Topic: Creating Static Block of iinstance of dynamic block

[cmwade77]

I am trying to work around some issues in CAD, so I am trying to create a static block of an instance of dynamic blocks. I have code that mostly works with this jig until I click to finish the the rotateresize jig as attached, then it throws a system exception error because it tries to copy the block again. I am using the attached block as well. I am close, just not sure what I am missing.

[gile]

Hi,
What about using BlockReference.ConvertToStaticBlock?

[gile]

Your CreateBlock method could be something like this:

Code - C#: [Select]

1.         private static void CreateStaticBlock(BlockReference originalBlockRef)
2.         {
3.             var db = originalBlockRef.Database;
4.             using (var tr = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
5.             {
6.                 var blockTable = (BlockTable)tr.GetObject(db.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForRead);
7.                 int i = 1;
8.                 string newName;
9.                 do
10.                 {
11.                     newName = $"Nested_{i++}";
12.                 } while (blockTable.Has(newName));
13.                 originalBlockRef.ConvertToStaticBlock(newName);
14.                 tr.Commit();
15.             }
16.         }

And this method should not be called in the Update method of the RotateResizeBlockJig. It should be called in the InsertBlock method instead.

[cmwade77]

Ah, my bad for not more clearly explaining what I am trying to do, I am trying to work around some issues in how jigs work with dynamic blocks. Basically, I am dynamically updating the properties of the block, creating a new block that contains that block as an entity, then erasing it as the mouse moves. It works smoothly this way, until I finish the command. I know I have seen this approach before on a website (it's what gave me the idea for this approach), but I can't find it now and so I am trying to recreate it from scratch.

[cmwade77]

I actually have figured out a better way around the issues by making the original block not visible, setting the properties, then making it visible again seems to work.