{"id":4676,"date":"2016-08-09T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=4676"},"modified":"2020-04-07T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T22:03:07","slug":"blocks-tuesday-tips-with-dieter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/blocks-tuesday-tips-with-dieter\/","title":{"rendered":"Save Tons of Space with AutoCAD Blocks: Tuesday Tips with Dieter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s such an honor and delight to substitute for Lynn as she takes a well-deserved vacation!<\/p>\n<p>How can you cram 130 MB of 3D solid modeling data into a 3.3 MB drawing file? Use AutoCAD blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, I was experimenting with a customer&#8217;s engineering drawing. There were about 7,000 3D solid objects representing about 50 unique parts. The engineer had created a block definition for each unique part, and then inserted the block multiple times. Each additional block insertion took very little storage space.<\/p>\n<p>Out of curiosity, I started exploding the blocks, one definition at a time. After exploding about two-thirds of the block definitions, the file size had increased to 90 MB, and AutoCAD was not happy!<\/p>\n<p>So: When you&#8217;re using a\u00a0part or component multiple times in a single drawing, consider storing it as an AutoCAD block definition.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bonus-tip-create-blocks-for-managing-data\"><strong>Bonus tip! Create blocks for managing data<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Even uncomplicated objects, such as rectangular polylines representing tiles in a bathroom, can benefit from being stored as blocks. In this example, you can get an accurate count for each type of tile. You can attach name, price, and description information to them, and you can create a schedule linked to a spreadsheet from the data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/tuesday-tips-with-dieter-managing-blocks_ggd76s.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4679\" data-lbwps-width=\"592\" data-lbwps-height=\"456\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/tuesday-tips-with-dieter-managing-blocks_ggd76s-300x231.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4679 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/tuesday-tips-with-dieter-managing-blocks_ggd76s.png\" alt=\"AutoCAD Block Library. Tuesday Tips with Lynn and Dieter\" width=\"592\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/tuesday-tips-with-dieter-managing-blocks_ggd76s.png 592w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/tuesday-tips-with-dieter-managing-blocks_ggd76s-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bonus-tip-2-snap-blocks-together\"><strong>Bonus tip 2! Snap blocks together<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dnngwl1yi\/image\/upload\/v1572908650\/tuesday-tips-with-dieter-snapping-blocks1_yerw0c.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4682\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4682 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/tuesday-tips-with-dieter-snapping-blocks1_yerw0c-150x150.png?cld_params=w_198,x_137,y_0\/h_150,w_150\" alt=\"AutoCAD block with grip. Tuesday Tips with Lynn and Dieter\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>In some situations, it\u2019s handy to use grips with blocks. Here\u2019s how it works.<\/p>\n<p>Normally when you select a block, you see only the block insertion point as a grip.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dnngwl1yi\/image\/upload\/v1572908649\/tuesday-tips-with-dieter-snapping-blocks2_sgmjw4.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4685\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4685 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/tuesday-tips-with-dieter-snapping-blocks2_sgmjw4-150x150.png?cld_params=q_auto,w_auto:100:483\/h_200,w_200,x_141,y_0\/h_150,w_150\" alt=\"AutoCAD blocks snap to grips. Tuesday Tips with Lynn and Dieter\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>By turning on the GRIPBLOCK system variable (also accessible from the Options dialog box, Selection tab), you can display all the grips in a block. Using\u00a0these grips you can snap blocks together, or to other objects, simply by clicking the grip and clicking the destination.<\/p>\n<p>This trick works because blocks don\u2019t stretch in the default **Stretch** mode, so they simply &#8230; move.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, yeah. Press F3 to turn off object snaps during this operation so they won\u2019t interfere with the grips.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"want-to-learn-more-about-autocad-blocks\"><strong>Want to learn more about AutoCAD blocks?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If I\u2019ve whet your appetite for more information about AutoCAD blocks, pop over to this other AutoCAD Blog post \u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/hitchhikers-guide-basics-of-autocad-blocks\/\">The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to \u2026 the Basics of AutoCAD Blocks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"want-to-learn-more-about-using-autocad\"><strong>Want to learn more about using AutoCAD?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re new to AutoCAD or an experienced and efficient veteran, you really ought to\u00a0take a few minutes to check out\u00a0these\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/campaigns\/inspired-by-autocad?_ga=1.183213221.227930517.1461857052\">resources\u00a0for new AutoCAD subscribers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"autocad-tuesday-tips-the-adventure-continues\">AutoCAD Tuesday Tips: The Adventure Continues \u2026.<\/h2>\n<p>Last week\u2019s AutoCAD Tuesday tip with Lynn \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/autocad-command-line-tips-tuesday-tips-lynn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three More AutoCAD Command Line Tips<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next week\u2019s AutoCAD Tuesday tip with Dieter \u2026\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/autocad-cursors-tuesday-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AutoCAD Cursors \u2014 Turn Crosshairs into Windows Pointers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t wait a week for your next tip? Now you can get 60+ tips all at once when you register\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/campaigns\/inspired-by-autocad\/best-lynn-allen-tips-tricks\">download Lynn Allen&#8217;s \u201cbest of\u201d AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT tips book<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s such an honor and delight to substitute for Lynn as she takes a well-deserved vacation! How can you cram 130 MB of 3D solid modeling data into a 3.3 MB drawing file? Use AutoCAD blocks. Last week, I was experimenting with a customer&#8217;s engineering drawing. 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