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Using WBLOCK

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Using WBLOCK

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- [Instructor] Once again, we're staying on the theme of reusing content in AutoCAD in this chapter, but we've got another drawing for you to use, and this drawing is called WBLOCK.dwg. Now there is a command in AutoCAD called WBLOCK, and in stands for Write Block, W-R-I-T-E, Write Block. What it means, is you can write a block definition from an existing drawing into its own separate DWG file. So at the moment, we've got WBLOCK.dwg open, and as you can see, have a door block sitting there in the drawing itself. So that means that there's a block reference in this drawing for the door. Now, the best way to get to the WBLOCK command, is to actually just type it, type WBLOCK, or you can go to the insert tab, click on the create block flyout there, and there's write block there, there's our WBLOCK command there as well. So either way, type WBLOCK and press enter, or go to it via the insert tab. Now, I'm in the write block dialog box, and what this allows me to do is select a block that…

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