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FiGuRE 7.18 The Enable Grips Within Blocks option
using the List Command to Detect a Block
You can use the LIST command to learn more about a block:
1. Click the List button from the Home tab Properties panel, or enter
LI at the Command: prompt.
2. Click the back door block, and then press .
The AutoCAD text window temporarily covers the drawing area
(see Figure 7.19). In the text window, you can see the words BLOCK
REFERENCE Layer: “A-DOOR” , followed by 12 lines of text. These 13
lines describe the block you selected.
The information stored in the text window includes the following:
What the object is (block reference)
The layer the object is on (A-DOOR layer)
The name of the block (A-DOOR-36IN)
The coordinates of the insertion point in the drawing
The X, Y, and Z scale factors
The rotation angle
3. Press F2 to close the AutoCAD text window.
4. Right-click, and choose Repeat LIST from the context menu.
5. At the Select objects: prompt, select each of the lines that make
up the back staircase, click one of the wall lines, and then press .
 
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