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Saving an existing Dynamic Block out of a drawing

bwhisenhunt — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:17:15 GMT

I have a dynamic door block that was created to allow several actions to occur. Unfortunately, the WBlocked file was deleted before it ever got backed up. I still have the block in a floor plan I just don't know how to export/rip it back into it's own file without blowing all the parameter/actions that took me forever to set up and get working right. How can I get this back without having to recreate it from scratch? I have attached a drawing where I stripped all but a portion of the base file.

Re: Saving an existing Dynamic Block out of a drawing

Alexander.Rivilis — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:44:23 GMT

What about using commands _resetblock and _wblock this block into file (see attachment):

Re: Saving an existing Dynamic Block out of a drawing

MetalFingerz — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:46:53 GMT

Hi,

There are multiple ways to achieve that. The only pre requisite would be to have both the "door in fp" drawing and a new one opened.

- Then you could use ADCENTER to visualize the block in your "door in fp" drawing then double click on it to insert in the new drawing.

- You could copy/paste it from your "door in fp" drawing to the new one.

- You could also drag and drop the block from your "door in fp" to a palette. Then click on it from the palette to insert it into the new drawing.

There are more but that's what I have in mind at the moment. All those solutions keep the block dynamic.

Re: Saving an existing Dynamic Block out of a drawing

bwhisenhunt — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:18:57 GMT

I tried that but it lost all but the current visibility state. Thank you.

Re: Saving an existing Dynamic Block out of a drawing

Alexander.Rivilis — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:24:05 GMT

As I see in my dwg-file enough visibility states. What wrong with it?

Re: Saving an existing Dynamic Block out of a drawing

Alexander.Rivilis — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:35:00 GMT

Video of WBLOCK your dynamic block and inserting it in new dwg:

Re: Saving an existing Dynamic Block out of a drawing

Libbya — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:37:22 GMT

Similar to wblock, you can also open the block in block editor and use the open/save pulldown to select Save As. Then check the box to save as file.

Re: Saving an existing Dynamic Block out of a drawing

bwhisenhunt — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:42:19 GMT

You were correct. I don't know if the purge didn't work or what happened but when I tried inserting it again it worked fine. THANK YOU!

Re: Saving an existing Dynamic Block out of a drawing

Charles_Shade — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:07:58 GMT

Haven't tested but dragging and dropping from DesignCenter should be an option as well.

I lost a DynBlk once and searched using DesignCenter to find it in a Drawing File from some time back.