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Creating and inserting blocks

Creating and inserting blocks

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Creating and inserting blocks

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In this video, we will explore blocks. Open the architectural sample file in the chapter 12 folder, and zoom in to this chair. Right now, the chair is composed of individual pieces. I want to convert it into a block. I can do that in one of two ways. One, I could pre-select the objects. And then go up here and click the Block command. That shows us a preview image of the selection right here, alternatively I could use the Block command first. In that case there's no preview because we have to select the object still. In this case, we have to click this button. And then select the objects. Press Enter to exit out of this mode. It takes us back here and now we see the preview. Every block has to have a name and a base point. Click here and type the name, dining chair. Then, click right here to select a base point. The base point should be some significant feature on the geometry in question. So, for this chair, I could choose a point, say here at the quadrant of this arc, or down here…

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