Blocks

So I recieved a drawing of a building plan. The building is a lot of blocks for bathroom, bedrooms, then the outside walls etc. All the blocks can be edited using the bedit command all except the outside wall. When i double click the block to edit it, i get the 'edit block definition' box but with no block to go into. I know i can explode it, so i can then change the linetype, width etc.

Is there a way to get into these blocks when they are in a drawing without having to explode them??

Does REFEDIT work ?

may be it is not a block but it is 'xref'

Yes xref works, there are no xrefs loaded to the drawing though, (so none are missing, unloaded, orphaned etc) & when i double click it, bedit opens!!

When i type refedit & click it i get this message in the command line "** Cannot REFEDIT anonymous block **

than it is definately 'xref'

now why can't you see it in 'xref manager' is mystery.

try this & see waht hahpens

'select & right click & select option 'edit xref in place'

I don't know if it's relevant here, but maybe the xref(s) were bound before the drg was sent. Then they wouldn't show up in xref manager. I only use xrefs from time to time and am not that familiar with them, it was just a thought.

Just tried what you mentioned and again recieved ** Cannot REFEDIT anonymous block ** message. I've had a look on the net about anonymous blocks and nobody seems to have any idea how to edit them.

I think you should wblock it. Re-insert the WBLOCK and explode on insertion. This will update the definition and hopefully iron out the bugs.