
The attributes can be changed with the Attribute tool. Blocks with the attributes set to “By Block” will initially adopt the attributes assigned to the layer.The block’s attributes will change if the layer’s attributes are changed. Blocks with the attributes set to “By Layer” will adopt the attributes of the layer they are inserted in to.The block needs to be edited to change any of the attributes.

color set to blue, width set to 0.18 mm, etc) will retain those attributes when inserted into a drawing. In addition to the specific attributes, pen attributes (Color, Width, Line Type) also include “By Layer” and “By Block”.

On the Block Editor toolbar, click Save Block Definition. In the Properties palette (Ctrl+1), under Block, select the Allow Exploding option. Pay particular attention to the Attributes when creating blocks. In the Block Editor, make sure nothing is selected. Note: You cannot precede the name of a block with an asterisk to explode the blocks objects during insertion, as you can with INSERT. You can enter (tilde) at the prompt to display the Select Drawing File dialog box.

Generally layer “0” should only be used when creating blocks and should be the only layer in a drawing for a block. How do you make a Blockert block in Autocad Enter the name of the block to be arrayed. More importantly in the context of blocks, it is equivalent to “no layer”, similar in the way that color “By Block” is equal to “no specified color” or line type “By Block” is equal to “no specified line type”. It is the default layer for new drawings.
