BEDIT — Block Editor

Opens a block definition in the Block Editor.

• Command: BEDIT · Global name: _BEDIT · Alias: BE
• Ribbon: Home › Block
• Ribbon: Insert › Block
• Menu: Insert

Opens a block definition in the Block Editor. Its contents are edited as if they were a drawing, with every command, object snap and grip; when it is saved, every insert of the block is updated.

Usage

1. Enter BEDIT (or BE) or click the button. Double-clicking a block without attributes also opens it.
2. In the Edit Block Definition dialog box, choose the block in the list (its preview and description are shown) and click OK. If a block was selected, it is already chosen.
3. Edit the block. The background changes color, the bottom bar shows "Block Editor: …" and the ribbon switches to the Block Editor tab.
4. Save with BSAVE or BSAVEAS and leave with BCLOSE.

Notes

• Point 0,0 in the editor is the block's base point.
• External references, layouts and anonymous blocks cannot be edited. For a dynamic block its definition is edited; its parameters and actions are kept, but new ones cannot be added.
• Inside the editor you cannot use BEDIT or PURGE, or switch between model and paper space.
• After closing, the whole editor session is undone with a single UNDO.
• Saving the file while the editor is open saves the drawing without the block's pending changes.
• In scripts, BEDIT asks for the name like -BEDIT.

See also

-BEDIT · BSAVE · BCLOSE · BLOCK · Blocks and attributes