DEALING WITH BLOCKS - AutoCAD 2010 Essentials - page 169

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You have two choices, either to save the changes to the block, or simply to
discard these changes.
If you double-click on a block, it will start the same command.

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EDITING BLOCKS (METRIC)

Workshop 7-A
1. Start AutoCAD 2010.
2. Open the fi le Workshop_07.dwg .
3. Start the Edit command in the Block panel.
4. Select one of the doors you inserted. Once the dialog box appears, click
OK .
5. Select the arc representing the swing of the door. Right-click and select
Properties .
6. Change its layer to Door_Swing .
7. Change the Linetype scale = 200.
8. Close the Properties palette.
9. Click Save changes .
10. You will see now that all the door swings change to dashed linetype.
11. Save the fi le and close it.

EDITING BLOCKS (IMPERIAL)

Workshop 7-B
1. Start AutoCAD 2010.
2. Open the fi le Workshop_07.dwg .
3. Start the Edit command in the Block panel.
4. Select one of the doors you inserted. Once the dialog box appears, click
OK .
5. Select the arc representing the swing of the door. Right-click and select
Properties .
6. Change its layer to be Door_Swing .
7. Change the Linetype scale = 10.
8. Close the Properties palette.
9. Click Save changes .
10. You will see now that all the door swings change to dashed linetype.
11. Save the fi le and close it.