How to see the contents of a block

[alanchen123]

When I open a DWG drawing, it seems only the contents of the current block will be displayed. How to see the contents of another block?

Thanks

[Patchy]

ADC

[pendean]

can you elaborate? Your question leaves a lot open and is not specific enough.

[alanchen123]

I use RealDWG to create a new DWG file, then create a new block called "MyBlock", then add some lines, to "MyBlock", then when I open the DWG file in AutoCAD, I cannot find the lines at all. However, if I click "Block Editor", then I will see a list of the blocks including "MyBlock", and when clicking "MyBlock", I will see a preview of the block which contains some lines. But I still cannot see the lines when in the main window.

[pendean]

Share this block over here: we all have AutoCAD.

[dmfrazier]

It sounds like you are creating a block definition, but there is no actual insert of that block in the drawing.

I think you simply need to insert a copy of the block (definition) into the DWG that contains the block definition.