Converts selected entities and identical instances into blocks.
BCONVERT (Command): Select object to find matching instances to convert to blocks
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
Select
Provides option to select and review instances selected for block conversion. It also displays the number of total instances.
- Include existing blocks
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Specifies whether to convert blocks in the current drawing and geometry containing blocks or only the source object.
- Review instances
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Temporarily closes the dialog box so that you can review the selected instances for block conversion within the current drawing.
Convert instances to
Provides option to choose whether to convert selected instances into an existing block or create a new block.
- Existing block
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Converts the selected instances into an existing block.
- Select a block from current drawing. Displays a list of available blocks in the drawing.
- Select from drawing (
). Temporarily closes the dialog box so that you can specify a block from the current drawing that you want to convert the selected instances into.
- Suggested blocks. Displays machine learning-suggested blocks.
Note: Machine learning-suggested blocks are only available in AutoCAD.
- Recent blocks. Displays a list of recently used blocks.
- New block
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Converts the selected instances into a new block entity.
- Name the new block. Specifies a name for the newly created block.
- Basepoint. Specifies the insertion point of the new block which determines its position within the drawing. By default, the insertion point is set to the center of the specified geometry.
Assign block to layer
Provides option to select a layer to assign the block to.