NiceGuy8618 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I'm trying to explode this block in a drawing i'm editing but autocad will not let me do this. Sorry for the newbness of this question, but is there something i'm missing. Could it be locked? Is that possible? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secretagdan Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Is the block an X-ref? If it is you will need to bind it before you can explode it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy8618 Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 It's not an xref. I should also mention that I have Autocad lt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryG Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Is the layer your inserting it on Locked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBC Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Is this of any use? http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showpost.php?p=59391&postcount=5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy8618 Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 Ok, so after a particular block is checked to not allow exploding, how can I uncheck that option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy8618 Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 I tried refedit but aparantly that doesn't work. Is this because I have lt version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpseifert Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Start the block command, select the block, check "Allow exploding" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy8618 Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy8618 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Oooooooooook. So I didn't have time to try that out yesterday, but I assumed that it would work. I'm having trouble editing the block definition after the blocks are already drawn. So I go into the Block Definition box and I choose the particular block that I'm working with and I go to the "Allow exploding" check box and I check it. After hitting ok I get the message "conv is already defined. 139 block references already exist in the drawing. Update the defintion and all of its block references?" I hit yes and it it deletes all of the 139 blocks. So can I change this property after the blocks have already been drawn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 you should be selecting an existing block THEN open the block editor. It sounds like you are selecting your block name while already in the editor so redefining your blocks without any geometry selected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy8618 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 When I do that it still tells me to specify what block name I want to modify. Then the same thing happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpseifert Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I just tested it as I explained previously, worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 This may be an LT thing then. Try exploding one instance of the block first. Now when you have dialogue box up use the "select items" option to pick the exploded parts before continuing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy8618 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 It still won't let me explode any of them. lpseifert: I tried it again but every time I keep getting the same message. When I tell it to update all of the objects it just deletes them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 sorry, I forgot the purpose of the original request. can you WBLOCK the unexplodable block then bring it in exploded prior to redefining it? Have you got a screen shot of the block editor (like LP did) and the block selected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy8618 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 here you go. The objects I'm trying to explode are the orange conveyer lines. That's the message I get when trying to allow exploding for these objects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy8618 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Anyone else have any suggestions, or should I just chop it up to having to work with LT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpugh252 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 To my knowledge you cannot change it after it has already been blocked. I may be wrong but I want to say I have had that issue before in class and was told it wasn't possible once it is created. (by cannot change it I mean its ability to be exploded.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceGuy8618 Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Well that sucks. If anyone knows differently let me know. Thanks to everyone for the help. At least I'll know now for the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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