topic Re: Load blocks in every drawing in AutoCAD Forum

Load blocks in every drawing

Lex_van_Ham — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:10:42 GMT

Is there a way I can make every drawing I create have some blocks loaded so I dont have to type the insert command and find the blocks location every time?

Re: Load blocks in every drawing

pendean — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:50:39 GMT

Always start with a DWT template file that has all the content you want already in it: just like the rest of us do.

Re: Load blocks in every drawing

Kent1Cooper — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:07:26 GMT

Set up a drawing with whatever you want in it [Block definitions, insertions if you want, and also Layers, Text and Dimension and other Styles, etc., etc.], and Save it as a drawing template [.dwt] file, in the bottom of the SAVEAS dialog box:

Set that to be the default template for new drawings, in the OPTIONS dialog box, Files tab:

Re: Load blocks in every drawing

gotphish001 — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:26:05 GMT

You can also set up a palette with those blocks on it, so even though they aren't in the drawing when you first make it, they are easily dropped into it.

Re: Load blocks in every drawing

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:08:55 GMT

Well, not all of us.

I prefer to keep my drawings svelte so they don't all contain blocks and definitions (linetypes, dimstyles, etc.) that are seldom used and need purging and such.

My approach is to create a .dwg with the blocks that you need, then insert the .dwg when needed. In fact you could then set up a macro that would insert that .dwg with a simple command such as IA (Insert All)