blocks

[jimbobjewel]

i am just starting with autocad and trying to learn how to creat a block. Trying to create a block of a tree and have it 15 ft in diameter.in can draw it but from there am confused. can some one explain it to me?

THANK YOU for your help

[Dadgad]

You can use the WBLOCK command, follow the prompts on the commandline and in the dialog box and it is very simple. You just need to decide where you want to store it.

[profcad]

Use the BLOCK command. This will create a block inside of the current drawing. If you want to export the block out to separate drawing use the WBLOCK command.

[eldon]

If you make the block for a diameter of 1, then you can easily insert it at various scales to match the actual diameter.

[BIGAL]

Like Eldon also make it on layer 0 this way when you insert a tree say on layer trees it will adopt that layer properties say green in colour.

[nicolas]

You can use command alias B for Block, select the objects making the tree, select a base point and name the block. Then use command alias I for Insert the block. The block created with the BLOCK command is native to the current drawing. If you need to insert it in another drawing, you need to copy/paste for few blocks or use Design Center [CTRL+2] in case you have multiple blocks and want to save time. With WBLOCK, you can have the block saved in a separate dwg file say tree.dwg for easy reference.