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Describe the advantage of using Write Block to clean up problem drawings.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
2 min.
Transcript
00:03
I purposely left some unused named items in the original drawing.
00:07
Let's use the purge dialogue to see what they are.
00:10
Go to the manage tab, find the clean up panel and click on purge.
00:14
OK.
00:15
There's a single block, a couple of dim styles,
00:17
a lot of layers and a half dozen textiles.
00:21
We'll close the purge dialogue with the close button at the bottom.
00:25
The advantage of using right block is that it adds only
00:28
what the new file needs to create the new geometry.
00:31
Let's open new sample
00:33
here. We see the new file in the same configuration as how we left the original.
00:38
Let's call up the purge dialogue from this new file.
00:41
You'll see that there is absolutely nothing available to purge close the
00:45
purge dialogue and click on the tab to go to chair seven.
00:49
It only has what it needs to create the entities. There are two layers as eb
00:53
fur
00:54
was the current layer when we did the right block.
00:56
Let's look at the terrace's drawing. Now
00:58
I'll click on its tab
00:60
again.
01:01
It only has what it needs to create that geometry.
01:04
Here's where that can become vitally important.
01:07
This can be used to your advantage when trying to clean up a problem drawing.
01:11
Yes,
01:11
purge and audit have their own advantages but sometimes things still don't work.
01:16
For years.
01:17
Autocad users have used right block on their entire drawing to clean out junk.
01:21
This could be proxy objects, libraries, bad links, whatever
01:25
many a drawing file has had its health restored
01:28
with the right block command over the years.
01:31
So whether it's used for making block libraries or to clean up problem drawings,
01:35
right block is an important tool to know about.
Video transcript
00:03
I purposely left some unused named items in the original drawing.
00:07
Let's use the purge dialogue to see what they are.
00:10
Go to the manage tab, find the clean up panel and click on purge.
00:14
OK.
00:15
There's a single block, a couple of dim styles,
00:17
a lot of layers and a half dozen textiles.
00:21
We'll close the purge dialogue with the close button at the bottom.
00:25
The advantage of using right block is that it adds only
00:28
what the new file needs to create the new geometry.
00:31
Let's open new sample
00:33
here. We see the new file in the same configuration as how we left the original.
00:38
Let's call up the purge dialogue from this new file.
00:41
You'll see that there is absolutely nothing available to purge close the
00:45
purge dialogue and click on the tab to go to chair seven.
00:49
It only has what it needs to create the entities. There are two layers as eb
00:53
fur
00:54
was the current layer when we did the right block.
00:56
Let's look at the terrace's drawing. Now
00:58
I'll click on its tab
00:60
again.
01:01
It only has what it needs to create that geometry.
01:04
Here's where that can become vitally important.
01:07
This can be used to your advantage when trying to clean up a problem drawing.
01:11
Yes,
01:11
purge and audit have their own advantages but sometimes things still don't work.
01:16
For years.
01:17
Autocad users have used right block on their entire drawing to clean out junk.
01:21
This could be proxy objects, libraries, bad links, whatever
01:25
many a drawing file has had its health restored
01:28
with the right block command over the years.
01:31
So whether it's used for making block libraries or to clean up problem drawings,
01:35
right block is an important tool to know about.
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