jamos Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Hi, I've been using autocad 2012 student version and all the blocks I've used in my dwgs up until now, is blocks I created myself or blocks that I get from someone else. Now, I've been told that autocad comes with a library of blocks in plan and elevation view. How do I access them? And: can anyone please tell me some more about tool palletes? Thanking you in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 AutoCAD does come with some (not many) dynamic blocks that can be found on the various tabs of your Tool Palettes. First though you have to have your Tool Palettes displayed on your screen. Do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuns Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 How do you access them while in AutoCAD? Type the "block" command and a window will come up with a drop down menu and a list of all the blocks you have. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it only displays the blocks that have been previously inserted into that specific drawing. Using the insert command you can browse for blocks in other drawings and insert them into the one your working on though. I'll let Mark take it since I don't know much in the means of blocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 The OP is inquiring about blocks that reside on tool palettes. If he hasn't used any of them their names would not appear in the list. Is that not correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Assuming you are in a Drafting and Annotation workspace go to the Ribbon, click on the View tab > Palettes panel and click on Tool Palettes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamos Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 O.k. I'm not at my computer right now, but I'll check out the tool palletesand see if I can locate any blocks there. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 What your Tool Palettes should look like. The palette that is displayed is the Architectural one. Some of the blocks available are for doors (plan and elevation), windows (plan and elevation), trees, vehicles, etc. Note that blocks may be offered in both Imperial units and in Metric units so do not use the wrong ones. As you may be able to tell from the image there are a number of different tabs. To name but a few: Civil, Electrical, Annotation, Hatches, and Tables. I would recommend reading up on dynamic blocks first as they are not like generic blocks at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamos Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Yes, thank you. I found them, although in there is almost nothing of importance. For the timebeing I will stick to my existing collection. Anywhere I can find or download blocks, especially blocks wich I can insert as plan-, or elevation view? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikekmx Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Yes, thank you. I found them, although in there is almost nothing of importance. For the timebeing I will stick to my existing collection. Anywhere I can find or download blocks, especially blocks wich I can insert as plan-, or elevation view? yes. after all that money on AutoCAD, then searching for what you expect to be more blocks than you could ever imagine :lol: i think perhaps (especially the dynamic blocks) they are just meant to be samples of what you can do, and to copy/modify/reverse engineer. plenty of blocks on-line. mostly quicker to make your own though and build a nice library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldon Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Hi, I've been using autocad 2012 student version and all the blocks I've used in my dwgs up until now, is blocks I created myself or blocks that I get from someone else. Do not use any of these blocks when you use paid-for AutoCAD, because they will all have the Educational watermark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 http://seek.autodesk.com Is one source of blocks (many others). You didn't indicate what type of blocks you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamos Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 Thank you JD, I'll check it out right now. Mostly I need blocks on windows doors etc. Most of the time I draw straightforward residential dwellings. All the blocks I've got is only elevation view. My mentor, he is using Caddie, uses blocks that you can insert either in elevation or plan view. That is what I'm looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 The best place to look for 2D and 3D blocks of doors and windows is on a manufacturer's website. Marvin, Anderson and Pella all have libraries of blocks in DWG and sometimes in DXF file format. The 2D blocks include plan, elevation and very detailed sections. Here is an example: http://pros.marvin.com/resources/2d-cad-drawings-windows-doors/ And another example: http://www.windowsymbols.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamos Posted August 25, 2013 Author Share Posted August 25, 2013 Thanx a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 If you use manufacturers blocks, take a good look at them. They often have too much detail and may contain a lot of information that you don't need. Stripping out that stuff could prevent problems in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 What kinds of problems are we talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Unforeseen problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Very informative. Can you name a problem you have had using a 2D or 3D block provided by a manufacturer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I already did, too much detail/information. My point is that it is good practice to take a close look at any block before using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Who was the manufacturer? What excess information was included that you found to be of no value or in excess of what you needed? Was this a plan view, elevation view or detail block? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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