Select all or convert *X### Anonymous blocks.

[SLW210]

I need a way to select all the *X anonymous blocks (Hatches) and either convert to regular blocks, back into a hatch or just delete them.

 

QSelect will only do it one at a time, wildcard doesn't seem to work, Filter doesn't appear to recognize anonymous blocks, either.

 

I have a lot to do, one at a time , while not impossible for one drawing, I have several .dwg I would like to do.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Here is a drawing with one *X in it.

Anonymous Hatch.dwg

[Lee Mac]

Here's some quick code to select all blocks in the active layout/viewport with block names starting "*X":

(defun c:myblksel nil
   (sssetfirst nil
       (ssget "_X"
           (list
              '(0 . "INSERT")
              '(2 . "`*X*")
               (if (= 1 (getvar 'cvport))
                   (cons 410 (getvar 'ctab))
                  '(410 . "Model")
               )
           )
       )
   )
   (princ)
)

The code could of course be modified to convert/explode/delete if necessary.

 

Lee

[SLW210]

Thanks!!

 

Works a treat, I was surprised Filter didn't handle these.

 

Would have been nice to convert them, but I just mainly wanted them gone and they aren't really necessary for my current work.

 

Once again, I appreciate this.

[Lee Mac]

No worries Steve, you're welcome!

[VVA]

I need a way to select all the *X anonymous blocks (Hatches) and either convert to regular blocks, back into a hatch or just delete them.

 

QSelect will only do it one at a time, wildcard doesn't seem to work, Filter doesn't appear to recognize anonymous blocks, either.

 

I have a lot to do, one at a time , while not impossible for one drawing, I have several .dwg I would like to do.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Here is a drawing with one *X in it.

Try to use U2B or U2BM command from here (download bgtools2.32.zip from #1)

...

M2U - Convert MINSERT to Unnamed block

M2B - Convert MINSERT to block

U2B - Convert UNNAMED to block

U2BM - Convert UNNAMED to block multiple selection

UX - Explode UNNAMED block

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