Rossko Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Hi, I use refedit quite a bit to edit blocks in-place, but can't find a way to do this with dynamic blocks without breaking the link to the original definition and creating a new block definition. Is there a setting I can change, or another way to edit a dynamic block in-place? I've searched the forums to see if this question had been asked but couldn't find a previous example. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 you need to use BEDIT rather than REFEDIT. BEDIT also allows you to access attributes which refedit doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossko Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 thanks dbroada, I do use BEDIT as well but I sometimes need to be able to see the block in the drawing environment. e.g. If i'm editing a block of a floor bearer that bolts to a post and the bolt hole position changes or an extra bolt hole needs to be added, i like to see the (open-for-editing) block of the bearer, but also the (locked-for-editing) block of the post. The whole model is still visible, but everything apart from the open block is opaque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 in that case I think you are out of luck - I think you can only use BEDIT if you want to retain dynamic properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossko Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 OK thanks for that. Rossko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 From BEDIT use the TEST BLOCK function _BTESTBLOCK saves you from going back and forth into the drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossko Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 thanks SLW, doesn't quite do what I was hoping to achieve, but good to know. I guess i'll just have to do things a bit differently. Cheers, Rossko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuskin40 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Don't understand why it should loose it's link to original dynamic block. I prefer using edit block in-place. Very annoying flaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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