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KewlToyZ

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Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« on: May 09, 2012, 07:27:59 pm »
PLOTSTAT Style keeps claiming it is Standard and cannot be renamed?
Really odd I can't seem to delete this junk unless I copy and paste everything into a new file.
I disassociate everything I can find in the file, even checked for hidden attributes, deleted all layouts and page setups. Nothing lets me remove this thing except copy and paste into new file, and it follows everything into the new file even when there isn't any text and the dimension style doesn't use it. I can delete it in the new file, but what a pain in the arse.
Anyone ran into this before?
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 09:07:07 pm »

Posting the dwg file would be handy :)

... saves guessing games.
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 09:10:35 pm »
I made a style called PLOTSTAT.

Was able to rename and purge it providing it wasn't the current style.
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 09:33:01 pm »
Quote from: Kerry on May 09, 2012, 09:10:35 pm
I made a style called PLOTSTAT.

Was able to rename and purge it providing it wasn't the current style.
Think Kerry gave you a hint there.
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2012, 05:42:49 am »


I'm usually more subtle  :-D
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2012, 09:45:22 am »
lol, yeah I made sure it wasn't the current style.
I Checked, deleted everything i could, setup a new standard style and made sure it was default for the Dimstyle too.  :ugly:
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2012, 10:03:11 am »
Quote from: KewlToyZ on May 10, 2012, 09:45:22 am
lol, yeah I made sure it wasn't the current style.
I Checked, deleted everything i could, setup a new standard style and made sure it was default for the Dimstyle too.  :ugly:
I couldn't rename it through the TEXT STYLE dialog box - kept getting the message you were referring to - but I could rename it through the RENAME dialog box.  *shrugs*
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2012, 10:33:45 am »
Quote from: Matt W on May 10, 2012, 10:03:11 am
Quote from: KewlToyZ on May 10, 2012, 09:45:22 am
lol, yeah I made sure it wasn't the current style.
I Checked, deleted everything i could, setup a new standard style and made sure it was default for the Dimstyle too.  :ugly:
I couldn't rename it through the TEXT STYLE dialog box - kept getting the message you were referring to - but I could rename it through the RENAME dialog box.  *shrugs*

Hmmm ok, maybe I try something else then.
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(defun c:rpl (/)
  (if exist (tblsearch "STYLE" "PLOSTAT")
   
    (progn       
      (command "-rename" "style" "PLOSTAT" "AMEP Text")
      (command "-style" "AMEP Text" "Romans.shx" 0 0.9 0 "No" "No" "No")
      )
    )
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2012, 11:21:14 am »
This works:

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(defun _renameitfoo (oldname newname / e)
  (and (setq e (tblobjname "style" oldname))
       (entmod (subst (cons 2 newname) (assoc 2 (entget e)) (entget e)))
  )
)
(_renameitfoo "plotstat" "foo")
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2012, 11:28:43 am »
You can rename the STANDARD text style something else, in which case AutoCAD sometimes still treats it as being named STANDARD (might be a flag in there from older versions) and won't purge it.
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2012, 11:42:35 am »
Quote from: dgorsman on May 10, 2012, 11:28:43 am
You can rename the STANDARD text style something else, in which case AutoCAD sometimes still treats it as being named STANDARD (might be a flag in there from older versions) and won't purge it.

That is what happened.
Because the Standard dimension, table, multileader, styles reference PLOTSTAT, and if you set all the styles to use STANDARD then you can purge STANDARD.
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2012, 11:44:11 am »
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2012, 12:05:32 pm »
Tables & MLeaders... did not check that.  :ugly:

Thanks gents.  :kewl:
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2012, 12:06:12 pm »
What are you using to view those tables?
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Re: Text Style PLOTSTAT can't be renamed?
« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2012, 12:08:16 pm »
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