Working with Arrays and Reusable Objects
In most of your drawings, you will find the same set of objects repeated in patterns. Additionally, you will notice that in many drawings, some of the objects can be reused, such as furniture, doors, or windows. Typically, we convert these objects into a single named object in AutoCAD called blocks, and then we use them wherever they are required. This chapter is all about making these patterns and reusable objects. We will begin this chapter with some advanced status bar modes, such as grid and snap, and then we will move on to learning about Arrays, as well as making and modifying blocks. Later in this chapter, we will also learn how to create groups and blocks containing attributes.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Using advanced status bar modes
- Making Arrays
- Working with blocks
- The Block Count feature
- Working with groups
- Working with attributes
So, let’s begin by looking at...