To Insert Multi-View Blocks

Insert multi-view blocks into a drawing by dragging and dropping them from the Tool Palette, or by referencing their definitions using DesignCenter.

After a multi-view block has been inserted into the drawing, additional references can be added by using the mvblockadd command.

Predefined multi-view blocks are located in the following folder by default:

Tutorial Exercise: Moving Multi-View Blocks to a Surface

To insert a multi-view block into a drawing using the Tool Palette

  1. Click Home tabPalettes panelTool Palettes Window.
  2. Right-click anywhere on the Tool Palette’s vertical bar, and click Civil Multiview Blocks.
  3. Locate the block to insert by clicking the named tabs.
  4. Click the block and drag it into the drawing window.
  5. Specify the insertion point and rotation angle.
Note: Multi-view blocks are embedded in an enclosing block reference when they are initially inserted and must be exploded before they can be recognized by AutoCAD Civil 3D as a multi-view block object.

Use DesignCenter to insert a multi-view block into a drawing.

Note: Multi-view blocks are embedded in an enclosing block reference when they are initially inserted and must be exploded before they can be recognized by AutoCAD Civil 3D as a multi-view block object.

To insert a multi-view block into a drawing using DesignCenter

  1. Click Home tabPalettes panelDesign Center.
  2. In DesignCenter, select the folder containing the DWG file or files (do not select individual blocks within the DWG files).
  3. From the DesignCenter preview pane, drag the image representing the multi-view block DWG file into the drawing.
  4. Specify the insertion point, if prompted.
  5. Specify the scale, if prompted:
    • To specify a scale value, enter a value at the Command prompt.
    • To dynamically set the scale, use the pointing device, and click when you see the appropriate scale.
  6. Specify the rotation angle, if prompted:
    • To specify a rotation value, enter a value at the Command prompt.
    • To dynamically set the rotation, use the pointing device, and click when you see the appropriate rotation
  7. To insert additional references to the multi-view block, repeat steps 3 - 6. 3.
  8. Press Enter to finish inserting blocks.
Parent topic: About Multi-View Blocks

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