Adding new blocks to Tool Palettes

brian@sclengineering.ca
brian@sclengineering.ca
in 2D Drafting

I'm having trouble saving new blocks to an existing tool palette. I insert 'Block A' for example into my drawing , save drawing and put it on my tool palette, works great until i open a new drawing and try to insert 'Block A', i get a "block with name "Block A' could not be found on drawing". Which i don't understand as all the other blocks on palette are not in drawing but insert fine. The source file seems to be linking to another drawing not where my blocks are saved. says — block not found and program will not let me update the source directory.

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  • Virgil
    Virgil

    Hello.

    Usually, by right-clicking on the block icon in the tool palette and choosing Properties, a Tool Properties dialog box opens.

    Inside the dialog box, there should be a Source file field.
    When activated, this field has an ellipsis (...) button at the right side.
    Clicking that button opens a Choose a file dialog where you can browse for the drawing file containing the block.

    If this browsing is not working, you could experiment by placing the source drawing in other folders.
    Maybe there are some Windows OS permissions that affect the current folder.