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Creating Static Block of iinstance of dynamic block

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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#: ---        private static void CreateStaticBlock(BlockReference originalBlockRef)        {            var db = originalBlockRef.Database;            using (var tr = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())            {                var blockTable = (BlockTable)tr.GetObject(db.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForRead);                int i = 1;                string newName;                do                {                    newName = $"Nested_{i++}";                } while (blockTable.Has(newName));                originalBlockRef.ConvertToStaticBlock(newName);                tr.Commit();            }        }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.

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