2012

Table Of Contents
4 If you want the objects in the block to be inserted as individual objects
instead of as a single block, select Explode.
5 Click OK.
To insert a drawing file as a block by dragging
1 From Windows Explorer or any folder, drag the drawing file icon into
the drawing area.
When you release the button, you are prompted for an insertion point.
2 Specify the insertion point and scale and rotation values.
To insert a block using DesignCenter
1 If DesignCenter is not already open, click Tools menu Palettes
DesignCenter.
2 Do one of the following to list the content you want to insert:
On the DesignCenter toolbar, click Tree View Toggle. Click the folder
that contains the drawing you want to insert.
Click the icon of a drawing file displayed in the tree view.
3 Do one of the following to insert the content:
Drag the drawing file or block into your current drawing. Use this
option when you want to insert blocks quickly and move or rotate
the blocks to their precise locations later.
Double-click the drawing file or block that you want to insert into
your current drawing. Use this option when you want to specify the
exact placement, rotation, and scale of the block as you insert it. Use
this option also when you want to update a block reference in your
drawing from the original source drawing file.
To change properties of a block as you insert it
1 Click View tab Palettes panel Properties.
2 Click Home tab Block panel Insert.
3 In the Insert dialog box, in the Name box, select a name from a list of
block definitions.
920 | Chapter 21 Work with Blocks