To Insert a Drawing File as a Block Using the Blocks Palette

1. Click Home tabBlock panelInsert. Find
2. Do any of the following:
   • Click Recent Blocks.
   • Click Favorite Blocks.
   • Click Blocks from Libraries.
3. From any tab in the Blocks palette, click Insert DWG as Block ().
4. Specify a drawing file to insert as a block.
5. Use either the click-and-place or drag-and-drop method to insert the DWG as a block into the current drawing.
6. At the bottom of the Blocks palette, choose one or more options to control the placement, scale, rotation, and automatic repetition. If you want the objects in the block to be inserted as individual objects instead of as a single block, select Explode.

Note: The slight delay in generating the blocks thumbnail preview does not affect the block insertion.