Help with renaming blocks . . .

I’m running Autocad 2010 and work for an electrical contractor. I received four(4) floor plans – all of which were created with xrefs. After binding all the xrefs in all four(4) dwg files I felt that it would be best to copy and paste (in model space) all four(4) floor plans into one dwg file. (I do this often for projects – it’s easier to edit everything if it’s all in one(1) dwg file.

I now have a situation regarding blocks. I will use a 110 volt wall outlet as an example.

In the first floor drawing the block for this is named “EP- XREF001-110 VOLT WALL OUTLET”.

In the second floor drawing the block for this is named “EP- XREF002-110 VOLT WALL OUTLET”.

In the third floor drawing the block for this is named “EP- XREF003-110 VOLT WALL OUTLET”.

In the fourth floor drawing the block for this is named “EP- XREF004-110 VOLT WALL OUTLET”.

My objective is to rename each one so that only has a name reading – “110 VOLT WALL OUTLET”

I tried the RENAME command (which is a GUI window) it changed the name but when selecting the block and doing properties on it was not changed.

Note: Unfortunately I’m not familiar with Autolisp and programming in Autocad . . .

Make a new block of the outlet and name it 110 VOLT WALL OUTLET. Then go to Express tools, Blocks, Replace block with another block - select EP- XREF001-110 VOLT WALL OUTLET as the block to replace, then select 110 VOLT WALL OUTLET as the block to replace previous block with. Repeat until you have replaced them all.

Just be sure that the insertion point on the new block is the same as the blocks in the plans.

after following beardkings directions do a purge and you an get rid of all the old block names

Make a new block of the outlet and name it 110 VOLT WALL OUTLET...

Just be sure that the insertion point on the new block is the same as the blocks in the plans.

Easiest (and safest?) way for this is to BEDIT (BE) then BSAVEAS, no need to adjust the block in any way. Then follow Beardkings suggestion.