Topic: Finding objects inside INSERT/BLOCK

[Woabow]

There are several routines that lists the contents of a BLOCK. They will return the same data for any instance of a BLOCK in the drawing.

But what if I would like to have the contents of the INSERT, or in my case, I just want to have a list with all lines inside an INSERT with the drawing-WCS-coordinates of the lines.

Do I have to find the contents of a BLOCK first and "multiply" it with the INSERT matrix?

[Lee Mac]

Do I have to find the contents of a BLOCK first and "multiply" it with the INSERT matrix?

Yes 

[Woabow]

Great

Our blocks are often nested, gives me headaches... Maybe it is easier to explode the blocks with an undo mark, collect the info and do an undo....

[Lee Mac]

Our blocks are often nested, gives me headaches...

This program may help you with the matrix transformations: Extract Nested Block, the key is gile's refgeom function.

[Woabow]

Thanks Lee, Ill give it a try.