+shift+v (paste as block) instead of ctrl+v (paste).

Search for it, you are not the first eith this issue.

[ChicagoLooper]

Hi @jdfnnl 

If your block has the A$ designation then it’s an anonymous block, also called an unnamed block because it doesn’t have a name (and never had a name to begin with). 

If you don’t like ‘A$’ in the name, you can use the RENAME command to rename it. 

 

Alternatively, you can use WBLOCK which writes your block and gives you the opportunity to save your block in a folder.

Many users create a dedicated folder, which grows over a period of time, and serves as a Library of Blocks. You can have more than one dwg in the library and each dwg can have multiple blocks or groups, e.g. a group of arrow blocks, road symbol blocks, tree blocks, etc. Anyone with access rights to this folder can add to the Library or borrow and use a block for any drawing. 

In addition to using Design Center to access blocks, you may use INSERT command to display the Blocks Palette. 

The Blocks palette can be docked and allows you to insert blocks into the current drawing. 

[Kent1Cooper]

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@jdfnnl wrote:

Is it normal for a block copied from one drawing to another will acquire the generic A$ prefix? ....

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If it was copied from one drawing as a Block using COPYCLIP [Ctrl+C] or COPYBASE [Ctrl+Shift+C], to put it into the other drawing just use PASTECLIP [Ctrl+V], not PASTEBLOCK {Ctrl+Shift+V].  PASTEBLOCK doesn't mean "what I'm pasting in is a Block," but rather "put what I paste in into a Block" [which will result in your source Block being nested inside the A$... Block it makes].  If you accidentally use PASTEBLOCK, you can just EXPLODE the A$... Block and you'll be left with your source Block.