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Cloning a database from an existing database and retaining dimension styles etc

BKSpurgeon — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 07:41:42 GMT

Hi all

I am trying to copy certain objects from my current drawing into a new one. I am using the code contained here: https://adndevblog.typepad.com/autocad/2012/09/copying-deepcloning-from-one-drawing-to-another-using-net.html

Basically I'm using WblockCloneObjects to copy objects from one drawing to another. But the problem is that the new drawing does not retain all the items contained in the source database: e.g. dimension styles, styling, layers, certain block definitions etc

Is there a way to ensure that all of those items are also cloned? In other words, I want the new database exactly the same as the old, except for what appears in the model space - and I have object ids for those items which I want in the model space.

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!

Ben

Re: Cloning a database from an existing database and retaining dimension styles

Alexander.Rivilis — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 08:01:02 GMT

It is look like easy to duplicate source dwg-file, open it and erase all entities in ModelSpace.

Re: Cloning a database from an existing database and retaining dimension styles

_gile — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 08:44:35 GMT

If you absolutely want to use WblockCloneObjects (even the route suggested by @Alexander.Rivilis shuld be much mor simple), you have to clone the contents of all tables in the source file to the corresponding table in the destination file.