Solid
Edge Tip of the Week
November
6, 2015
Solid
Edge - Turning on the List of Blocks in Solid Edge Draft
In
this Ally PLM Tip of the Week, we are going to look at the option to display
existing blocks on a Solid Edge drawing. If you are not familiar with blocks,
they are groups of 2D geometry. Native 2D geometry can be blocked within Solid
Edge draft or blocks from .dwg can be read into Solid Edge.
1) Open a drawing that has blocks. This may be a native Solid Edge file or something opened from AutoCAD:
Blocks:
2) Over in the Library
tab, toggle on the "Show Blocks" command:
3) Notice the Block
names will be listed under Active Document:
4) We can also select
blocks from other drawings and use them in our active document. Select a
dft/dwg from the folder above. Notice the preview of the block in the lower
window. CB Network protect is a block on the Circuit Protectors.dft file:
5) Drag and drop the block
into the active drawing:
6) We can create our
own blocks using the block command. To find out more information on the Block
command, search the Help or click F1 on the keyboard once in the Block
command:
7) There are sample
blocks/block libraries delivered in the installation directory of Solid Edge
here: C:\Program Files\Solid Edge ST?\Sample Blocks:
In this week's Tip of the
Week, we looked at how to display blocks in active and selected documents. For
more information, check out our Ally PLM Lunch Bytes session on 2D Diagramming
and Schematics: http://solidedgevideos.blogspot.com/2012/09/solid-edge-diagrams-and-schematics.html
Brandon Carter
Senior
Application Engineer
Ally
PLM Solutions, Inc.
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