kdajuicy.blogg.se - How to explode a block in autocad 2014

Hint: there’s now a much better way than using the FLATTEN command.

That’s it! The next CAD tip will discuss how to flatten the 3D object into a 2D object.

Position the object as desired relative to the origin point.

Click in empty space when the object is oriented properly.

Select the circle in the plane of rotation.

Change to Hidden visual style. Select the 3D object and get the Rotate gizmo.

The object appears but orientation needs correcting.

When the white and blue button in the lower right says “completed,” click on the button, right-click, and choose “Insert.”.

Select the STEP file and hit OPEN. Close the dialog box that says it’s processing.

Make sure the Files of Type selector is set to STEP files.

Go Insert tab > Import panel > Import button.

Make sure you’re in the 3D Modeling workspace.

This is part of a project I completed recently with much trial and error, so I hope this tip, along with an upcoming Part 2, will save you a lot of time and angst.

The video shows the process of importing a highly detailed 3D speaker file. This post shows how to import a STEP file into AutoCAD, and how to change the 3D object’s orientation to align properly with the view cube and standard AutoCAD views. To see the YouTube video version of this tip, CLICK_HERE, or just click on the video at the bottom of this post. Remember that Blocks can be scaled, clipped using the XCLIP or CLIPIT commands, etc so consider other options before exploding them.This tip is the first of this site’s tips to be supplemented with a video version of the tip, both here and on YouTube. If they have been created as blocks is for a reason, so exploding them might screw up someone else's effort. The Block should explode.Īs I said before, be careful about exploding blocks (specially in a multiuser environment).

Now select the Block, enter X for EXPLODE. You will see that the "allow exploding" option is unselected. Then on the drop down list search for the block you are unable to explode. The trick is to open the block definition dialog box (type "b", or "block") without selecting anything.

If you don't know that this exists, you might find yourself unable to explode a block that you really, really, really need to explode (I am no fan of Block exploding, I mostly hate people who do that as a hobby, but sometimes you do need to explode them). You will be asked to select the individual components of the block again for editingsimply put a window around the intended block and press an. If the displayed block is correct, click okay to exit the dialog box. One of this is the option to not allow the block to be exploded. Select the block you wish to edit and then you will see the dialog box found in Figure 1. When a Block is created there are several options that sometimes are overlooked. Do you find yourself unable to explode certain Blocks? Don't despair, the solution is easier than you might think.