If Bill of Material (BOM) in AutoCAD drawing are in 'Block Reference', to read BOM using pyautocad we can read it using following code. From pyautocad import Autocad acad = Autocad for obj in acad.iterobjects('Block'): if obj.HasAttributes: obj.GetAttributes But it throws exception in. At first: which version of AutoCAD are you using? At tried your code on a german AutoCAD 2008. I created some simple blocks from polygons and inserted them into a new drawing. When I execute your code above and select one of those blocks, I always get valid coordinates. So this might be an issue, how you created the block? AutoCAD Block list. Shows the AutoCAD Blocks available in the drawing. The default order is the same as the browser. Click to a symbol to select it. Contents can be sorted using drag and drop or right-click in the list and choose Sort by Name. Sets the scale for the block, relative to the drawing sheet. Jan 03, 2014 May i know how can i unblock my block?! I got 3 floor in my drawing, when i select each of my floor, it automatic select all of my floors by 1 click. May i know how to make it separately each floor by floor, because i need to copy floor by floor only.

The usual method which comes to mind for selecting a nested object is by exploding the block and then copying components. But that is a destructive approach and it is not recommended in most of the cases.

Another method of copying objects from blocks is by opening block editor and copying components of the block from there. For x-ref, you can type XOPEN press enter then select the referenced file to open it in the current window and then copy paste component from the reference file.

But in this article, I will tell you about an easier and nondestructive method for copying nested objects from blocks and X-ref using NCOPY command.

Using NCOPY:

Type NCOPY on the command line and press enter to start the command. Now click on the object which you want to copy from block or X-Ref and press enter. Then specify a base point to pick the copied object and click at destination point to paste the selected object.

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A similar approach can be used for copying nested objects from X-ref, see image below for more.

Insert and Bind options:

When you select NCOPY command and select settings from the option of the command line you will see a prompt as shown below, here you can decide whether to insert or bind copied objects.

By default insert is selected, when you select Insert the newly copied objects will be placed on the same layer on which object was initially present in source drawing. If the layer is not available in current drawing then AutoCAD will automatically create the layer with same name and properties and place the object on it.

When you select bind a new layer will be created with the name that follows syntax “drawing name $XX$ layer name of source drawing” where XX is the number assigned automatically.

Do you have questions related to this tip? let me know in comments below.

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AutoCAD 2010 :: Block Control In Reference Drawing?

I'm using Architecture 2011, but the problem is pretty generic.
I am working with a very complex vendor drawing and using it as an xref to my working drawing. I need to be able to freeze parts of the xref and change colors (for plotting purposes) of other parts. Under ideal circumstance this would require simple layer manipulation.
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How to use those methods for a block definition stored in the same drawing.

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I am getting this error in my production drawings.
My setup is as follows:
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BUT when I open this drawing, I get this error. I assume it's because my FG surface is not directly in the storm sanitary.dwg.
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I did something like this:
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In most cases this works well. However I found a case that it not work as well. When I try to change the definition from a new block that I have created in my test DWG, it disappears from the model.

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I was wondering if I could just take “Block_A” and see if it has reference and where the references are. Perhaps this is just wishful thinking but I was hoping for a faster way to obtain the references then to iterate thousands of blocks in each table record.

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I have a weird problem with exploding block reference with vb.net as follows.
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I have a block reference in a dwg that is a like a form, for example:
Written By: Diogo
Author: Diogo
Date: 13-07-2012
State: Check-in
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I have a drawing with many block references on it and they have some attributes.
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I wonder if this can be done. i have a number of blocks which have labels to them i.e. JW1, JW2, JW3 etc. which corresponds to the block name. Is it possible to have the label automatically referenced to the block name so if i change the block name to JW10 the label within the block changes to JW10 as well.

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I get a block reference (has attribute) from other drawing as code follow:
Public Sub GetBlock_Info() Dim blockName As String = 'test' Try Dim doc As Document = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument Dim doclock As DocumentLock = doc.LockDocument() Dim ed As Editor = doc.Editor Dim ofd As New OpenFileDialog('Select Drawing', Nothing, 'dwg; dwt', 'ATS detai drawing', Autodesk.AutoCAD.Windows.OpenFileDialog.OpenFileDialogFlags.DoNotTransferRemoteFiles) Dim dr As
[code]..........

