Help finding the relevant Block so Layer 1 can be Purged

I have to work on lots of drawings with bad CAD practices, especially where Blocks are concerned. They created a Block on "whatever" layer(instead of "zero") they were working on, or maybe someone else created it years ago, & now it has been inserted into a new drawing on a different layer.

Is there a way to quickly find this single block, with unknown name,in the drawing? I can't find the Block, Merge or Purge the layer on which it was created.

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Originally Posted by bjack56

I have to work on lots of drawings with bad CAD practices, especially where Blocks are concerned. They created a Block on "whatever" layer(instead of "zero") they were working on, or maybe someone else created it years ago, & now it has been inserted into a new drawing on a different layer.

Is there a way to quickly find this single block, with unknown name,in the drawing? I can't find the Block, Merge or Purge the layer on which it was created.

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if you have 2006 or 07, you can type in 'BE' (block editor) and maybe walk thru the inserted blocks. once found, you can instantly fix.

If I am reading your question correctly, I think you might find some helpful information in the following threads:
Changing block entities' color to bylayer

batch modification of block properties

Colors Bylayer

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Originally Posted by bjack56

I have to work on lots of drawings with bad CAD practices, especially where Blocks are concerned. They created a Block on "whatever" layer(instead of "zero") they were working on, or maybe someone else created it years ago, & now it has been inserted into a new drawing on a different layer.

Is there a way to quickly find this single block, with unknown name,in the drawing? I can't find the Block, Merge or Purge the layer on which it was created.

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I'm using 2002 right now which gives the following message for Layer Merge Express Tool. Tried Merging to layer "zero".

Layer 1 could not be purged because it is being referenced by some object(s) in the drawing.

hmm... sorry for my previous answer, I definitely read that wrong, have you tried doing a QSELECT for all entity types on 'Layer 1'? In theory, then you could find the offending block that way. good luck.

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Originally Posted by bjack56

I'm using 2002 right now which gives the following message for Layer Merge Express Tool. Tried Merging to layer "zero".

Layer 1 could not be purged because it is being referenced by some object(s) in the drawing.

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Originally Posted by bjack56

Layer 1 could not be purged because it is being referenced by some object(s) in the drawing.

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Post or email me the drawing if you wish.

Tried QSELECT with no luck. I am not too familiar with using it though, so might not have done properly.

2002 format dwg attached...I hope.

The block A04119 contains a layer "1".

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Originally Posted by jaberwok

The block A04119 contains a layer "1".

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The block definition or an insertion of that block is on "1" ?

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Originally Posted by rkmcswain

The block definition or an insertion of that block is on "1" ?

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The block definition.