Replacing Devices

Command

Ribbon: FireCAD > Devices > Replace Selection With Device

Prerequisites

• A FireCAD project must be open
• Block references must be selected or available for selection

Overview

The ATREPLACE_DEVICES command replaces selected block references with a device from the current project. This is similar to ATREPLACE_BLOCKREFS but specifically handles device replacement, maintaining circuit connections and entity data where possible.

Like ATREPLACE_BLOCKREFS, this command supports ALIGNMENT, ROTATION, and SCALE keyword options for controlling how the replacement block is positioned.

Steps

1. Type ATREPLACE_DEVICES in the AutoCAD command line
2. Select the block references to replace (or pre-select them)
3. Optionally adjust replacement settings using keywords:
   • ALIGNMENT — CENTER or ORIGIN
   • ROTATION — AUTO or NONE
   • SCALE — Numeric factor (0 = use target block scale)
4. The selected blocks are replaced with the project device
5. Block attributes and XData are synced to the new references

Tips

• This command updates the AutoCAD drawing and syncs database records
• Device labels update automatically after replacement

Related Commands

• Replacing Block References
• Editing Assembly Properties

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