copying a block to a variable distance then renaming the original with lisp

[mbrandt5]

I would like to select a block copy it to a given distance and then rename the original block automatically...

I believe I can figure out the copying of the block and the user entering the given location...

What I need help with is for ever new block copied it would replace the previous blocks name...

Can anyone help me with this?

For example the first block would be B1 then when I insert the second block it would insert as B2, the next B3...And so on...

[GHarvey]

This function by Lee Mac allows you to duplicate a block definition with a new name: http://www.lee-mac.com/copyblockdefinition.html.

You could write a custom function for copying your block insertions such that as each copy is made, the above code is called to create a copy of the block definition with the desired name, then the new insert is renamed to match the new block definition.