EDITING BLOCKS

[Anonymous]

Hai everybody... i have a doubt in editng blocks...i have similar blocks with minor changes so i want make changes only to the few blocks...but if i do any changes in one block it's get updated in all the blocks...i tried exploding the block..but i can't explode...

so pls tell me if there is any way to make minor changes in only few blocks without updating the other blocks.

pls help meee.......i hope u guys will help me.

[imadHabash]

Hi,

>> i tried exploding the block..but i can't explode... <<

this because you have to enable exploding from block definition (see attached image)  

>> so pls tell me if there is any way to make minor changes in only few blocks without updating the other blocks. <<

I suggest to replace those blocks with the new one.

Good Luck..

[Anonymous]

Hi,

For your statement "i tried exploding the block..but i can't explode" please refer to my screencast attached.

Hope this will help.

Thanks,

Glen

[Vinayv4v]

Hi,

Since you have not checked allow exploding option when creating the block it cannot be exploded.

You have modification in the block at some places. So why not create a new block using NCOPY to bring the modifications from the existing block.

See the attached screencast for using NCOPY.

[Anonymous]

thank you so much for your fast rlpy guys.....thanks a lot.....

[Slawomir_]

Insted of exploding blocks use BURST command. Properties of block will retain. As far as i know, change in one block affects all of it's type.

[beyoungjr · Accepted solution]

I'm sure that the screencasts helped you to explode your block/s but also remember that you can simply open the block in the block editor and use "Save Block As" under the "Open/Save" panel.  You will get a new block that will be available for insertion.

The block you selected to edit will not be changed so you would have to delete that instance of the block and replace it with the new one in the list, if it was already in position.

Cheers!

[Kent1Cooper]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hai everybody... i have a doubt in editng blocks...i have similar blocks with minor changes so i want make changes only to the few blocks.....i tried exploding the block..but i can't explode...

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[The word you want is "question" rather than "doubt" -- there must be some translation software out there that uses "doubt" for whatever the word is in whatever language it's coming from, because I see that often here.]

In case it was hard to tell in @Anonymous's screencast [because the blowup of the steps on the left overlays what you need to see], when you are in the Block editor, the Properties Box has an "Allow exploding" slot in it, in which you can change a Block definition that was originally defined not to allow it, so that you can Explode it.

Depending on the kinds of differences you are talking about, you may also be able to do this with a dynamic Block definition, in which the parts that would differ are the dynamic parts.  That way, they could all be un-Exploded insertions of the same Block, but still have differences.

[Anonymous]

an ancient old lisp function for replacing selected blocks with another selected block:

(defun c:REPLS (/ ENT1 BL1 bl2 OLD ODNM)
(command "undo" "begin")
 (prompt "\nSelect Replacement Block: ")
 (setq bl2 (cdr (assoc 2 (entget (car (entsel))))))
 (prompt "Select blocks to replace: ")
 (setq ENT1 (ssget))
 (setq N (sslength ENT1))
 (setq I 0)
 (repeat N
  (setq BL1 (entget (ssname ENT1 I)))
  (setq NWNM (cons 2 bl2))
  (setq OLD (assoc 2 BL1))
  (setq ODNM (cdr OLD))
  (entmod (subst NWNM OLD BL1))
  (setq I (1+ I))
 )
(command "undo" "end")
 (princ)
)

Once you've created the new block use the function above to replace those you wish to match the new definition.  If you've added/altered attributes, you must ATTSYNC the block after replacement.

[jayhar]

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[john.vellek]

HI @Anonymous,

You received a lot of good ideas here. Did you try them to resolve your block editing issue? Did one or more fix the problem? Please add a post with the status of your issue.

[Anonymous]

Respected

I have rectangular block and I want to make a curved rectangular, you can see the picture.... How to do that in Autocad 2014 with block editor or some

other better idea.

Thank you.