Chapter10UsingBlockandExternalReferences10
1OverviewAutoCADprovidesseveralfeaturestohelpyoumanageobjectsinyourdrawings
Withblocksyoucanorganizeandmanipulatemanyobjectsasonecomponent
Youcanalsoassociateitemsofinformationwiththeblocksinyourdrawings-forexample,partnumbersandprices-byattachingattributes
Specificationsheetsorbillsofmaterialscanbecreatedusingthisinformation
YoucanattachoroverlayentiredrawingsinyourcurrentdrawingbyusingAutoCADexternalreferences,orxrefs
Whenyouopenadrawingthatcontainsxrefs,anychangesthathavebeenmadeinthereferenceddrawingappearinthecurrentdrawing
2WorkingwithBlocksAblockisacollectionofobjectsyoucanassociatetogethertoformasingleobject,orblockdefinition
Youcaninsert,scale,androtateablockinadrawing
Youcanexplodeablockintoitscomponentobjects,modifythem,andredefineth