# Wish: BlockEdit after selecting Instances

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/wish-blockedit-after-selecting-instances/159675>\
**Category:** Rhino for Windows\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [May 10, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/wish-blockedit-after-selecting-instances/159675 "2023-05-10T14:16:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![seltzdesign](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/seltzdesign/32/512215_2.png) [@seltzdesign](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/seltzdesign)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/wish-blockedit-after-selecting-instances/159675/1 "2023-05-10T14:16:01Z")

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Something I have not worked out how to do yet, that seems like it should work. I have many different linked blocks that all look very similar. So I go to the block Manager, select the block I want and press the Select button. It selects all the instances of it.

Then to edit the block I have to first close the BlockManager and enter BlockEdit. But then it deselects all the blocks (which are all instances of the same block) and asks me to select a block, which is not so easy.

Is there a way to edit a block from the Block Manager? Shouldn’t there be an Edit button either in the Block Manager or the Block Properties window!?

Also as long as I have selected instances of the same block, shouldn’t BlockEdit see that I have already selected basically only one block instead of deselecting everything?

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/c/3/e/c3e0430eece54c0cb5bd3dc65767edb256b35255.png)

Thanks for considering.

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**Author:** ![pascal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/pascal/32/479395_2.png) [@pascal](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/pascal)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/wish-blockedit-after-selecting-instances/159675/2 "2023-05-12T15:32:24Z")

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Hello- currently there is no way to do that I’m afraid, and I do not see that capability in the V8 block manager either… V8 lets you edit the properties of block objects but I do not see that you can edit the geometry directly without entering BlockEdit in the usual way.  
[RH-74750](https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-74750) BlockManager: Enter BlockEdit directly  
-Pascal

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**Author:** ![Eugen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/eugen/32/656992_2.png) [@Eugen](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Eugen)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/wish-blockedit-after-selecting-instances/159675/3 "2023-05-13T08:14:28Z")

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I’ve had a [similar idea](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/some-block-definitions-panel-feedback/154695) recently.  
Thing is, this block manager shows block definitions, not their scene instances.  
@wim argued that the problem is - which block **instance** should be opened in the viewport when you edit a **definition**?  
How about this:  
1 - Enter block edit mode simply for the first instance of that definition.  
2 - or the next best.  
3 - or, best option, add a block edit mode like in AutoCAD, where nothing else is visible (not even gray) but the block itself, with the block origin at scene origin.

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**Author:** ![Juan\_Gallo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/juan_gallo/32/542095_2.png) [@Juan\_Gallo](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Juan_Gallo)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/wish-blockedit-after-selecting-instances/159675/4 "2023-05-13T09:09:03Z")

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essentially v8 brings nothing to blocks. blockmanager is just a rewrite of same functionality ☹