Topic: Set common EffectiveName and "unnamed" Name in blocks

[Pepe]

I'd like to set a common EffectiveName for a block created, but set the Name property as an unnamed block ("*Unnn") in the inserted block .

Just as dynamic blocks work.

Although I tried it in several ways, I can't find a solution.

Anybody knows how to do that?

*Edited...

[57gmc]

The EffectiveName property only applies to dynamic blocks. You can't assign *U blocks, AutoCAD does that automatically when you change the parameters of a dynamic block. Besides, if you started messing with the 'system', you might interfere with AutoCAD's naming system and cause errors. Why are you trying to do that? What is your goal?

[Pepe]

Thank you, 57gmc!

I've meant to generate a block whose class is always the same, but in different shapes. For some reasons, I'm not interested in using dynamic blocks parameters for it.

I'll try it using XData or a dictionary then for its identification.

[57gmc]

What reasons?

A block can still have only one name for specific content. Instead, you might try using a hierarchical coded naming system for a set of like blocks. For example "Series999-Model999".