Load blocks in every drawing

[Lex_van_Ham]

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?

[pendean · Accepted solution]

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

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

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:

[gotphish001]

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.

[Anonymous]

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)