Flexible workspaces
• Flexible workspaces can be stored as a static block only (block reference).
• Flexible workspaces can be stored as an attribute of a static block only (block reference).
• In order to locate a flexible workspace in a space (to populate the field Space in the Flexible Workspace), the insertion point of the block must be inside a space polyline. Only in that case, the Space of the Flexible Workspace can be filled / changed during the import.
 | Upon searching, if the flexible workspace already exists in the database, only flexible workspaces present within the space that includes the flexible workspace block are considered. If the flexible workspace block is not present within a space of the drawing, only the flexible workspaces in the database that are present in the property of the drawing and which have an empty space are considered. |
Consequences: If a flexible workspace is moved in the AutoCAD drawing from one space to another, the flexible workspace in the database will not be updated. A new flexible workspace is created in the new (destination) space. The reason for this is that the algorithm defining if the flexible workspace already exists, checks for a flexible workspace with the same code (or syscode) within the space polyline that is holding the block.
If a block is moved in the AutoCAD drawing, the space is different and the flexible workspace is considered as a new one.
In order to prevent a flexible workspace from occurring twice in the database, the End flexible workspaces setting of the import definition should be set to Yes.