now i can get the anonymous blockname like 'uxxx', but i want to know the original block name before the insert changed to an anonymous block.
ps,the block is not a dynamic block.
When dynamic blocks are inserted they're assigned an anonymous block name. I'd like to be able to retrieve the name of the parent block after selecting the block on screen using AutoLisp.
Need a bit of code that handles this?
I'm trying to create blocks on the fly by drawing a polyline, using a jig, and then grabbing that polyline and creating a block from it.
I'm not interested in block names, so anonymous blocks seem to be the way to go. I've successfully managed to create the block and even add attributes to it. However, if I try and use battman or attsync AutoCAD tells me that "This drawing contains no attributed blocks." I can however double-click on the block and go to the enhanced attribute editor, which shows me the attributes with the tags I've given them. Exploding the block reveals that there is no nesting occuring.
My attributes seem to be stck in limbo...
The function that creates the stand is:
{ Transaction trans = ed.Document.TransactionManager.StartOpenCloseTransaction(); try { //create new instance of the polyline jig polylineJig.polylineJig plJig = new polylineJig.polylineJig(); promptStatusResult = plJig.newJig(); if
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If you do a LIST command on a dynamic block... AutoCAD tells you the Block Name as well as the Anonymous Block name.
How can I use ssget to snag all Dynamic Blocks that use the 'Real Block'?
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When I thought I got it, I saw that when exploding some compound blocks (using Entity.explode()), some of the entities returned are anonymous blocks (*U80, *U67, ...). The problem is that this anonymous blocks are not dynamic blocks (BlockReference.IsDynamic() = false), so I can't get their name accessing to its DynamicBlockTableRecord.
I have the follwoing error in C3D R2013.Unable to cast object of type 'Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.BlockTableRecord' to type 'Autodesk. AutoCAD. DatabaseServices.BlockReference'.
When casting from a number, the value must be a number less than infinity..Make sure the source type is convertible to the destination type
My code is:
Imports SystemImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.RuntimeImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServicesImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServicesImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.GeometryImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.EditorInputImports Autodesk.AutoCADImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.ApplicationImports Autodesk.AutoCAD.LayerManagerImports.
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Product Design Suite 2014
Inventor 2014, Vault 2014
HP Workstation Z220
Intel Xeon 3.4GHz
16GB RAM
Nvidia Quadro 4000
Windows 7 Professional (64bit)
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