AutoCad 2018 Block issue

[Anonymous]

When I insert a block and then attempt to move or copy the block somewhere else in the drawing there is an image of the block in the original position that can not be selected or deleted. What is this issue and how can I fix it? This causes headaches when doing floor plans.

[john.vellek]

HI @Anonymous,

I see that you are visiting as a new member to the AutoCAD forum. Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

Is it possible to attach your file containing the block that shows this behavior?  If you turn off Hardware Acceleration in GRAPHICSCONFIG does it correct the problem?

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[Anonymous]

I have attached the file that is displaying this issue. If you move the block once its fine. If you attempt to move the block a second time it displays this issue.

Thank you for your help

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

I was able to duplicate this action and a REGENALL fixes the display issue. I will investigate how the block is built too as I suspect that problem lies there.

[Edit] OK, the "block" is actually not a block at all but a group.  If you use the OVERKILL command and select with a window the "block" it will remove all the extra entities.  You can then make it a block if you desire.

I am not sure why it leaves the display remnant but it should be fixed when you make the block correctly.

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[Anonymous]

Thank you. The REGENALL does get fix the issue. The blocks were originally created on my old AUTOCAD 2007 LT. Created a template for work with all machine blocks and such that I am now opening up in my 2018 version and using. Is this where my problem could be?

[pendean]

I'm not able to replicate the problem here, is it this block?

 

R2018 did report some errors in your file, not sure if that fixes anything or not. See attached.

[john.vellek · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

Dean is correct that the drawing has some errors in it. Please run AUDIT, PURGE, and -PURGE>Regapps.

I recreated the geometry in a block for you. Please try inserting this on your furniture layer and let me know if it behaves now.

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[Anonymous]

Dean,

Thank you for looking into this. the REGENALL command fixes it by updating it, but I seem to be having issue with the blocks themselves and not opening. I originally created this template in AUTOCAD 2007LT and now using 2018 version so this could be causing problems and I need update my blocks somehow.

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

Generally there should be no issue in using your old template(s) in newer versions of AutoCAD. However, if there are errors in your template they should be cleaned out before you start using them for new drawings.

How many other blocks do you need to fix?  Are the blocks contained in your template? Would you like me to look at them too?

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[Anonymous]

@john.vellek

John,

Attached is the actual AutoCAD Template I created for work. In this template I created blocks of everything that would be used to do a layout. If you could look at these blocks for me and see what errors I created that would be very much appreciated and helpful! Thank you

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

Your template showed errors in it too. I suggest running AUDIT on it too.

The blocks in it seem to work OK but I question why some of the insertion points are far away from the geometry and why so much of the geometry is not assigned to bylayer.  Setting properties such as linetype and color will allow the block to display properties from the layer it was inserted upon rather than being "hard-coded". This would give you a lot more flexibility.

At any rate, the blocks appear to work fine for me although I did not test them all.  Have you considered making a Block Library file instead of having all of this in a template file?  You could use Design Center to insert the blocks into project files and you could even drop them into a tool palette to make the process even easier.

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[Anonymous]

@john.vellek

Thank you for the help. I will work on fixing my Template and updating my blocks with the suggestions you gave me. I am teaching myself AutoCAD and learning all of its capabilities. I did not know I could create the block library and use the design center. I will have to look into a tutorial on how to do this and make it easier for me.

[john.vellek]

Hi @Anonymous,

I am glad you are teaching yuourself as this is often times the best approach.  Please focus on cleaning up your blocks first and let me know if you need any assistance with that part.

The block library is just a drawing(s) that remains in a fixed location so you can access it easily.  I made a quick video for you that shows how to insert a block from your drawing template file into a different file.  IF this looks useful, once your blocks are cleaned up then place them in a unique drawing file and you can use it as your library.  The next step if you like, is to copy the blocks into a tool palette to make then even easier to access.

I hope my video helps. Please start a new thread for any specific additional questions and I will jump in to help.

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