self referencing block

[trickynicky]

I am trying to lay out parts for materials management. When I try to insert blocks to view potential layout arrangements, some of the blocks cannot be inserted because they are "self referencing" is there an easy way around this? thanks, Nick

 

[Striker]

Rename the offending blocks. The error is generated when you insert a block called xyz into a drawing called xyz. Initially there is no error generated, however, if you try to subsequently insert the xyz drawing into another drawing, the error is generated because there will be two references to xyz in the third drawing. One for the inserted block, another for the nested block, if this were allowed to take place, you would have a situation similar to placing two mirrors perpendicular to one another, the reflection would go on to infinity, as would the block definitions.

 

[RivieraCadMan]

Sometimes it has to do with blocks of xyz being inserted into blocks of xyz. The error does not have to be in the drawing, but can be in the block itself. If Striker's method does not work, purge the drawings your trying to insert. This shood clear it up.

 

[Striker]

Perhaps I should have made my explanation a bit clearer. The block you are trying to insert, lets call it xyz.dwg, has a block defined in it called xyz. This would mean that if you were allowed to insert xyz.dwg into your drawing, then the block which is defined in xyz.dwg called xyz would be referencing xyz.dwg, which obviously cannot happen, so... if you rename xyz.dwg to zyx.dwg it will still have the block definition of xyz defined so... when you insert zyx.dwg into a drawing, you will have two new blocks defined in your new drawing, xyz and zyx. Hopefully this clears up any misconceptions.