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   Hello All
I have a Library with blocks which I made and since we are doing work for a big client, we have to comply with his CAD standards such as Layer names and colours.
My question is :
is there a way to make these changes in one go or do I have to open each block and do the changes the old fashion way?

Rog

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rogzimmi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30.May.2011 Location: Hong Kong Using: AutoCAD2012 Status: Offline Points: 4	Topic: Change of Layer Attributes Posted: 28.Oct.2011 at 03:34
	Hello All I have a Library with blocks which I made and since we are doing work for a big client, we have to comply with his CAD standards such as Layer names and colours. My question is : is there a way to make these changes in one go or do I have to open each block and do the changes the old fashion way? Rog

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 28.Oct.2011 at 12:00
	I don't think you can make wholesale changes. Maybe the best you could do is write a script and let it do the drudge work.
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

rogzimmi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30.May.2011 Location: Hong Kong Using: AutoCAD2012 Status: Offline Points: 4	Posted: 31.Oct.2011 at 01:12
	A script. Although I use AutoCad since version 2.16 I never realy got into the deep end of it I can do some lisp program but not much more mate. I discovered just recently how to record a macro, would that do the trick? Will try thanks Rog

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 31.Oct.2011 at 11:23
	A script might be a set of instructions that open a drawing, make changes to a layer name and color, purge, audit (check for errors), do a zoom > extents then a save. It would cycle through a folder or directory of drawings doing this to each and every drawing. Check out AutoDesk's free ScriptPro at their website.
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>

rogzimmi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30.May.2011 Location: Hong Kong Using: AutoCAD2012 Status: Offline Points: 4	Posted: 01.Nov.2011 at 07:20
	Will do that and post the result. Thanks very much.

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