You can switch between Detail view (list), Icon view (thumbnails) and Tree view. For example, you can specify whether a block is Annotative or Explodable. You can see how many instances of a block are in the drawing and you can modify basic block properties. The Drawing Explorer lists all block definitions in the drawing and includes relevant information and controls.
The drawing explorer access from the Quad. If you launch the Drawing Explorer with the EXPBLOCKS (XB) command, it automatically displays the panels for Blocks. It's also accessible via other methods including the EXPLORER command. It centralizes all named drawing content (including blocks) in a single dialog box!Īccess Drawing Explorer from the General menu on the Quad. In fact, Drawing Explorer does much more than that. You may remember that Drawing Explorer offers a central location to manage all the style definitions in your drawing. In this post you will learn how to use the Drawing Explorer to manage your blocks and add your block library to BricsCAD for easy access. In the last post we looked at how to work with Xrefs. In this series you will learn about CAD blocks: what they are, why we use them and how to create, edit, and insert them in BricsCAD ®.
