Smart Blocks: Search and Convert

AutoCAD 2025 offers more smart block solutions to streamline your design process. In this release, you can easily convert multiple instances of selected geometry into blocks.

When you select geometry for conversion, AutoCAD finds and highlights all instances of the same geometry. You can then choose to convert the selected geometry and the found instances into a block.

When converting to an existing block, you have several options. You can pick a block from the current drawing, a recently used block, or similar blocks in your block library identified by the machine learning algorithm.

Note: Machine learning-suggested blocks are only available in AutoCAD.

After selecting an existing block definition, you can adjust the scale and rotation to determine how the selected block definition replaces the found instances.

Alternatively, you can convert the source object or the selected instances to a new block. In the Convert dialog box, define a new block by specifying a block name and insertion point. By default, the insertion point is set to the center of the selected geometry.

The ability to quickly convert repetitive geometry into blocks minimizes redundancy in the design process and provides a wider range of options for organizing drawings.

New Commands

BCONVERT - Opens the Convert dialog box and converts selected geometry and identical instances into blocks.

-BCONVERT - At the Command prompt, converts selected entities and identical instances into blocks.

New System Variables

BLOCKEXCLUDECOLOR - Sets the color highlighting for identified instances that should not be converted into blocks.

BLOCKINCLUDECOLOR - Sets the color highlighting for identified instances that can be converted into blocks.

BLOCKTARGETCOLOR - Sets the color highlighting for the specified instance from which the new block definition is created.