Delete A Block In Autocad

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Upon the user selecting a block from the drawing or selecting one or more block names from the dialog, the program will delete all primary & nested references of the blocks from all layouts of the active drawing, and will proceed to delete the respective block definitions, if possible. To Remove a Block Definition At the Command prompt, enter PURGE. Options related to removing unused named objects. You are prompted to select type of unused objects to purge. Select type of objects from the list. Enter Names of the objects to purge. Note: The PURGE command will not remove. It will go through and ERASE all instances of it (very quickly too) If you want delete a block, but don't know WHAT the name of the block is, then just select the block and type 'LIST', there you should get your AutoCAD 'Text Window', or scrollback buffer. And the contents should look something like this. PURGE is the Command you want. Though if there is an instance of the Block in the DWG you will not be able to delete it. You are not trying to Delete a Block at all and are just wanting to Edit it. Though when you put Delete Block in the Help window the first item that comes up deals with.

Program Description

This program enables the user to quickly remove multiple blocks from a drawing.

After invoking the program with the command delblocks at the AutoCAD command-line, the user is prompted to select a block to delete. At this prompt, the user may either select a block reference from the drawing, type N to choose a block by name, or exit the program by typing E or by dismissing the prompt.

By opting to choose a block by name, the user is presented with a simple dialog interface consisting of a list box and filter. The dialog provides a list of all standard & dynamic blocks defined in the active drawing, excluding anonymous blocks and xrefs. From this list, the user may select multiple blocks to be deleted from the active drawing.

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Upon the user selecting a block from the drawing or selecting one or more block names from the dialog, the program will delete all primary & nested references of the blocks from all layouts of the active drawing, and will proceed to delete the respective block definitions, if possible.

The user will be informed at the command-line of those blocks successfully deleted by the program, and those blocks that the program was unable to remove.

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The program also defines the function LM:deleteblocks so that users who wish to remove multiple blocks from several drawings in a batch processing operation may bypass the dialog and call this function with a VLA Document Object and a list of block names (case-insensitive) from a Script or another LISP application. This function is also compatible with ObjectDBX and hence may be utilised in conjunction with my ObjectDBX Wrapper function.

How

Instructions for Running

Please refer to How to Run an AutoLISP Program.