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Use AutoCAD's Rename command to rename the file name of blocks. This is a great tool if you have an error in the name of the block or you just want to change it to something more manageable. I ...  Read more

Tip#: 4529
Author: Jared Meerzo
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 24-Aug-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

This entry was enough of an improvement on Tip #3751, Rename Blocks, that we thought it deserved a new entry spot. Tip #3...  Read more

Tip#: 4487
Author: Kent Cooper
Rename File To: RenameBlock.lsp
Published on: 15-Jun-2015
Downloads: 3391
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

This tip is a response to Tips 3789, Read more

Tip#: 4468
Author: Nick Antonov
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 04-May-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4
  Rated by 1 users

In my role at my place of work I get drawings from multiple sources that I have to take in and standardize to our format. Sometimes that includes swapping out blocks from the received file to our b...  Read more

Tip#: 4425
Author: Levi Connolly
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 09-Feb-2015
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

This AutoCAD routine by Ramakrishna Acharya allows you to insert sequentially numbered blocks. The supplied block is a circle with a number in the center. After you load the LISP f...  Read more

Tip#: 4419
Author: Ramakrishna Acharya
Rename File To: CR/,CR/ALOT.lsp,CR/CR.dwg,CR/CR1.dwg
Published on: 26-Jan-2015
Downloads: 503
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Riding on the coattails of Levi Connolly’s tip #4374 regarding setting the default text for attributed...  Read more

Tip#: 4378
Author: Michael Viscetto
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 13-Oct-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

Do you ever get tired of having to fill out the attributes in an attributed block every time it's inserted into a drawing? Here's how to eliminate this when you are creating the block. Firs...  Read more

Tip#: 4374
Author: Levi Connolly
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 29-Sep-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Amir Sattarian has created a routine to easily redefine the insertion point of a block. A positive feature of this routine is that existing insertions of the block are not moved, e...  Read more

Tip#: 4347
Author: Amir Sattarian
Rename File To: BP/,BP/BP.dwg,BP/BP.LSP
Published on: 26-Jul-2014
Downloads: 866
Rating:  Not Yet Rated

Levi Connolly shares this AutoCAD tip for how to control the line space factor on a multiline attributed block.

The line space factor can be increased easily by setting the...  Read more

Tip#: 4300
Author: Levi Connolly
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 05-May-2014
Downloads: 0
Rating:
5
  Rated by 1 users

Patrick Hughes describes how he has simultaneously updated many blocks in one AutoCAD file.

"Have you ever found yourself in a position where a large number o...  Read more

Tip#: 4209
Author: Patrick Hughes
Rename File To: No Files
Published on: 04-Nov-2013
Downloads: 0
Rating:
4.5
  Rated by 2 users