The following tasks are used when you create and manage CAD drawing blocks.
Use this procedure to add a new instrument block type or a user-defined general block type in the Drawing Block Types folder of the Domain Explorer.
Use this procedure to add a block to a block type.
View a Drawing Block in a CAD Application
Use this procedure to display a block it in your CAD application — SmartSketch, MicroStation or AutoCAD — depending on the settings you made on the Preferences dialog box.
Define Insertion Points for Blocks
In SmartSketch, AutoCAD or MicroStation, you can define the insertion point for individual blocks relative to the drawing origin (lower left corner). This enables you to use the same block in different positions in different loop drawings.
Copy Blocks to Another <Plant>
Use this procedure to copy one or more blocks that you select in the Drawing Block Types folder of the Domain Explorer to another <plant> that exists in the current domain.
Smart Instrumentation may encounter some difficulty in opening CAD blocks created in AutoCAD versions 2009,
2010, and 2011. To fix this problem, open the blocks in AutoCAD and use the Purge
command, then retry opening them in Smart Instrumentation. For more information consult the AutoCAD help.