rename only selected blocks

[adaptacad]

Hello, does anyone have an easy way to rename ONLY the selected blocks. I select and rename only my selection set.
Thank you in advance .

[Shneuph]

Are you asking for a way to do this, period?  Or do you specifically need it to be done through LISP?

[devitg]

@adaptacad  , 

selected by a wildcard name ?

rename by a : newname  list ? 

Maybe if you upload a sample.dwg and more data it will be easy to help you 

[adaptacad]

Not necessarily by LISP, I need to rename some selected blocks.

NOTE: Note the RENAME command does not work because I need to select the blocks, ONLY THE SELECTED ones.

[Shneuph]

This is how I always do it if I have a block in a dwg and I need some of them to be a new block.

I hope it's clear.

f83161bb-86f8-4447-b496-af857c16de0a,640,710

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

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@adaptacad wrote:

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NOTE: Note the RENAME command does not work because I need to select the blocks, ONLY THE SELECTED ones.

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That means you're going to need to have another Block definition with the different name [even if its contents are identical], and replace  those selected Blocks with it.  Once you have that other Block definition established, you can use BlockReplace.lsp with its BRS command, available >here<, to replace selected Blocks with that.

[Shneuph · Accepted solution]

...well... there was supposed to be a screencast but I don't see it in that last post now..

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/f83161bb-86f8-4447-b496-af857c16de0a

Maybe that works?

[adaptacad]

@Shneuph  @Kent1Cooper Both solutions work, thank you very much!