Documentação do BlockCopy

BlockCopy has five modes, switched from the pill in the title bar: Distribute, Copy Reference, Sync Update, Upgrade Version, and Delete Blocks. The first four share the same Source (left) / Target files (right) layout; Delete Blocks has no source drawing, since block definitions and layers are scanned from the target files themselves. Every mode backs up a target file before writing to it, by default — not just the two modes that touch existing content. Free tier caps every mode at 10 target files per run and 1 file processed at a time; no mode is Pro-only. Version 2 reads and writes the drawings itself and needs no AutoCAD; version 1 drives AutoCAD in the background. Both share settings and license, and the screens below describe both unless a step says otherwise. In version 2, once a file has been written its row offers Compare and Open: Compare shows the drawing before and after side by side in DWG Viewer, Open shows the written drawing.

Primeiros passos

As capturas de tela são de uma versão recente; pequenos detalhes visuais podem ser diferentes na versão que você instalou.

Distribute

Distribute

Clone a block definition into files that don't already have it.

• Browse to the source DWG, check the block(s) to distribute in the source list (reference count, dynamic flag and attribute presence are shown per block, with a View… button to see a block's full attribute list).
• Add Files… builds the target list. By default a target that already has the block is left untouched — tick Replace existing definitions to force an overwrite. (Layers, text styles and linetypes the block depends on are still refreshed into the target even when the block itself is skipped.)
• Clone Now copies geometry, attribute tag layout and dynamic properties into every target that doesn't already have it.

Copy Reference

Copy Reference

Duplicate one filled-in block instance, values included, into other files.

• Pick one specific block definition in the source list (a single choice, not a checklist) — BlockCopy then scans and lists every inserted reference of that block, with its Handle, Position and an Attributes view. Check the one instance to copy.
• Add Files… picks the targets; Insert Now inserts a new reference of that exact instance — same position, rotation and attribute values as the source — into each target.
• Scale isn't carried over: the new reference always inserts at the block's default scale, even if the source instance was scaled. Upgrade Version (below) does preserve scale, so this is worth knowing if the source instance isn't at 1:1.

Sync Update

Sync Update

Push a revised block definition without wiping attribute values.

• Browse to the source DWG holding the revised definition, add target files, then Sync Now replaces the definition and re-syncs every existing reference.
• Values are matched by attribute tag name, not position — reordering attributes in the revision doesn't scramble which value lands where. Constant attributes take the new definition's value, and a tag that's new in the revision starts at its default.
• When you click Sync Now, BlockCopy first reads every target and compares its current attributes with the new definition. If a tag that still holds a value on some reference is gone from the new definition — usually because the revision renamed it — a dialog lists each such tag per block before anything is written: pick the new tag that should receive its values, or choose to discard them, then Apply and sync starts the sync. Cancel leaves every file untouched. Tags whose values are all empty are dropped without asking, and your choices are pre-selected next time until you pick another source drawing.
• Keep attribute positions (on by default) keeps each reference's own attribute position, rotation and width factor, so attributes moved by hand stay put. Clear it when the revision moved attributes on purpose — they're reset to the new definition, the way ATTSYNC does.
• An attribute whose value comes from a field keeps its current text, but the field itself isn't carried over — it becomes plain text. Re-insert the field afterwards where it matters.
• After writing, BlockCopy reads the file back and compares every attribute value against what it expects. A mismatch only flags that one file as failed (in its Details popup) — it doesn't stop the rest of the batch, and nothing is rolled back automatically. Use the Details popup's Rollback button, or Restore Backup…, to recover that specific file. A value mapped to a new tag is checked under that tag.

Upgrade Version

Upgrade Version

Retire an old block definition (v1) for a new one (v2) across every reference.

• Add target files, then use the Old Blocks picker to scan targets for v1 candidates and choose the definition to retire, and the new (v2) definition to replace it with.
• Upgrade Now swaps every v1 reference for v2 in place — position, rotation, scale and layer are always carried over. Attributes are matched by tag: a v1 value survives only if v2 still has that same tag; a tag that only exists in v2 is created with its own default value, not filled in from v1. Dynamic properties carry over too, but only when the new block is itself dynamic.
• The old (v1) block definition itself is left in the file untouched — only the individual references are swapped to point at v2.
• There's no preview step here yet, unlike some of the other modes — Upgrade Now runs immediately once you click it.

Delete Blocks

Delete Blocks

Erase block references across a batch of files, with an optional layer filter.

• Add target files — there's no source drawing to browse here; block definitions and layers are both scanned out of the target files themselves and merged into one list, with reference counts added together across files.
• Check which block definition(s) to delete in the Blocks tab; switch to the Layers tab to restrict the deletion to specific layers (no layer checked deletes matching references on every layer).

Confirming a delete

One last check naming exactly what's about to be erased, before anything is.

• Delete Now shows a confirmation naming exactly how many block definitions, files, and (if any are checked) layers are about to be affected — and whether it's happening on every layer or just the selected ones.
• The same dialog also states whether a backup will be saved, and to where, or warns outright that deleted references can't be recovered if backup is off — so the backup status is visible one last time before you confirm.

Restore Backup

Restore Backup

A standalone window for restoring files from a previous run's backup — works even after restarting the app.

• Opened from Restore Backup… next to any mode's action button. It reads backups straight off the backup folder on disk — Backup_{timestamp} folders, plus Backup_*.zip archives made by older versions — independent of any in-app run state, so it keeps working after the app has been restarted.
• Pick an archive on the left to see the files it contains; check the ones to bring back and choose a Restore to folder — this can be the original DWG folder or somewhere else, so restoring never has to overwrite in place unless you want it to.