topic LISP for (mass) Block insert from external DWG in Visual LISP, AutoLISP and General Customization Forum

LISP for (mass) Block insert from external DWG

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:33:52 GMT

Dear community,

i need a lisp-routine.
This lisp should copy some (nearly 120) blocks from a "static" DWG-file into the current dwg without inserting it into the drawing. the blocks should only copied to the current dwg without user-interaction oder windows for filepath-input.

Cause after i had to change old blocks with the new one (and delete the old ones).

Its the classic requirement: old blocks (think of emergencysymbols) have to change to new design.

Is there an option or anybody can help me?

Thanks in advance!

regards

rs_dev

Re: LISP for (mass) Block insert from external DWG

dennis — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:11:00 GMT

I think I am missing something. So, asking what will clear up what I am missing. Why not just copy the source 'static' drawing to a new location and rename?

Re: LISP for (mass) Block insert from external DWG

Kent1Cooper — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:21:15 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

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This lisp should copy some (nearly 120) blocks from a "static" DWG-file into the current dwg without inserting it into the drawing. the blocks should only copied to the current dwg without user-interaction oder windows for filepath-input.

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The Design Center [ADC command] has an option [right-click on the Block icon] to redefine a Block with the definition from another drawing without Inserting one, but I don't know of a way to automate that for a whole collection of Blocks.

You may need to make all those Blocks in the "static" drawing into separate drawing files with WBLOCK [there may be routines around here to do that for you], in some dedicated folder, add that folder to your Support File Search Path list, and use a Block-redefinition routine that will bring in the new definitions [there are routines around here to do that, and possibly even to do it automatically for all the drawings in a specified folder -- try some Searching].