How to insert a dwg block using Brx

Apollo Hernandez · March 2016

I am building some automation that require inserting blocks from a library (with path defined already in the support file).

After a thorough research on this forum I have found similar code that require inserting block or xrefs , I did modify the code to suit my needs but it's not inserting the block or nothing its happening. Can someone please help me on this ?[code]PASTE CODE HERE[/code]

Here's my code below :

public static ObjectIdCollection InsertBlock(string blockName)

{

ObjectIdCollection ids = new ObjectIdCollection();

Database Database = HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase;

_AcDb.TransactionManager manager = Database.TransactionManager;

using (Transaction trans = manager.StartTransaction())

{

BlockTable blockTable = (BlockTable)trans.GetObject(Database.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForRead);

ObjectId id;

BlockTableRecord rec;

using (Database tempDb = new Database(false, true))

{

tempDb.ReadDwgFile(blockName, FileShare.Read, true, string.Empty);

id = Database.Insert(blockName, tempDb, false);

rec = trans.GetObject(id, OpenMode.ForWrite) as BlockTableRecord;

}

Point3d insPt = new Point3d(0, 0, 0);

BlockReference blockReference = new BlockReference(insPt, blockTable[blockName]);

ids.Add(rec.AppendEntity(blockReference));

trans.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(blockReference, true);

trans.Commit();

}

return ids;

}

Its_Alive · March 2016

couldn't get the insert code thing to work, anyway have a look

   public static class Commands
    {
        [CommandMethod("test")]
        static public void test()
        {
            string blk = "C:/Temp/blk.dwg";
            InsertBlock(blk,"blk");
        }

public static ObjectIdCollection InsertBlock(string blockFullPath, string blockName)
{

            ObjectIdCollection ids = new ObjectIdCollection();
            Database database = HostApplicationServices.WorkingDatabase;
            AcDb.TransactionManager manager = database.TransactionManager;

            using (Transaction trans = manager.StartTransaction())
            {
                ObjectId id;
                BlockTable blockTable = (BlockTable)trans.GetObject(database.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForRead);

                using (Database tempDb = new Database(false, true))
                {
                    tempDb.ReadDwgFile(blockFullPath, FileOpenMode.OpenForReadAndWriteNoShare, true, null);
                    id = database.Insert(blockName, tempDb, false);
                }
                BlockTableRecord rec = trans.GetObject(database.CurrentSpaceId, OpenMode.ForWrite) as BlockTableRecord;
                Point3d insPt = new Point3d(0, 0, 0);
                BlockReference blockReference = new BlockReference(insPt, id);
                ids.Add(rec.AppendEntity(blockReference));
                trans.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(blockReference, true);
                trans.Commit();
            }
            return ids;
        }
    }

Apollo Hernandez · March 2016

Thanks a lot Daniel, really appreciate it.

It works and that was quick.

How to insert a dwg block using Brx

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