Introduction to AutoCAD 2011- P7: The purpose of writing this book is to produce a text suitable for students in Further and/or Higher Education who are required to learn how to use the computer-aided design (CAD) software package AutoCAD 2011. Students taking examinations based on CAD will find the contents of the book of great assistance. | Blocks and Inserts 179 The Block Definition dialog Fig. appears. To make a block from the Compass symbol drawing. a. Enter compass in the Name field. b. Click the Select Objects button. The dialog disappears. Window the drawing of the compass. The dialog reappears. Note the icon of the compass at the top-centre of the dialog. c. Click the Pick Point button. The dialog disappears. Click a point on the compass drawing to determine its insertion point. The dialog reappears. d. If thought necessary enter a description in the Description field of the dialog. e. Click the OK button. The drawing is now saved as a block in the drawing. Fig. The Block Definition dialog with entries for the compass block 3. Repeat items 1 and 2 to make blocks of all the other symbols in the drawing. 4. Open the Block Definition dialog again and click the arrow on the right of the Name field. Blocks saved in the drawing are listed Fig. . Inserting blocks into a drawing There are two methods by which symbols saved as blocks can be inserted into another drawing. Example - first method of inserting blocks Ensure that all the symbols saved as blocks using the Create tool are saved in the data of the drawing in which the symbols were constructed. Erase all CHAPTER 9 180 Introduction to AutoCAD 2011 CHAPTER 9 Fig. The popup list in the Name field of the Block Definition dialog Fig. First example - inserting blocks. Outline plan of the drawings of the symbols and in their place construct the outline of the plan of a bungalow to a scale of 1 50 Fig. . Then 1. Left-click the Insert tool icon in the Home Block panel Fig. or the Insert Block tool in the Draw toolbar. The Insert dialog appears on screen Fig. . From the Name popup list select the name of the block which is to be inserted in this example the window. 2. Click the dialog s OK button the dialog disappears. The symbol drawing appears on screen with its insertion point at the intersection of the cursor hairs
