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Edit on all copies

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 02:06:29 GMT

Good day.
Mmmm how do I explain this..
Lets say you have a box with 10 holes in him.
You have made 5 copies of him, used for elevations etc.....

But now I have to change the sizes of the holes in all of them.

Is there a way to edit the original and the rest wil also be edited?

Hope this is explained clearly

Re: Edit on all copies

imadHabash — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 02:41:49 GMT

Hi and Welcome to AutoCAD Forum,

>> Is there a way to edit the original and the rest wil also be edited?

Yes , there is a way if :

your objects are exist as a BLOCK and start to copy them.then any changes happened for the block itself; others will automatically change . >> Click <<
your objects are exist as a XREF attachments and start to copy them. here editing the source file also will modify any other inserted as an xref.

for your situation i suggest to make your box with those holes as a block with BLOCK command and copy it as much as you need . then if you want to edit the block you can edit it by BEDIT >> Click << command then close the editor by BCLOSE command . also there are many other ways on how to make blocks but ( as a start ) it's good to know it as i describe it to you . 🙂

Regards,

Re: Edit on all copies

user181 — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 02:38:44 GMT

Hi @Anonymous, Is this a 2D drawing and the holes are circles? If so then you can select on and right click and pick select similar and then on the properties palette change the diameter of the circles.

Re: Edit on all copies

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 05:50:26 GMT

Thanks for the answer. I used the box as a example, its actually a building
that is being drawn, and select similar does not work unfortunately. Its a
bit more conplicated than that.
Thanks

Re: Edit on all copies

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 05:53:53 GMT

Ahhh ok thanks.
Nevet thought if that. I always use blicks for sma items.
Thanks alot