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Fig. 9.6 The Insert tool icon in the Home/Block panel
Fig. 9.7 The Insert dialog with its Name popup list showing all the blocks
required under mouse control. Their angle of position can be amended at the command line, which shows: Command:_insert Specify insertion point or [Basepoint/Scale/ Rotate]: pick Command: Selection from these prompts allows scaling or rotating as the block is inserted.
4. Insert all necessary blocks and add other detail as required to the plan outline drawing. The result is given in Fig. 9.8.
Example – second method of inserting blocks 1. Save the drawing with all the blocks to a suitable file name. Remember this drawing includes data of the blocks in its file. 2. Left-click DesignCenter in the View/Palettes panel (Fig. 9.9) or press the Ctrl2 keys. The DesignCenter palette appears on screen (Fig. 9.10). 3. With the outline plan (Fig. 9.5) on screen the symbols can all be dragged into position from the DesignCenter.
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