Blocks and library

[peterg]

I have just created a load of blocks for future use, they where in the block panel, but have now disappeared?

is thewre a tutorial for creating a block library. Using 2026LT

[BIGAL]

As I have said many times I use POP menus for block libraries, you can select internal or external blocks for insertion. Pop menus should be fine in LT even earlier versions.

 

[Paul Li]

There was a time when I generated lisp files using dcl and image buttons to visually insert some typical block categories

[BIGAL]

@Paul Li very impressive answer.

[xurshid_viewport]

@peterg one thing that caught me out when I started with LT: the Blocks palette on the "Current Drawing" tab only lists blocks that live inside the drawing you have open. If you made the blocks in a drawing and then purged or never saved it, they are gone from the panel, and a new drawing will not show them either.

 

What I do now is save each block to its own file with WBLOCK into one folder, for example D:\Blocks\Doors and D:\Blocks\Furniture. In the Blocks palette there is a Library tab, and you can point it at that folder, so every file in it shows up as an insertable block in any drawing. LT 2022 has it, I use it daily for doors and windows. Tool palettes work too if you prefer dragging from a panel.

[Paul Li]

@xurshid_viewportNow that you mentioned about wblocking each block as a dwg my free BlockApps actually comes with a new command called DDBlkCat which automates this process:

https://marketplace.autodesk.com/apps/6d9671d7-7999-4998-b6a2-3fb959ee8a46?priceId=33599053-c530-44ac-9260-a1283eceb325

[BIGAL]

@xurshid_viewport Just a comment I use pop menus to display blocks as you will see in an early post here. once the block dwg's are made I use a custom lisp to write most of the mnu code required just saves a bit of time., it just reads a list of dwg names some shorthhand with a full path if required and full dwg name, using a support path makes it easier. So if making lots from scratch worth the coding effort. Happy to help will need to find code been a while since I made a mnu. Using the @Paul Li code to write dwg name  is handy.

 

[->LIBRARY]
[FURNITURE]^c^C^p(lay_furn);$I=FURN $I=*
[SANITARY]^c^C^p(lay_furn);$I=SANIT $I=*
[KITCHEN]^c^c^p(lay_furn);$I=KITCH $I=*
[BATHROOM]^c^c^p(lay_furn);$I=BATH $I=*
[--]
[<-TREES]^c^c^p(lay_tree);$I=TREES $I=*
                             
...................

***icon
**FURN
[FURNITURE:]
[CTONE(CHAIR-1)]^c^cINSERT ca3ch-1 DRAG \1;;DRAG
[CTONE(CHAIR-2)]^c^cINSERT ca3ch-2 DRAG \1;;DRAG
[CTONE(SOFA-1)]^c^cINSERT ca3sof1 DRAG \1;;DRAG
[CTONE(SOFA-2)]^c^cINSERT ca3SOF2 DRAG \1;;DRAG
[CTONE(TABLE4)]^c^cINSERT ca3tbl4 DRAG \1;;DRAG
[CTONE(TABLE6)]^c^cINSERT ca3tbl6 DRAG \1;;DRAG
[CTONE(RTAB1)]^c^cINSERT ca3rtb1 DRAG \1;;DRAG
[CTONE(RTAB2)]^c^cINSERT ca3rtb2 DRAG \1;;DRAG                             
                             

 

Edited October 22 by BIGAL