Graphics Programs Reference
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Inserting a Symbol
You can recall the Tub and Toilet blocks at any time, as many times as you want. In this section,
you'll draw the interior walls of the bathroom first, and then you'll insert the tub and toilet.
Follow these steps to draw the walls:
1. Delete the original tub and toilet drawings. Click the Erase icon in the Tool Sets palette,
and then enter All ↵↵ to erase the entire visible contents of the drawing. (Doing so has no
effect on the blocks you created previously.)
2. Draw a rectangle 7´-6˝ × 5´. Metric users should draw a 228 cm × 152 cm rectangle. Orient
the rectangle so the long sides go from left to right and the lower-left corner is at coordi-
nate 1´-10˝,1´-10˝ (or coordinate 56.0000,56.0000 for metric users).
If you use the Rectangle icon to draw the rectangle, make sure you explode it by using the
Explode command (Modify Explode from the menu bar). This is important for later exercises.
(See the section “Unblocking and Redefining a Block” later in this chapter if you aren't familiar
with the Explode command.) Your drawing should look like Figure 4.2.
FIGURE 4.2
The interior walls
of the bathroom
Now you're ready to place your blocks. Start by placing the tub in the drawing:
1. In the Tool Sets palette, click the Insert icon. You can also choose Insert Block from the
menu bar or type I ↵ to open the Insert Block dialog box (see Figure 4.3).
FIGURE 4.3
The Insert Block
dialog box
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