change a block name equal to another

[Alex97]

1) I have two window blocks
2) both blocks have the same name
3) writing on the command line renames the table to rename
4) But if I renounce one block also the other I take the same name
5) instead I want to change the name only to one, how can I proceed?
Thank you.

 

[thelittlesniper]

If the block is the same using "rename" only changes the name to the block. in your case you should open the block in the block editor and save the block itself with a different name from the previous one so you will physically have two identical blocks (which you can then change independently) but with different names.

 

[graziano-g]

Hi, it's strange that you managed to make two blocks with the same name......
Alternatively you explore one of the two, check that there are no other instances of the same block then apply the purge command then recompil the block giving the name you like. But be careful that if in other drawings you have a block with one of the two names you refer to and import a block with the same name even if of different form, this will take the look of the one present in the drawing you receive. Hi.

 

[Cristallo]

Grace, Alex said that he has 2 window blocks that have the same name, not that he created 2 blocks with the same name. This is not possible.
are 2 instances of the same block (only possible alternative).
useless to explode and recompose, just activate the block editor and press the button "Save with name", as indicated littlesniper

 

[graziano-g]

1) I have two window blocks
2) both blocks have the same name
3) writing on the command line renames the table to rename
4) But if I renounce one block also the other I take the same name
5) instead I want to change the name only to one, how can I proceed?
Thank you.

already the explanation is nebula, not only for us.... .
point 1 and 2 : they say the same thing but they mean anything else... .
point 3: trouble if not so.
point 4: given the same name it is normal to go to couple
point 5: save by name ok, option that however creates disorientation to the less careful because when you save and close the block, what remains visible is the original, not the changed and saved that to logic rigor should be different from the original.
So, what's the point of having two blocks with different names but with the same geometry?
Hi.

 

[Cristallo]

maybe to have 1 window block1 and a window block2, maybe to change its colors?
to put one on a layer that doesn't print?
... the possibilities are endless.

 

[graziano-g]

what to say, for that then it solves with the states of visibility. ....

 

[Cristallo]

Uh, with visibility states, can you count how many type1 blocks you have in the dwg and how many type2 blocks you have?

 

[thelittlesniper]

Uh, with visibility states, can you count how many type1 blocks you have in the dwg and how many type2 blocks you have?

that I know no, if with "type" you mean two different states of visibility of the same block.

even if I seem to remember the possibility of being able to export a txt file with the info of the attributes of the various blocks present in the drawing. I don't know if you can also do for the states of visibility and sincerely I don't even remember how the aforementioned file was created.

 

[graziano-g]

Uh, with visibility states, can you count how many type1 blocks you have in the dwg and how many type2 blocks you have?

alex97 does not place this condition, perhaps exposing the problem in its completeness....

 

[Cristallo]

alex97 does not place this condition, perhaps exposing the problem in its completeness....

then see that having 2 equal blocks can make sense. It is not said to be the correct one (alex alias john is famous for his demands that mix your mind).
but it is inconsistent to say that one stranisce because the block saved by name is not the one displayed at the moment, and then propose states of visibility, data extraction and so on... If he gets weird with a block, let's figure out if he can make a state of visibility.

 

[graziano-g]

ok, never take anything for granted.... when dealing with certain topics one expects that at least the knowledge / skills are not so to the antipodes.... I know many of pseudo designers for which acad is a simple tyrant..... for that however you do first with the tecnigraph......

 

[MassiVonWeizen]

(alex [...] is famous for its demands that mix your mind).

is also famous for not responding to the many messages that are given to its questions.

 

[graziano-g]

so it's a little... patience.
I hope for him that he understands at least what he thinks, because apparently we or at least I do not...
Hi.

 

[Saru]

I use this lisp found on the net http://www.lee-mac.com/copyblock.htmltyping rb can rename the block keeping the original block unchanged; cb create a copy of the selected block and you are required a new name.

I find it very useful.