Here's the scoop. I have one space with a QR code for a simple path. If I want to replace the path color/style if I replace the old pattern with a new one will all the paths change? One time I did something and paths stayed white. Had to scoot out everything. How do you change yours?
That's how I change my path patterns without having to clear them out one by one. Just move your new patter onto the old pattern and choose copy, then if you wan to free up space without turning everything white: Delete the "new pattern" in which the old pattern never sat.
Like, If your path pattern is on the top left and your new pattern was on the bottom right, you would go ahead and delete the bottom right AFTER you have copied it over to the top left. Now the top left is your new path pattern and will change if you replace it with something else or change the pattern.