Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
This dialog box will allow users to insert a hyperlink inside the block to
take them to a website, a drawing fi le with more details, an MS Word fi le,
an Excel fi le for calculation, etc.
After you fi nish, when you approach the block, you will see something
like the following:
As you can see, the shape of the hyperlink will be displayed and a help
message will appear telling you to hold the [Ctrl] key and click the block
to open the desired link.
Write any description for your block.
Select whether to allow this block to be opened in the block editor (block
editor is an advanced feature used to create dynamic blocks) or to keep it
off for the time being.
When you are done, click
OK
.
Now, let's imagine that our drawing has a cabinet, the door of the cabinet
will be opened, and the defi ned block will be put inside it. This block will be
intact. Even when you insert it, you will only insert a copy of it.
You can defi ne as many blocks as you wish.
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CREATING A BLOCK (METRIC)
Workshop 3-A
1. Start AutoCAD 2010.
2. Open the fi le
Workshop_03.dwg
.
3.
Make layer 0 current.
