Have You Tried . . . August Edition

[dieters]

This month, we’re featuring an article on how to Insert Blocks Quickly with Tool Palettes. 

If you insert a lot of blocks into your drawing, this feature might be able to save you a ton of time!

Check it out.

In previous issues articles, we covered topics such as dynamic blocks, page setups, accelerated dimensioning, and so on. See what you think of them. We’re always open to your feedback and suggestions.

- Dieter

[dieters]

This month, we’re featuring an article on how to Insert Blocks Quickly with Tool Palettes. 

If you insert a lot of blocks into your drawing, this feature might be able to save you a ton of time!

Check it out.

In previous issues articles, we covered topics such as dynamic blocks, page setups, accelerated dimensioning, and so on. See what you think of them. We’re always open to your feedback and suggestions.

- Dieter

[stingers80-cgarchitect]

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@dieters wrote:

Good point, CADffm. That's indeed a different question and your advice is excellent regarding the location of block libraries. In summary

- Block definitions in drawings do not update automatically

- Block tools in tool palettes will update from the source if the block definition is not present in the drawing, but will not update if the block definition is already present in the drawing.

Thanks,

Dieter

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Ok, So I digged a little bit and found out that:

-As CADffm said, the tool pallette is sort of like an Xref. Everytime you drag something from it, it loads it from Original file where it was created from. So the file should be somewhere in Server and not deleted.

- When you want to insert the Tool: If the block is already existing in your drawing, There is a Redefine option if I right click on tool which will update the block in drawing. that's good because staff can instantly update their drawing with latest edition of block.

Thanks, Dieter & CADffm

[stingers80-cgarchitect]

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@dieters wrote:

Good point, CADffm. That's indeed a different question and your advice is excellent regarding the location of block libraries. In summary

- Block definitions in drawings do not update automatically

- Block tools in tool palettes will update from the source if the block definition is not present in the drawing, but will not update if the block definition is already present in the drawing.

Thanks,

Dieter

---

Ok, So I digged a little bit and found out that:

-As CADffm said, the tool pallette is sort of like an Xref. Everytime you drag something from it, it loads it from Original file where it was created from. So the file should be somewhere in Server and not deleted.

- When you want to insert the Tool: If the block is already existing in your drawing, There is a Redefine option if I right click on tool which will update the block in drawing. that's good because staff can instantly update their drawing with latest edition of block.

Thanks, Dieter & CADffm