AutoCAD 2018 and AutoCAD LT 2018 Essentials by Scott Onstott

Author:Scott Onstott
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781119414292
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2017-05-20T14:00:00+00:00

Work with Global Blocks

Global blocks are drawing files that you will later insert as blocks into another drawing. In this section, you will learn how to write local blocks to files, insert a drawing file as a local block, and redefine local blocks with global blocks.

Exercise 9.1: Write a Local Block Definition to a File

In the following steps, you will export one of the current drawing’s block definitions to an individual drawing file. In addition, you will open the newly created file and alter its contents.

Begin by opening the file Ex09.1-start.dwg, which is among the companion files available for download from the book’s web page, www.sybex.com/go/autocad2018essentials.

Type W (for Write block) and press Enter. Select the Block radio button in the Source area of the Write Block dialog box. Select Sofa from the Block drop-down. Select Inches (or Centimeters for metric) from the Insert Units drop-down in the Destination area (see Figure 9.1). Click OK, and the geometry within the Sofa block definition is written to Sofa.dwg.

FIGURE 9.1 Writing a block to a file

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