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block) compatible with AutoCAD Electrical is the presence of attributes that AutoCAD Electrical can interpret, and in some cases their location within the block.

Hint: The only thing that makes a symbol (a.k.a.

You can modify the graphics/geometry, modify attribute values, add or delete attributes, etc., directly, as was done with plain vanilla AutoCAD in years past. For what it's worth, one of my favorite ways to edit a symbol is to simply open the drawing file by double-clicking it and editing it directly, as previously described in this thread. There have already been many great suggestions made here. This is why you have to edit the block in its source dwg if you want the changes to be universal. There is no path information stored in the block definition, so BEDIT can't write changes back to the source dwg. Any edits you make to them via BEDIT are not to the block - they're to the block definition. (Despite this difference, the vast majority of us use the word 'block' interchangeably for both.) This is what enables you to take a dwg file from your office to some other place and still see the blocks and symbols you've used.īy contrast, block definitions stay with the drawing. A block definition, on the other hand, is like a copy of the block, and the data that represents it only exists in your drawing. The former, technically, is a dwg all on its own with nothing else in the file. Just in case you didn't already know - there is a difference between a block and a block definition. Be sure to maintain the original insertion point exploding the symbol kills its basepoint.

Then use WBLOCK to turn it back into a block and when you're prompted for a save location, just overwrite the old dwg. Option 2: Make a copy of the existing (correct) symbol, then use special explode on it (AEEXPLODE). Option 1: Open the block's dwg in ACADE and make the same adjustments as you did before, when it was in your drawing. And Symbol Builder is for making new symbols.not so great for editing them. You need to make the edits in the source block itself.