Selection

I am trying to write a script that is going to let me edit a block. I need to do this over multiple drawings (a couple hundred). One of the problems that I am having is that I can not figure out how to select the block. I am guessing that there is a way via the command line only. Could someone help?

Would Quick Select be an option available in LT?

See Ellen Finkelstein's article about selcting blocks with this command:

http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/AutoCAD_tips_select_all_instances_block.html

Hope it helps you in some way. If not, please let us know.

if the block has a know position you can use that, such as

ddedit
0,0

or by crossing

ddedit
50,60
0,0

however there is a command (that currently escapes me) that will allow you to select your block by name and then search for a named tag and string BUT will only change one string for another.

It really depends what you have to do as to the best approach.

Maybe insert a new block from another drawing and accept the change block to new. Put the block some where off the page then lastly erase it. Should work in LT.

I have found the command you MIGHT want to try:-

-ATTEDIT