From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 5 Working with References
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Redefining blocks - AutoCAD Tutorial
From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 5 Working with References
Redefining blocks
One of the best parts about blocks is that they all share the same definition. Change that definition and all the blocks will update. In this lesson we're going to redefine a block. On my screen I have a drawing that represents some parking stalls. Inside these stalls I've inserted some blocks. Now I'd like to change the geometry of this symbol. Since I inserted these as blocks I only have to edit one of them and the rest of them will update automatically. To edit a block, we do it the same way we edit text. Double Click on it. This brings up the edit block definition dialog box where my block is currently selected. I'll come down and click OK. And this takes me into the Block Editor. The block editor works just like model space. It's an environment where AutoCad allows us to reach inside the block definition and make changes. As you can see, the insertion point of the block is located at the origin of the coordinate system. Now, there are a lot of things we can do in this Editor. For…
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