{"id":7688,"date":"2018-01-30T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=7688"},"modified":"2020-04-07T17:22:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T00:22:14","slug":"redefining-blocks-autocad-designcenter-tuesday-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/redefining-blocks-autocad-designcenter-tuesday-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Redefining Blocks With AutoCAD DesignCenter: Tuesday Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever had instances of a block that you wanted to update with a newer version of the block from another drawing? One way to go about doing this is with the WBLOCK command, but <a href=\"https:\/\/knowledge.autodesk.com\/support\/autocad\/learn-explore\/caas\/CloudHelp\/cloudhelp\/2016\/ENU\/AutoCAD-Core\/files\/GUID-B3071AE7-76BB-436C-9BAE-CC54CFBD4F96-htm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AutoCAD DesignCenter<\/a> also offers an easy, quick way to do this.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"benefits-of-redefining-a-block\">Benefits of Redefining a Block<\/h2>\n<p>Redefining a block allows you to overwrite each block instance without changing the block name, all while keeping the original block\u2019s position. Alternatively, if you just copy a newer version of a block into your active drawing, the block will not update \u2013 it will instead inherent the active drawing\u2019s block definition. By redefining a block, there is no need for deleting, purging, and copying.<\/p>\n<p>In this example, I have a group of windows already placed in my current drawing as block instances.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-1_y2k8xp.png\" alt=\"Redefining Blocks With AutoCAD DesignCenter\" width=\"1016\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-1_y2k8xp.png 1016w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-1_y2k8xp-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-1_y2k8xp-768x381.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, I have a newer version of the block in another drawing, and I\u2019d like to update my current drawing with this one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-2_ssirgl.png\" alt=\"Redefining Blocks With AutoCAD DesignCenter\" width=\"993\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-2_ssirgl.png 993w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-2_ssirgl-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-2_ssirgl-768x346.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"taking-advantage-of-designcenter\">Taking Advantage of DesignCenter<\/h2>\n<p>To redefine an existing block with an updated version of the block from another drawing, open DesignCenter and navigate to the drawing that hosts the updated block. To access DesignCenter, click the View tab, then select the Palettes panel, and then DesignCenter. Make sure the target drawing (the one you want to update) is the active drawing in AutoCAD. In DesignCenter, navigate to the block category and select the updated block, right click, and select \u201cRedefine Block.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-3_evd1ch.png\" alt=\"Redefining Blocks With AutoCAD DesignCenter\" width=\"974\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-3_evd1ch.png 974w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-3_evd1ch-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-3_evd1ch-768x363.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All the instances of the block in your target drawing are automatically redefined with the new block definition; no deleting, re-copying, or changing of the block name needed. Task complete!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-4_zgjbda.png?cld_params=w_auto:100:1016\/q_auto,w_auto:100:1016\" alt=\"Redefining Blocks With AutoCAD DesignCenter\" width=\"1016\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-4_zgjbda.png 1016w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-4_zgjbda-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/design-center-4_zgjbda-768x420.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"more-tuesday-tips\">More Tuesday Tips<\/h2>\n<p>Check back next week for another entry in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/tag\/tuesday-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuesday Tips series<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever had instances of a block that you wanted to update with a newer version of the block from another drawing? 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