Re define dynamic block retaining current visability state

[lesleys]

Hi All
Thanks to input from the forum I have now been able to improve my dynamic block for data extraction. As yet I have only used the old version on a couple of drawings so this is not a big issue but I would like to know if it can be done.
I inserted the "updated version" of the block saying yes to redfine the block when asked. however I found that the visability state changed on them to all being the same as the initial one in the block.

What I would like to do is re-insert the block but retain the visability state currently chosen for each instance of the block in the drawing.
for example
2 smoke detectors are shown as heat
3 detectors are shown as Optilcal

After re-insering all blocks are now shown as heat.
If this has to go down the route of lisp routines I will hold my hands up & say sorry I'm lost!

Thanks for any replies

[Blackfish]

What have actualy change in the new block?
If it only geometry and number and names of visibility states are the same (and no other parametres, which have changed) in the new and the old block you can use Design Centre, right click on the new block and redefine it.

[lesleys]

To be honest I can't rember everything I have changed as it has taken me a while to get it all to work as I wanted.
I think that as well as renaming the visability states I removed some attributes & may have added a rotation parameter as well. I have tried what you suggested but still it all defaults to the top visability state.

[Blackfish]

Can you at least unify names of visibility states in both blocks and then try using DC again?

[lesleys]

Thank you for your suggestion. I have been playing around with this & when I did the same on another drawing (just redefine) everything worked as I thought it should. I'm not sure what was differant between the two drawings!
Auotcad can be very "odd" sometimes

As it all working as I want it to I think I will leave well alone for now untill I really need to change something or get itchy fingers & start thinking "I wonder if I just!"
Thanks again for your help

[heinsite]

"... start thinking "I wonder if I just!"

Whenever I do this it always just happens to be about the same time I get into trouble ~!~

Dave.

[cadtag]

Whenever I do this it always just happens to be about the same time I get into trouble ~!~

Dave.

then you're doing it right! until you break software (a lot) you don't know how to use it. Expertise comes from experience, experience comes from fubars.

[heinsite]

... experience comes from fubars.

I have my share of fubars. I don't like to travel with maps either.

Dave

[clshade]

FUBAR.
Good one