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Reset one instance of a block and it's attributes to the defaults of that block


mk4176

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Hello,

Using the sync attributes (attsync), resets all the attributes properties of all occurrences of that block in the drawing to the defaults.

Anyone has a lisp that will reset all properties of one instance of a block to the default properties including attributes?

Only the picked instance or several occurrence picked should be reset by the lisp.

Thank you

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Reinserting will ruin the values of the attributes.

I need to reset the only the properties to default.

Like the rotation, Height, visibility and so on.

Regards

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Heres one reinserting approach:

 

(defun C:test ( / SS spc i nm e1 o1 enx1 e2 o2 enx2 L blks )
 (and 
   (princ "\nSelect Attributed blocks: ")
   (setq SS (ssget "_:L" '((0 . "INSERT")(66 . 1))))
   (setq spc (getvar 'ctab))
   (repeat (setq i (sslength SS))
     (and 
       (setq o1 (vlax-ename->vla-object (setq e1 (ssname SS (setq i (1- i))))))
       (VanillaINSERT (vlax-get o1 'InsertionPoint) (setq nm (vlax-get o1 'EffectiveName)) spc)
       (progn
         (foreach x
           (mapcar 'list
             (vlax-invoke o1 'GetAttributes)
             (vlax-invoke (setq o2 (vlax-ename->vla-object (setq e2 (entlast)))) 'GetAttributes)
           )
           (apply (function (lambda (a b) (vla-put-TextString b (vla-get-TextString a)))) x)
         )
         (mapcar 'set '(enx1 enx2) (mapcar 'entget (list e1 e2)))
         (foreach x '(8 41 42 43 50)
           (setq enx2 (subst (assoc x enx1) (assoc x enx2) enx2))
         )
         (entmod enx2)
         (and 
           (eq (vla-get-IsDynamicBLock o1) :vlax-true)
           (setq L (vlax-invoke o1 'GetDynamicBlockProperties))
           (foreach x (mapcar 'list L (vlax-invoke o2 'GetDynamicBlockProperties))
             (vl-catch-all-apply 
               (function 
                 (lambda (a b) 
                   (vla-put-Value b (vla-get-Value a))
                 ); lambda
               ); function
               x
             )
           ); foreach
         ); and
         (entdel e1) (setq blks (cons (if (not (member nm blks)) nm) blks)) T
       ); progn
     ); and
   ); repeat
   (and (setq blks (vl-remove 'nil blks)) 
     (setvar 'cmdecho 0)
     (foreach x (vl-remove 'nil blks) (command "_.ATTSYNC" "_N" x) )
     (setvar 'cmdecho 1)
   )
 ); and
 (princ)
); defun 
(vl-load-com) (princ)



; (VanillaINSERT (getpoint) "VLD_Tag" (getvar 'ctab))
(defun VanillaINSERT ( p nm spc / GetBlkAttDefProps atts r )
 ; '(87 114 105 116 116 101 110 32 66 121 32 71 114 114 114)
 (setq GetBlkAttDefProps
   (lambda ( bnm / e enx typ L )
     (and
       (setq e (tblobjname "BLOCK" bnm))
       (= 2 (logand 2 (cdr (assoc 70 (setq enx (entget e))))))
       (setq e (cdr (assoc -2 enx)))
       (while (and e (setq enx (entget e)) (/= "SEQEND" (setq typ (cdr (assoc 0 enx)))))
         (if (= "ATTDEF" typ) (setq L (cons (vl-remove-if-not (function (lambda (x) (member (car x) '(1 2 3 7 10 11 40)))) enx) L)))
         (setq e (entnext e))
       ); while
     ); and
     (reverse L)
   ); lambda
 ); setq GetBlkAttDefProps
 
 (cond 
   ( (tblsearch "BLOCK" nm) (setq atts (GetBlkAttDefProps nm))
     (if 
       (setq r
         (mapcar 'entmake
           (append
             (list
               (append 
                 '((0 . "INSERT")(100 . "AcDbEntity")(67 . 0)) (list (cons 410 spc)) (list (cons 8 (getvar 'clayer))) '((100 . "AcDbBlockReference"))
                 (list (cons 66 (if atts 1 0)) (cons 2 nm) (cons 10 p))
                 '((41 . 1.)(42 . 1.)(43 . 1.)(50 . 0.0)(70 . 0)(71 . 0)(44 . 0.0)(45 . 0.0)(210 0.0 0.0 1.0))
               ); append
             ); list
             (if atts  
               (mapcar 
                 (function 
                   (lambda (x / pt10 pt11 )
                     (setq pt10 (mapcar '+ p (cdr (assoc 10 x))))
                     (setq pt11 (mapcar '+ p (cdr (assoc 11 x))))
                     (append
                       '((0 . "ATTRIB")(100 . "AcDbEntity")(67 . 0))
                       (list (cons 410 spc)) 
                       '((8 . "0"))
                       '((100 . "AcDbText"))
                       (list (cons 10 pt10)) 
                       (list (assoc 40 x))
                       (list (assoc 1 x)) 
                       '((50 . 0.0)(41 . 1.0)(51 . 0.0))
                       (list (cons 7 (cond ((cdr (assoc 7 x))) ("Standard"))))
                       '((71 . 0)(72 . 1))
                       (list (cons 11 pt11))
                       '((210 0.0 0.0 1.0)(100 . "AcDbAttribute")(280 . 0)) (list (assoc 2 x)) '((70 . 0)(73 . 0)(74 . 2)(280 . 1))
                     ); append
                   ); lambda (x)
                 ); function
                 atts
               ); mapcar
             ); if atts
             (list (append '((0 . "SEQEND")(100 . "AcDbEntity")(67 . 0)) (list (cons 410 spc)) '((8 . "0")) ))
           ); append
         ); mapcar
       ); setq r
       ( (lambda ( c / ) (setvar 'cmdecho 0) (if acet-attsync (acet-attsync nm) (vl-cmdf "_.ATTSYNC" "_N" nm)) (setvar 'cmdecho c)) (getvar 'cmdecho) )
     ); if
     r
   ); (tblsearch "BLOCK" nm)
 ); cond
); defun VanillaINSERT

