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The Block Structure Palette

All Blocks from a drawing, including nested Blocks are accessible from the Block Structure palette. At any time, you can insert Blocks into your drawing.

The Block Structure palette lets you find and insert Blocks.

From the Block Structure palette, you can:

  • Display the structure of the Blocks from the current drawing
  • Insert Blocks into the active drawing
  • Delete Blocks from the current drawing
  • Rename Blocks from the current drawing
  • Hide and display Blocks from the current drawing

Use the BlockStructure command to display the Block Structure palette.

Toolbar

Use the buttons on the toolbar at the top of the Block Structure palette to access and use Blocks from the current drawing.

  • Information Toggle . Turns on and off the Information area of the palette.
  • Preview Toggle . Toggles the preview of the selected Block.
  • Refresh . Refreshes the list of available Blocks. For example, if new Blocks were added in the current drawing, they will be displayed in the tree.
Block Structure

Displays the Blocks from the current drawing in a tree view, alphabetically ordered. Thumbnails update when you modify and save the Block. Optionally, you can display captions for thumbnails.

Selecting a Block from the Block Structure, highlights the Block in the graphics area.

Right-clicking an item displays a menu with the following options:

  • Insert. Inserts the specified Block as if you used the -InsertBlock command.
  • Rename. Opens the Rename Block dialog box where you can specify the new name of the Block.
  • Delete. Deletes the specified Block from the block library.

To insert a Block from the Block Structure palette:

Note: You can drag a Block or one of the contained Blocks and drop it on the graphics area.

  • Do one of the following:
    • Drag a Block and drop it into the active drawing.
    • Right-click on a block name and select Insert from the context menu.

To rename a Block from the Block Structure palette:

  1. On the Block Structure palette, right-click a block name and select Rename from the context menu.
  2. In the Rename Block dialog box, specify the new name and click Rename.
Information

Displays information about the selected Block.

  • Rotation.
  • Block Units.
  • Block Unit Scale.
  • Annotative.
Preview

Displays a preview of the Block that you selected in the Block Structure.

Access

Command: BlockStructure

Menu: Tools > Block Structure

Ribbon: Insert > Palettes > Block Structure

Related Topics

Defining Blocks

Hiding the Block Structure Palette

Parent Topic

Working with Nested Blocks



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