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i have a .dwg fille with some block reference.
I want to fill color for block reference, but when I debug to hatch.appendloop function, I get message eInvalidInput, and block don’t fill color.
This is my
[CommandMethod('FillColor')]
public void FillColor()
{
Document doc =
Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
Editor ed =
doc.Editor;
Database db =
HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase;
Transaction tr =
db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction();
[Code]....

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I have an issue regarding nested entity.
I have a nested entity block reference. In this entity I have three blocks. if I change any of the block reference attribute definition in the nested block reference then it is changing the original block itself.
Actually I am getting the handle of the selected block reference in the nested Entity. and change the attribute reference later. but it is making change in the block itself and other block reference too.
Here is my
static public void CONTACTS()
{
Document doc = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
Editor ed = doc.Editor;
string contactName = string.Empty;//to hold contact name, from xdata
[code].......

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I have tried to use intersectwith to locate text (MText or DBText) near a block reference. Some times it works and some times it does not. The hard part for me is understanding why it occasionally works when most examples are just duplicates with modified text and attributes.
My block reference has 4 attributes to the left (Right Justified) of a circle and 2 attributes inside the circle. The text objects are used by some CAD operators instead of the upper 2 lines of attributtes. (Guess they dont know how to modify attributes) I want to locate these texts and insert text into the corresponding attribute.
Block Reference:
Att 1 |''''| <-- CAD User will insert a txt over Att 1 and Att 2,
Att 2 | | <-- both attributes are usally left blank or contain a space
Att 3 | |
Att 4 |.....|

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I have text in my title block that references part properties. If I have several different part and assembly base views on a sheet, how do I control which one the title block references? It defaults to the first one that was placed. I am using 2011 Pro.

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AutoDesk 2014 . I am currently trying to design in iphone case. So I downloaded a replica iPhone from grab cad:
how-to-unblock-a-block-reference-in-autocad.html
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I create a set of points in a drawing and create each point as a block reference containing the point, text and probably something else. Also I would like to use different symbols for points and each of the symbols is defined as a block definition, and for each point I create a block reference according to the symbol type. The question is if is there any way to 'combine' block definitions/references? I mean, I have common block definition for all points, whis defines somethin common for all of them. Also I have different symbols for each type of points and each symbol is defined separately as a block. But when a final point is created (containing common definitions and type-dependent symbol) I want to have it as a single block.

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I'm a newbie in dotnet and want to now if is possible to iterate through items of a block reference.
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I'm trying to use a Selection Filter on Block Reference XData value. But I get no hits, it works fine with Lines and Polylines that has the same kind of XData.
Is it a bug or do I have to define my Selection Filter differently when working with Block Reference?
Here is a part of the code :
TypedValue[] flt = new TypedValue[]
{
new TypedValue(-4, ' new TypedValue(-4, ' new TypedValue(8, 'POLYLINE_LAYER'),
new TypedValue(1001, 'Object_Id'),
new TypedValue(1000, '166448'),
new TypedValue(-4, 'AND>'),
[code].......

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I have a small vba sub wich changes the color and layer of all entities inside a block. It seems to work pretty well for the majority of blocks, but then if I try that on a dynamic block, the definition is correctly altered, but the references aren't updated...
I know for a fact that the definition has been correctly modified because if I type bedit, I can see the definition is modified. Then, in the block editor, if I save the block, the references are correctly updated.
How to force references to update after I made the modifications inside the definition ?
I searched for methods within the VBA Reference and I tried blockRef.Update but it doesn't seem to have any effect.

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I inserted a block from a dwg drawing with the following method:
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[code]........

AutoCAD 2013 :: Turn Off Block Reference Dialogue Box?

how to turn off the Block Reference Dialogue Box that appears when you put your cursor over and object or text?