To Work With Multi-View Blocks

Change the attributes of a multi-view block in a drawing. For example, you can change the rotation or the scaling factor.

There is a multi-view block contextual ribbon in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 that you can use to access commonly-used commands. Select the multi-view block in the drawing to display this ribbon tab.

Note: If you select a multi-view block in a drawing and the multi-view block contextual ribbon is not displayed, use the EXPLODE command to explode the multi-view block. 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 change the rotation of a multi-view block

1. Click View tabPalettes panelProperties Find.
2. Select the multi-view block.
3. On the Properties palette, expand Basic. Expand Location.
4. Enter a value for Rotation.

To change the multi-view block definition associated with the multi-view block

1. Click View tabPalettes panelProperties Find.
2. Select the multi-view block.
3. On the Properties palette, expand Basic. Expand General.
4. Click Definition. Select a new multi-view block definition for the multi-view block.

To change the scale factor of a multi-view block

1. Click View tabPalettes panelProperties Find.
2. Select the multi-view block.
3. On the Properties palette, expand Basic. Expand Scale.
4. Enter new values for the X, Y, and Z scale factors.