topic Re: Add drawned objects to existing block in AutoCAD LT Forum

Add drawned objects to existing block

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:46:55 GMT

How can you add objects that are already drawned add to an existing block.

Re: Add drawned objects to existing block

h_s_walker — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:16:43 GMT

Welcome to the Forums

1. Make sure that the block and whatever you want to put in the block are both at 1:1 scale

2. Select the items you want to put in the block.

3. Right click. Move down to clipboard and choose COPY WITH BASEPOINT (or Ctrl+Shift+C)

4. Choose a fixed point in your block, doesn't matter where (as long as it is an endpoint / intersection / insert point)

5. Edit the block

6. Paste using the point you selected in 4.

Re: Add drawned objects to existing block

victor_a_weiss — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:18:44 GMT

You can also change the scale of the objects you put into the block editor using the scale command, and select only the new objects. For this you can use two known points as reference.

Re: Add drawned objects to existing block

cadffm — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 18:03:12 GMT

Already drawend?

First choice: Command RefEdit

Re: Add drawned objects to existing block

h_s_walker — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:25:45 GMT

Should have checked the date @cadffm. I answered it back in 2016

Re: Add drawned objects to existing block

cadffm — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 10:35:23 GMT

😉 I did

but1 / Victor answered the days.. and I replied to him.

but2 / and all of the answer, incl. yours. are scale dependend.

My answer, an real added value (refedit), works for scaled references too, so

Re: Add drawned objects to existing block

stephenP66RM — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:10:02 GMT

I hope this isn't too late to add, but there is another way. Again, you need to have the block being the same scale as the target geometry.

Right click on the block, and choose Edit Block in-Place. All lines other than the block will be editable. However, all lines can be selected.

Select the lines you want to bring into the block by clicking on them. On the REFEDIT toolbar, clock the icon with the green plus (+) symbol. All selected items are now part of the geometry, and in the same position relative to the block origin where you brought them in. If you want to remove any geometry from the block without deleting them, select the lines, then click the red minus (-) symbol.

When you've finished, click the icon with the disc symbol to exit with saved changes.

Please note: this doesn't copy the original geometry: this just pulls the geometry off the main drawing space into the block.

Re: Add drawned objects to existing block

sruthishimnas — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:05:41 GMT

thank you so much, your comment was extremely helpful. i was looking for the exact same method

Re: Add drawned objects to existing block

stephenP66RM — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:44:39 GMT

Glad to have helped!