topic remove AEC_MVBLOCK_REF block in Visual LISP, AutoLISP and General Customization Forum

remove AEC_MVBLOCK_REF block

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:42:31 GMT

I have 100's of drawing with the AEC_MVBLOCK_REF in the drawing.

I'm using the vla-getboundingbox to show the area of the blocks, but the AEC_MVBLOCK_REF is messing with the coordinates.

I've tried the -purge to get rid of the block.

I've tried using tblsearch and tblnext and can find the block, but I can't erase the block.

I've deleted all the layout tabs in the drawing.

What am I missing?

Re: remove AEC_MVBLOCK_REF block

dbroad — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 21:15:51 GMT

This indicates that you have probably opened an AutoCAD Architecture file. If you do not have AutoCAD Architecture, you may not have this command but you could try -exporttoautocad. Mvblocks cannot typically be purged because the dictionaries and object enablers that support them are referenced.

If that doesn't work, ask the person who sent you the AutoCAD Architecture drawing to use that command to send you a plain autocad version of the drawing.