Join Jeff Bartels for an in-depth discussion in this video Creating a block library in two clicks, part of AutoCAD Tips, Tricks, & Industry Secrets.
Using tool palettes is a great way to organize your block libraries.…However, it can sometimes be a little time consuming dragging each and every…block from a drawing onto a palette.…In this lesson, we're going to look at a way to create a block library in two clicks.…As you can see I've just launched my AutoCAD and I'm sitting in the…default Drawing1 file.…I'm going to open up the Design Center. Now mine happens to be anchored to the…left side of the screen if your Design Center is not visible you can always…press Ctrl+2 to turn it on.…
Over here on the left side, I am going to navigate to the exercise files…folder on my system.…I'll click the Plus to open the folder. I'll click Plus to open up…chapter_05 and let's take a look at this drawing called arch-furniture.…I'm going to click the Plus to navigate into this drawing.…Now this drawing contains several blocks that represent interior furnishings.…You can see the icons for them right over here.…I would like to create a block library using the blocks in this drawing.…
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Released
1/31/2011- Creating macro enabled tools
- Using Auto Complete
- Disabling tool mode settings on the fly
- Moving and copying entities using Windows shortcuts
- Using the Calculator palette
- Formatting text
- Creating parent/child dimension styles
- Making dimensions easier to read
- Making global edits to attribute data and layer names
- Exchanging one block symbol for another
- Inserting content using drag and drop
- Navigating layer list using the keyboard
- Importing layouts from template files
- Consolidating backup files
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome53s
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1. Interface
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Creating macro-enabled tools10m 29s
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Restoring hidden messages3m 53s
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2. Drawing Tools
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Creating true offsets3m 44s
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Using the Calculator palette10m 25s
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3. Text
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Underlining single-line text1m 21s
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4. Dimensions
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5. Blocks and References
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6. Layers
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Removing stubborn layers2m 1s
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7. Layouts
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8. Miscellaneous Tools
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Conclusion
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Goodbye31s
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