mtunick62683 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 How do I delete a block that has already been made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustysilo Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 To remove a block from your .dwg you must first delete all instances of the block. Then remove the block using the purge command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Cullen Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Once you have inserted a block, the definition of that block is added to the drawing database. So deleting the block does not remove that definition from the drawing database. As rustysilo has said, you have to delete all instances of the block before you can purge the block definition from the drawing database. Use LIST, FILTER to see how many instances of the block you have in the drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTijn Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 To do the above mentioned: Type: qselect In the dialog: Applyto: Entire Drawing Object Type: Blockreference Properties: Name Operator: =Equals Value: HIT OK. You have now selected all your blocks Hit the key or ERASE button to delete all references to the block. Then type PURGE as mentioned above. In the tree structure you will find your block. Select it and click Purge to delete the block definition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisclark Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 This qselect command reply is extremely helpful! I don't know how I got through for years of AutoCAD perfectionism without happening upon this. Finally I can say good-bye to those irritating blocks and styles I couldn't find to purge before! A sincere thank you for this, iTijn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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