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No worries, I was just testing the VanillaINSERT function - so heres one more condensed and reliable:

(defun C:test ( / SS spc f L i o1 tmpL o2 blks )
 (and '(87 114 105 116 116 101 110 32 66 121 32 71 114 114 114)
   (setq SS (ssget "_:L" '((0 . "INSERT"))))
   (setq spc (vla-get-Block (vla-get-ActiveLayout (vla-get-ActiveDocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))))
   (setq f (lambda (prp s d) (setq prp (vl-prin1-to-string prp)) ((eval (read (strcat "vla-put-" prp))) d ((eval (read (strcat "vla-get-" prp))) s))))
   (setq L '(HasAttributes IsDynamicBlock Layer InsertionPoint EffectiveName XScaleFactor YScaleFactor ZScaleFactor Rotation))
   (progn
     (repeat (setq i (sslength SS))
       (and
         (setq o1 (vlax-ename->vla-object (ssname SS (setq i (1- i)))))
         (setq tmpL (mapcar (function (lambda (x) (vlax-get o1 x))) L))
         (setq o2 (apply 'vlax-invoke (cons spc (cons 'InsertBlock (cdddr tmpL)))))
         (progn
           (vlax-put o2 'Layer (caddr tmpL))
           (and (= -1 (car tmpL)) (setq blks (cons (nth 4 tmpL) blks))
             (foreach x (apply 'mapcar (cons 'list (mapcar (function (lambda (x) (vlax-invoke x 'GetAttributes))) (list o1 o2))))
               (apply 'f (cons 'TextString x))
             )
           ); and
           (and (= -1 (cadr tmpL))
             (foreach x (apply 'mapcar (cons 'list (mapcar (function (lambda (x) (vlax-invoke x 'GetDynamicBlockProperties))) (list o1 o2))))
               (vl-catch-all-apply 'f (cons 'Value x))
             )
           ); and
           (vla-Delete o1)
         ); progn
       ); and
     ); repeat
     (and blks
       (
         (lambda ( / used )
           (setvar 'cmdecho 0)
           (foreach x blks
             (cond 
               ( (member x used) )
               ( (setq used (cons x used)) (command "_.ATTSYNC" "_N" x) )
             ); cond
           ); foreach
           (setvar 'cmdecho 1)
         ); lambda
       )
     ); and blks
   ); progn
 ); and
 (princ)
); defun C:test
(vl-load-com) (princ)

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@ Grrr:

To make the code truly reliable you would have to consider more properties: color, linetype, normal...

Why do you call the ATTSYNC command?

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@ Grrr:

To make the code truly reliable you would have to consider more properties: color, linetype, normal...

 

I agree, maybe an easy solution for that would be to make use of atoms-family to extract the required properties :

 

(setq prps
 (apply 'append
   (mapcar
     (function
       (lambda (x / prp)
         (if
           (and
             (wcmatch x "VLA-PUT-*")
             (vlax-property-available-p o (setq prp (substr x 9)))
           ) 
           (list prp)
         )
       )
     )
     (atoms-family 1)
   )
 )
)

 

Why do you call the ATTSYNC command?

 

Hm looks like its redundant, I was misleaded from my manual tests (rotating attributed block on 45 degrees and applying different x/y/z scales),

and forgot in the end that I was creating new references instead of manipulating the actual... :ouch:

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Just a small hint:

when changing both the insertion point and the normal property of an object, pay attention to the order of those actions. It is not irrelevant.

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Lee,

I was recenlty experimenting with these matrices - for blocks that are not scaled uniformly vla-transformby will error out:

Select block to synchronise attributes:
Error: Automation Error. Cannot scale nonuniformly;

 

Overall nice code!

 

Just a small hint:

when changing both the insertion point and the normal property of an object, pay attention to the order of those actions. It is not irrelevant.

 

Thanks Roy, however I still have less knowledge about:

wcs/ocs graphical objects, the trans function, the normal property, transformation matrices.

But I'm storing such hints for the future.

 

 

 

 

Sorry for the offtopic but:

Could you guys link me to a some startup information about how to understand these matrices,

so I'd knew how the object will be modified by the provided matrix?

 

(vla-transformby o (vlax-tmatrix mat))

 

Say theres this example:

 

; Rotates 90 degrees clockwise around '(0. 0. 0.) pt
'((0 1 0 0) 
 (-1 0 0 0)
 (0 0 1 0)
 (0 0 0 1)
)

 

Is 0.0.0 pt always used as base? How to translate it so it uses a specified point instead of '(0. 0. 0.) ?

How do you change the angle there, like say: 45 degrees or 180

In the end you have to MxM to combine the result, I guess?

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I was recenlty experimenting with these matrices - for blocks that are not scaled uniformly vla-transformby will error out:

Select block to synchronise attributes:
Error: Automation Error. Cannot scale nonuniformly;

 

This is noted in Reply#5 of the linked thread - nonlinear transformations matrices cannot be used to transform objects in AutoCAD.

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This is noted in Reply#5 of the linked thread - nonlinear transformations matrices cannot be used to transform objects in AutoCAD.

 

Ah I see now,

I just thought that you'd error-trap it or apply a /= check on the x/y/z block scales.

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