topic Re: Modified Symbol Block Tag Data Not Importing. in AutoCAD Electrical Forum

Modified Symbol Block Tag Data Not Importing.

dcwYC5FF — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:55:20 GMT

I modified a symbol using the symbol builder. However, this symbol was used thought the drawing. The idea of deleting every single component out of the drawing and retagging with a unique identifier seemed too wasteful. So, I created a new drawing inserted the new block/modified symbol in. Then went to the original drawing and copied out all of the components I needed to update. The blocks all updated in the new drawing, but they did not have the new tags that were inserted into the new symbol/block while the newly inserted symbol did. Is there a way to get these new tags inserted without losing all of the tag data?

Re: Modified Symbol Block Tag Data Not Importing.

rhesusminus — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:32:07 GMT

Look at the block swap/update command.

It'll update all instances of a block in a sheet or throughout the entire project.

Re: Modified Symbol Block Tag Data Not Importing.

dcwYC5FF — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:46:32 GMT

If I pick the newly inserted block and swap each component one at a time the command imports the new tags thank you.

Re: Modified Symbol Block Tag Data Not Importing.

rhesusminus — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:24:43 GMT

If you have made changes to the symbol in the symbol library, the actual DWG, you should do the UPDATE instead of SWAP:

Re: Modified Symbol Block Tag Data Not Importing.

dcwYC5FF — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:30:40 GMT

That makes sense I have been getting an AePmCom Error when I use swap that way. I have read it has something to do with office.