iuliandonici Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I have a 3D Autocad 2008 Mechanical drawing and I need to rename some blocks. The thing is I can use RENAME in order to change their name but when I do that, multiple blocks are renamed and I don't want that. I want to be able to rename each one of the block, individually. Is there any way I can do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 In plain AutoCAD, no. A block's name refers to the block definition, not an individual block. However there are various LISP routines on this site that allow you to change individual block names. Check some of the threads listed below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Several ways to do this. LISP is the easiest and should be several around here and on the WWW. You could use Wblock to send it to its own drawing, go to that drawing rename it (with _Rename) and reinsert it. You can explode the block, reselect it and type in _BLOCK and give it a name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Several ways to do this. LISP is the easiest and should be several around here and on the WWW. You could use Wblock to send it to its own drawing, go to that drawing rename it (with _Rename) and reinsert it. You can explode the block, reselect it and type in _BLOCK and give it a name.ok, several ways. You don't actually need to do the WBLOCK bit though. You can open the block using BEDIT and do a save as there, then re-insert your newly named block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 ok, several ways. You don't actually need to do the WBLOCK bit though. You can open the block using BEDIT and do a save as there, then re-insert your newly named block. True, I was for some reason thinking he was Pre-block editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irneb Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Even if previous to BE, you could use Copy-n-Pase (or rather Cut-n-Paste). Have a blank DWG open, cut the block(s) you want to "rename" from the original. Paste to original coordinates in the blank DWG, use rename there to give the block(s) a new name. Cut-n-paste back into the original. Rinse-n-repeat for the others. But again, for an "easy" & quick way, search for some lisps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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