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Anchor11991199To insert a block into the drawing, simply drag it out of the Blocks Palette and drop it into your drawing. The inserted block will still be selected after you place it, so that you can move, scale, or rotate it. See Select Edit.Blocks are placed on Layer 0, even if their components are on other layers. Layer 0 should always be left visible, or blocks will instantly "disappear."
Tip: You can use the TC Explorer Palette to drag blocks to and from drawings. See Drawing Settings.

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Block In sertion Properties

These properties can be used if you want to change any aspect of the block instance - its location, scale, angle, or the block reference itself. For any block, open the Properties window and open the Block Insertion page.For example, a block was inserted, then moved, rotated, and resized.
Its Block Insertion page contains the current values for Position, Rotation, and Scale.
You can change the values in this window, or use the Select Edit tools and see the updated values in these fields.To replace a selected block with another block, select the replacement block from the list and click Replace with. Click OK to implement the change.

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Inserting Blocks into Another File or Application

You can also use the drag-and-drop technique to insert blocks into another open file.Dragging a block into another drawing accomplishes two things: it inserts the block into the target drawing, and it places the block into the library of the target document. The target drawing must be open and its window must be visible on the screen. (Use Window / Tile to see all open windows.) After you drag the block, the target file becomes the active window.Drag-and-drop can also be used to place blocks, symbols, or any selected objects into other Windows applications, such as Microsoft Word or graphics programs.
Note: You can also use File / Extract To to export all blocks into another file.

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Inserting Blocks from Another File

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The Insert / File tool can be used to insert some or all blocks from another file into the current drawing (see Inserting a File). If both drawing have blocks with identical names, you can choose whether to ignore or replace them.
Tip: You can also use File / Extract From to insert selected components like blocks (or layers or other settings) from another file into your drawing. However, this method will insert all blocks, without enabling you to pick and choose.

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