Block replace

Call options

• ModPlus menu
• ModPlus palette
• AutoCAD ribbon
• Command line: _mpBlkReplace

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Description

Plugin works in three modes: Replace selected - allows to replace all selected blocks by one specified block; Replace similar - allows to replace all instances of one block by one specified block; Replace entities - allows to replace selected entities of Circle, Ellipse and Point types by one specified block. It allows to delete the description of the replaced block from the drawing base. Similar to the command "PURGE". Various settings are present

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• New function. Block replace

Using

After launching the plugin, you need to select the Plugin work variant. The following operation modes are available:

Selected — allows you to replace all selected blocks with one specified block

Similar — allows to replace all instances of one block by one specified block

Replacing entities — allows you to replace selected entities of Circle, Ellipse and Point types with the specified block.

In the middle part of the plugin window you can enable the required block replacement settings.

Then you should choose one of the options for the Removing replaced blocks from DB:

• Ask — after replacing blocks, you will be prompted to execute the following command:

Remove replaced blocks from the drawing database? [Yes/No]: — Yes — remove block descriptions from the drawing database; No — plugin termination.

• Automatically remove — descriptions of replaced blocks will be removed from the drawing base, by analogy with the command "Purge" (_PURGE).
• Do not remove — descriptions of replaced blocks will not be removed from the drawing database.

Continue — switch to selection of the replacement block and objects to be replaced. The plugin also processes pre-selected objects — the replacement block can be selected before starting the plugin.

SELECTED

Select replacing block: — select the block to which the blocks selected next will be replaced.

Select multiple blocks to replace them: — selects one or more blocks. The selection may include a replacement block.

SIMILAR

Select replacing block: — select the block to which the following selected blocks will be replaced.

Select replaced block: — selects a single block, all instances of which are to be replaced.

REPLACING ENTITIES

Select replacing block: — selects the block to which the following selected primitives will be replaced.

Select multiple objects to replace: — select one or more primitives of Circle, Ellipse and Point type.