AutoCAD/RENAMING TAG GLOBALLY

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Expert: - 5/27/2009


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Hi,

I have a block with attribute tag names G100,G200, G300 and so on. I would like to rename those tags(only the prefix) as H100, H200, H300 and so on.How can I rename those globally ?

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Sorry about the delay in answering. Attributes are stored separately from the block in the drawing, meaning that if you just redefine the block the occurrences won't update. Because the tags are changing, the express tools utility won't work. Bottom line, I think you'll need a custom routine to do this that knows the old and new tags and replaces the values for you. I'm not aware of a generic tool for this.

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