AutoCAD – Advanced Dynamic Blocks
Release date:2021
Author:Shaun Bryant
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Regular blocks allow you to reuse a group of objects repeatedly, thus saving time and creating consistency in your AutoCAD drawings. Dynamic blocks take that power a step further, allowing you to adjust the shape, size, or configuration of blocks as you insert them. In this course, learn how to use dynamic blocks to their full potential in AutoCAD, as well as how to create them, using advanced techniques in the Block Editor. This course teaches you the basics, from working with existing dynamic blocks to setting up custom dynamic blocks. Instructor Shaun Bryant shows how to create standard and dynamic blocks, adjust block definitions with the Block Editor, add parameters (aka rules) to control block behavior, and control the visibility of objects in dynamic blocks with visibility states.
01 – Taking AutoCAD dynamic blocks to the next level
02 – What you should know before watching this course
03 – The file format for the exercise files
04 – The new interface in AutoCAD 2020
05 – What is an AutoCAD block
06 – Standard blocks
07 – Dynamic blocks
08 – Creating a standard block
09 – Using DWGs to store blocks
10 – Copying blocks from DWGs using the Blocks palette (ACAD 2020 only)
11 – Copy with Base Point
12 – Using Write Block (WBLOCK)
13 – Using dynamic blocks
14 – The Block Editor
15 – Using the Block Editor
16 – Creating the standard door block
17 – Adding parameters
18 – Adding alignment parameters
19 – Adding actions to parameters
20 – Testing the dynamic block
21 – Creating a wall sink block
22 – Adding basepoint and visibility parameters
23 – Adding visibility states
24 – Using the wall sink block
25 – Adding the angle parameter
26 – Adding the rotation action
27 – Adding the flip parameter and flip action
28 – Using the valve dynamic block
29 – Using a dynamic door block
30 – Using a dynamic bathtub block
31 – Setting up a drawing that contains blocks
32 – Using DesignCenter to create a tool palette
33 – Next steps
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