Need to edit block text without keeping the block? Try BURST.

[indiancad]

Have you ever received a drawing where a block contains attribute text. You need to edit the text as normal objects?of exploding the block with EXPLODE and losing the attribute values BURST can be useful. BURST breaks the block into objects while preserving the attribute values as text.

 

For example if you have a title block or equipment tag with attributes and need to make edits BURST can save some extra work.

 

Just remember that after bursting the result is no longer a block.

 

Do you use BURST, for attribute blocks. Do you normally handle them another way?

[Paul Li]

I've actually used the attached lisp function BurstAttrBlock to run through a bunch of dwgs looking for a specific (non dynamic) block with attributes to convert them to text using accoreconsole.

BurstAttrBlock.lsp

[SLW210]

As I mentioned in the other thread, I do not see any real usefulness for the way I work for BURST.

 

I just can see any real need to explode any blocks with attributes, it's simple enough to alter the attributes, with code even easier.

 

I am sure there is a way to convert them to text without exploding the block.