Copy Dynamic Block Problem

[greg.h]

In a drawing i want to find a list of objects enclosed by a polyline, copy them to a clear area of model space and then interrogate them. It is all working fine except for some dynamic blocks. When they are copied they lose their link to the main block. When trying to interrogate the copied version by code their name always come ups as *Uxxxx (even when getting the DynamicBlockTableRecord reference). If you try to edit the copied block you get a "Cannot edit anonymous reference". Any ideas on how to change the copy routine so that the dynamic blocks don't get broken (sample code is attached)

[Anonymous]

Try using the DeepCloneObjects() method of the
Database instead of GetTransformedCopy()


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In a drawing i want to find a list of objects enclosed by a polyline, copy them to a clear area of model space and then interrogate them. It is all working fine except for some dynamic blocks. When they are copied they lose their link to the main block. When trying to interrogate the copied version by code their name always come ups as *Uxxxx (even when getting the DynamicBlockTableRecord reference). If you try to edit the copied block you get a "Cannot edit anonymous reference". Any
ideas on how to change the copy routine so that the dynamic blocks don't get broken (sample code is attached)

[greg.h]

Tony
Thanks for the reply
When looking at my problem again (this time not being half asleep), I realised that when a dynamic block is copied by the GetTransformedCopy method, the original Anonymous name and the copied anonymous name are the same, By keeping a map of the original Anonymous vs Real block name, when interogating the copy I can just look up in the map and get the real name.

I did look quite heavily into the DeepClone method though and a problem coming up may be solved by this so thanks again
Regards