ssget a specific Dynamic block... since they are anonymous?

[mdhutchinson]

If you do a LIST command on a dynamic block... AutoCAD tells you the Block Name as well as the Anonymous Block name.

How can I use ssget to snag all Dynamic Blocks that use the 'Real Block'?

[Anonymous]

Would this work for you, I have this in a program written for me.  Except I would modify for the block name dxf code.

(setq ITEMS (ssget '((0 . "INSERT") (2 . "`*U*")))

Untested since I don't like using dynamic blocks and have none to test on.

[mdhutchinson]

I know this to work as you suggest... I've done this many times...

However, what I was hoping to find is a way to get the selection set of dynamic block references that were spawned from a particular dynamic block definition.

Even if I had to iterate through an ssget set and test to see if the anonymous block was linked to a particular definition.

[mdhutchinson · Accepted solution]

I found it...

vla-get-effectivename

So I just iterate the selection set and check if the name is the one I want... if it is then I ssadd it to a selection set.