At the Command prompt, converts the selected entities and identical instances into blocks.
Stub topic for updated -BSEARCH command.
The following prompts are displayed.
Objects to convert to blocks
Specifies the geometry to convert into blocks.
- Instances
- Converts all selected instances including the source objects into blocks.
- Source Objects Only
- Converts only the source objects into blocks excluding any selected instances.
After choosing whether to convert the instances to an existing block or a new block, additional prompts are displayed.
- New block. Specifies the name and insertion point of the newly created block.
- Pick. Selects an existing block from the current drawing that you want to convert the selected instances into.
- Enter block name. Specifies a block that's already defined in the current drawing by entering its name.
- Block from file. Converts the selected instances based on a block from an external drawing file. Specify the file path and name of the block to be used for conversion.
- File as block. Converts the selected instances based on an external drawing file. Specify the file path and name of the new block to be used for conversion.
Note: When converting the selected instances using this option, a new block definition is created.
After selecting a block for conversion, you can adjust the rotation and alignment of the block relative to the source geometry.