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Cant Close Block Editor Without Closing Entire Drawing

mrgrotey — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:51:08 GMT

Hi there I currently have a really annoying glitch with AutoCAD 2015 that I can't get around.

If I go into the block editor and make my changes then hit the large 'Close Block Editor Button' on the ribbon, it asks me if I want to save the entire drawing instead of just saving the block and closing the editor. If I hit yes it saves the entire drawing and closes it rather than staying in the drawing. If I hit no it just remains in the editor. Hitting 'Saves Block' first changes nothing.

I have had a new install recently and but I'm sure it didn't happen a couple of days ago.

Ever heard on anything like this?

Re: Cant Close Block Editor Without Closing Entire Drawing

Alfred.NESWADBA — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:11:02 GMT

Hi,

>> hit the large 'Close Block Editor Button' on the ribbon, it

>> asks me if I want to save the entire drawing

What happens if you run command _BLCLOSE using the keyboard instead of clicking the menu?

And just to make sure about your exact version: can you please start command _ABOUT and send us a screenshot from that dialog?

- alfred -

Re: Cant Close Block Editor Without Closing Entire Drawing

mrgrotey — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:31:13 GMT

That is very close to the exact answer I needed.

It seems I had inadvertently change the command for the close button the other day when I was fiddling about with keyboard shortcuts.

Typing _BLCLOSE on the command line did indeed manually close the block editor in the correct way however putting this as the command for the close button did not work, it came up with an error saying BLCLOSE was not recognised (both with an underscore before it and without.

That said, simply assigning _BCLOSE does work perfectly so thanks for steering me in the right direction.

Re: Cant Close Block Editor Without Closing Entire Drawing

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:54:35 GMT

It happened to me a couple of times, for no apparent reasons. _BCLOSE did not work either for me. Resetting variables did not help to close the editing block session. As a workaround for the issue - type _BSAVEAS at command line or click Open/Save drop down and choose "Save Block As" from the drop down menu on top left of your icon ribbon. You will need to give a block new name and it will allow to close it after that.

Re: Cant Close Block Editor Without Closing Entire Drawing

samanthatXSA64 — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:19:22 GMT

You just solved my issue, thanks!

Re: Cant Close Block Editor Without Closing Entire Drawing

JReidhead — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 23:55:41 GMT

Thank you Agoretoy! This has plagued me. saved it as a new name (delete) then the it let me out

Re: Cant Close Block Editor Without Closing Entire Drawing

donovans — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 22:31:46 GMT

What works for me is:

Menu: Tools - Block Editer

You get the option to save the block you working on - Yes

Next popup click - Cancel (Asking for block to Edit)

It's the only Solution that work for me.

Re: Cant Close Block Editor Without Closing Entire Drawing

donovans — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 02:29:51 GMT

It happens to me to from time to time.

When you done editing in block editor.

Menu - Click on Tools - Block Editor

Click Yes to safe your block. Next a screen will popup asking for a block to be opend - Click on Cancel. You will be back in your drawing with the changes you made to the block saved. Definitely easies solution.

Hope it helps.

Re: Cant Close Block Editor Without Closing Entire Drawing

RHancock5WYG2 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:28:23 GMT

Best solution I've found so far is to create a lisp routine that runs the _bsave command before the _bclose command.

(defun C:bc() (command "_bsave""_bclose"))

Re: Cant Close Block Editor Without Closing Entire Drawing

ssaussy — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:44:03 GMT

_BSAVEAS fixed it. You just saved my drawing. Thank you!