Edit block

Rantanplan7 · Post by **Rantanplan7** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:01 am

I like the new function "edit block in place" and because of that I have played around a bit with "edit block".
Might be a bit sad as I'm working a couple of years with QCAD but I don't understand that function.
Example - I make a drawing with a couple of blocks from the library and I make a right mouse click on one block and choose edit block.
QCAD puts that block in minus (x and y coordinates) and the rest of the drawing looks like it is gone. And I can't see how to end this edit function and to go back to my drawing....

Rantanplan7 · Post by **Rantanplan7** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:04 am

Ups, sorry got it. Return to main drawing...
Didn't saw that as I was trying a right click on bits and pieces of the block and not on empty space.

Post by **andrew** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:09 am

The user manual would also come to the rescue:
https://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/refere ... /EditBlock

Rantanplan7 · Post by **Rantanplan7** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:10 am

And I'm still a bit confused. Why can't I rename a block? Or which are the circumstances to allow me to rename a block?

Rantanplan7 · Post by **Rantanplan7** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:15 am

andrew wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:09 am
The user manual would also come to the rescue:
https://qcad.org/doc/qcad/latest/refere ... /EditBlock

Yes, that's what I tell my colleagues as well sometimes - RTFM -

So I have read the manual but it doesn't helps me to find the reason why I#m not allowed to rename a block. Even not if I just draw two rectangles, join them to a block and try to rename that block....

Post by **andrew** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:17 am

How to you attempt to rename a block? What happens if you are trying to rename a block?

Note that you cannot rename the model space block.

Rantanplan7 · Post by **Rantanplan7** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:30 am

In the menu - rename block - but it is grey. Command line BN no reaction.
What is a model space block?

Post by **Husky** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:40 am

Rantanplan7 wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:30 am
In the menu - rename block - but it is grey. Command line BN no reaction.

You have to select / mark the block which has to be renamed. Then use BN ...

Rantanplan7 wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 25, 2020 8:30 am
What is a model space block?

Your main canvas (where you design your drawing) is called model space block / Model_Space

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Rantanplan7 · Post by **Rantanplan7** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:30 pm

Ok - now I understand what I have to do in case I have to rename a block.
But I have no idea about the reason / working in the background.
The model space is my drawing, and all the other items in the blocklist is virtually just the list of bits and pieces which are in the file, regardless if they are in use on my drawing or not and I cannot edit blocks in my drawing but in the list?
Even more helpful to have edit in place now.
So I have learned something new today. Might be helpful in the future, thanks Husky.

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