12. Blocks and the Blocks box

B / make a block

1. ①
   Select the objects you want gathered → type B → Enter.
2. ②
   Type a name for the block and press Enter.
3. ③
   Click the base point (the place that becomes the insertion point).

= loose objects become “one block”.

X / explode

Select a block and press X → Enter = it returns to lines, circles, arcs and text.

U puts it back together.

The Blocks box

A shelf for storing blocks across drawings. Type PARTS → Enter.

• To register: select a block and press + in the Blocks box. (Loose objects need B first, to make them a block.)
• Enclose several with a window and every part inside comes in at once. Somebody else's parts library may hold hundreds in a single file, so enclosing just the part you need and cutting it out is quick. Enclose the same part any number of times and only one card appears on the shelf.
• To place: click a card → click where it goes. You can go on placing. Right-click = finish.
• 置く間は、画面のいちばん下に【部品の帯】が出ます＝倍率を決める所。・1（実寸）＝家具・建具・図枠など、実寸で描いた部品（既定）・縮尺（×分母）＝紙の mm で描いた記号（電気・設備）を、ページ設定の縮尺の図面へ置くとき（1:50 なら 50倍。記号の「紙の字高×縮尺」と同じ物差し）・【倍率】の欄＝数字を直に。50 でも 1:50 でも 2:1（＝0.5）でも、式でも。押したまま引けば、ゴーストが指について育ち、放した大きさで置けます（サイズクリック＝記号・バルーンと同じ）。カチッと押すだけなら帯の倍率のまま。倍率は蔵に残しません＝図面を替えれば 1 に戻ります（明日の家具が 50倍で出ないように）。
• The shelf itself is nothing but a folder and DXF files. Your parts are stored in an open form that any CAD program can read.