Inside AutoCAD® 2002

Redefining Blocks with In-Place Reference Editing

The ability to redefine blocks with In-Place Reference Editing was new in AutoCAD 2000. This feature allows you to edit an inserted block, altering its child objects and automatically redefining all block insertions. Although this feature allows you to edit inserted blocks, its real power is found in its ability to edit attached external references in the current drawing and save the changes to the original drawing (for more information, see Chapter 14, “Working with Drawings and External References Productively”). Nonetheless, you can use it to quickly edit an inserted block without having to explode the block. The following exercise shows you how.

Exercise 13.6 Editing a Block with In-Place ...