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of this, clicking an object when no command is started is a quick way to see
whether the object is a block:
1. At the Command: prompt, click one of the door swings. The door and
swing turn into dashed lines, and a square blue grip appears at the
hinge point, as shown in Figure 7.17.
FiGuRE 7.17 Blocks have only one grip, which is at the insertion point.
2. Press Esc to clear the grip.
3. Expand the Application menu, click the Options button at the bot-
tom of the menu to open the Options dialog box, and then click the
Selection tab.
The Grips area is on the right side and Show Grips Within Blocks is
unchecked by default (see Figure 7.18). If this option is checked, grips
appear on all objects in the block as if they weren't blocked when you
click a block with no command running. Leave this setting unchecked.
You can also change the size of the grip and any of the three color
states. By default, unselected grips are blue, grips that you click to
select are red, and grips over which you pause the cursor are green.
4. Click OK or Cancel to close the Options dialog box.
We'll look at grips in more detail in Chapter 12, “Dimensioning a Drawing.” You
might need to know more about a block than just whether something is one. If that
is the case, you'll need to use the LIST command.
 
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