Displays the Blocks palette, which you can use to insert blocks and drawings into the current drawing.
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From the Home tab, Blocks panel, click Insert to display a gallery of blocks in the current drawing without opening the Blocks palette. The other two options, Recent Blocks and Blocks from Other Drawings, open the Blocks palette to the corresponding tab.
- Inserting a drawing file as a block also imports all of its block definitions into the current drawing.
- If you enter -INSERT at the Command prompt, command options are displayed in the Command window.
Blocks can also be inserted from the DesignCenter and tool palettes.
Note: To access the classic Insert dialog box, use the CLASSICINSERT command.
Tip: A good practice is to insert a block from a block library. A block library can be a drawing file that stores related block definitions or it can be a folder that contains related drawing files, each of which can be inserted as a block. With either method, blocks are standardized and accessible to multiple users.