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How to Change the A$C******** Auto Generated Name from using PASTE AS BLOCK (CTRL + SHIFT + V) command

gdmgonzaga — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 04:19:55 GMT

Is there a way to change the naming of blocks from A$C******** and assign it to your preference?

I have tried using the RENAME command, but it would take me a lot of time to rename each blocks in my drawing.

Re: How to Change the A$C******** Auto Generated Name from using PASTE AS BLOCK (CTRL + SHIFT + V) command

paullimapa — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 04:33:45 GMT

No way to assign it to a different naming convention. To avoid it just don't use that feature or always explode it afterwards. If you want to use your own Block names then use the WBlock or Block commands to create the Block & the Insert command to bring the Block into the drawing instead of CTRL+C & CTRL+SHIFT+V

Re: How to Change the A$C******** Auto Generated Name from using PASTE AS BLOCK (CTRL + SHIFT + V) command

vinodkl — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 04:34:41 GMT

Hello @gdmgonzaga

You can rename the block with ease with lisp. Please find the link to download the lisp: https://lee-mac.com/copyblock.html

From the above link download the .lsp file. Next drag and drop the downloaded .lsp file into AutoCAD. Type in the command "RB" and select the block which you want to rename and enter the new name for the block 🙂

Re: How to Change the A$C******** Auto Generated Name from using PASTE AS BLOCK (CTRL + SHIFT + V) command

Kent1Cooper — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:07:23 GMT

There's no need to use PasteBlock getting AutoCAD's wacky Block name, and then RENAME the Block after it's in. Use the attached PasteBlockWithName.lsp routine. It UNDEFINES and MAKES A NEW DEFINITION OF the PasteBlock command, which forces you to give the Block a meaningful name in the process of pasting it in. It checks that the name you give it is not already used in the drawing, and won't permit you to give it nothing. It works whether you use the PasteBlock command name or Ctrl+Shift+V.

For those Blocks already in the drawing with wacky names, use RenameBlock.lsp, with its RB command, which lets you give a selected Block a new name without needing to know what its current name is to feed into a RENAME command.

[There are links to the Cadalyst CAD Tips website to download these in several Topics in this Forum, but currently downloads are not working there, though they tell me they're working on fixing that.]

Re: How to Change the A$C******** Auto Generated Name from using PASTE AS BLOCK (CTRL + SHIFT + V) command

TomBeauford — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 06:49:20 GMT

I have a dropdown in my Ribbon for Paste that includes a macro for Paste as Group that are often easier to work with than blocks:

^C^C_pasteblock;\(setq LstBlk(vla-get-Name (vlax-ename->vla-object (entlast))));_explode;_last;_-group;_create;*;;_previous;;(command "-purge" "B" LstBlk "N") (setq LstBlk nil)