PROPERTIES OF BLOCKS

[asherjoh]

Is there a way to see the properties of blocks, with out having to open the block editor? Thank You.

[cadffm]

Which properties?
Another dialog is BLOCK
and if you select a blockreference you can see some props in properties palette.

[asherjoh]

When I hover over the block it only shows what later the block was created in. I would like to know what the parts of the block were drawn it. For example, I draw the parts of the block with layer 1. Then I create the block using layer a. When I hover for properties, It only shows layer a. So I have to enter block editor to see that the parts were made in layer 1. So I am trying to get the info without having to go into block editor. Thank You

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

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@asherjoh wrote:

.... I draw the parts of the block with layer 1. Then I create the block using layer a. When I hover for properties, It only shows layer a. .... I am trying to get the info without having to go into block editor.

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For an individual part of a Block, if you have full AutoCAD [not LT], paste this into the command line:

(cdr (assoc 8 (entget (car (nentsel)))))

That will give you the Layer on which the deepest-nested  piece you pick on was originally drawn.  So if you drew a toilet with parts on Layer 0, and Inserted that into an apartment layout on a plumbing Layer, and defined the apartment as a whole as a Block, and Inserted the apartment Block into a floor plan on a Layer for apartments, and Xref'd that floor plan into a drawing along with other floor plans, if you then use that code and pick a piece of the toilet, it will report Layer 0, not  either the Xref's or the apartments or the plumbing Layer.

[asherjoh]

That works. Thank You.

[cadffm · Accepted solution]

Command XLIST from ExpressTools..

[asherjoh]

Very nice. Exactly what I need. Thank You 

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

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@cadffm wrote:

Command XLIST from ExpressTools..

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XLIST gets you a different result [which may be more what you want -- just be aware of the differences].  In the situation of a Layer-0 part of a toilet Block inside an apartment Block inside a floor plan Xref'd into another drawing, it gives the apartment-Block name and the Layer that's Inserted on inside the Xref.  And it reports more [the Block name, color, linetype].

It has a couple of drawbacks I notice in quickie trial:  It will not accept selection of anything that isn't  nested, whereas my little code string will report on a top-level object if that's what you pick on.  And even among nested things, it doesn't accept picking an Attribute [mine does].  And once you pick OK on its alert box, the information it reports is irretrievably gone, whereas with mine, the Layer it reports remains in the command line history.

[asherjoh]

Thanks. You guys are way too good at this.