Redefine a Block Inserting it with a Script

[sifuentes]

I want to redefine a block in several drawings, so I would like to do it with a script.

I have tried the -insert command, with the name of the block as:

"F:\Corporate\2002 Projects\Smart Corner Office\Dwgs\Details\jamb.dwg"

But this doesnt prompt for re-definition. Is there a way to do this in the command line?

Thanks,

[RobertB]

-insert
Jamb=F:\Corporate\2002 Projects\Smart Corner Office\Dwgs\Details\Jamb
0,0,0
1
1
0
(entdel (entlast))

[sifuentes]

Thanks Robert, but how do I use it? I made a script with your code, and I get:

Invalid block name.

I am using Autocad 2004 if that has something to do with it.

[RobertB]

Make sure you don't have any trailing spaces on the commands.

Attached is a more comlete version of the script. Of course, you need to edit the block/filename.

[sifuentes]

I droped this for a time. I re-took the project, and I got the script working now. For directory or file names with blank spaces, you have to use quotation marks like this:

AttDia 0
AttReq 0
-insert
"E-DOOR-36X80=F:\Urban\2003 Projects\03865 One Library Circle\03865.03\Dwgs\Blocks\Windows\E-DOOR-36X80"
0,0,0
1
1
0
(entdel (entlast))
AttReq 1
AttDia 1


Thank you Robert.

[bgunderson]

I am trying to do this also. I am testing the command first in the drawings before creating a script. When I go through the commands though it says the block refereneces itself, regenerated the layout and then says *Invalid*. Does the file name at the end of the path have to be the same name as the block name i am trying to redefine? Right now they are different; the block is called ASCGtb-Arch F 30x42 and the file name is 999999-A-101.dwg. I changed the block in the 999999-A-101 file and am trying to redefine it in a 999999-A-102 file. I would like to see this work before I create a script for it.

Thanks,

[jaberwok]

Look in the block file - does it contain a block of the same name?
If so, explode the block (if necessary) and Purge the block reference from the file.

[Cheuk Ling]

maybe asking a wrong question.

[bartek.klimczak403170]

I used

UCS WORLD
ZOOM EXTENTS
ATTDIA 0
ATTREQ 0
FILEDIA 0
INSERT
N=P:\Dwgs\LIBRARY\BLOCKS\~Structure\Stair_Plans\Stair_1_Typ
0,0 1 1 0
ATTDIA 1
ATTREQ 1
FILEDIA 1
ERASE LAST
QSAVE

not really sure what the attdia and attreq do as per the above but it seems to help

[bartek.klimczak403170]

Actually sorry its

UCS WORLD
ZOOM EXTENTS
ATTDIA 0
ATTREQ 0
FILEDIA 0
INSERT
Stair_1_Typ=P:\Dwgs\LIBRARY\BLOCKS\~Structure\Stair_Plans\Stair_1_Typ.dwg
0,0 1 1 0
ATTDIA 1
ATTREQ 1
FILEDIA 1
ERASE LAST
QSAVE