Saturday, November 7, 2015

Editing Block

Edit the block definition and update the instances of the block within the drawing

Open Ex 07.1-Start.dwg

Home tab > Block panel > Insert - More Options


Click Browse


Navigate to the file location


Select Chair.dwg


Path location display to show that this is a global block
Angle: 180


Insert the chair below the desk 20 cm from the midpoint


Insert 2 more chairs above the desk


Double-click any chair to bring out "Edit Block Definition" gialog box
Click OK


Block Editor open
All other objects disappear except the chair
The Chair block become separate for editing
Add 2 Arm-rest:
Rectangle 70 x 250
Fillet all corners @ R30


Close panel > Close Block Editor


Click "Save the changes to Chair"


The instances of the block updated to show the changes

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