Hello
I recently downloaded the software in question and am experiencing some difficulties.
I have a problem with the blocks, not for the creation but for the creation of a file
to create a library.
Could someone help me? Thank you.
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See this COM thread
http://www.lynkoa.com/forum/3d/peut-creer-sa-propre-bibliotheque-de-bloc-dans-draftsight
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Hello
What exactly is the problem? Just create a file with several blocks in it, right?
Because there is no DesignCenter (or Palette) in the free version of DraftSight.
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Hello
Indeed, I manage to create several blocks in the same file
and when (within the same file) I request the insertion of a block,
The list of the various blocks created appears correctly.
The problem arises when I want to recall these blocks in a different file
of the block creation process.
I found the "save blocks in a file" form ExportMplan command but I sin (it seems to me) on the creation of the destination file ...?
A standard file doesn't do the trick?
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I think I have identified the problem but still not solved...
At the end of the ExportMPlan command, I have to determine in which folder to save my newly created block file. This is where I crash because in the end I save my block as a new file in its own right and not as a file inside a folder.
And the problem is... that I simply don't know how to create a folder...!
Thank you for your patience.
Indeed I just tested and we have to create a new file with ExportMPlan.
So for me the easiest way is to keep a DWG file open and copy and paste the blocks you want to keep.
For more readability when you have a lot of blocks, you can add a text annotation just below to find them more easily with a search (CTRL + F).
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Hello and thank you for your help.
I'll try to explain to you where I am and where I'm stuck. It remains to be seen whether what I desire
is achievable on the free version of DraftSight...?
DraftSight is a clone of AutoCAD, so I'm looking to reproduce the logic I apply
on the latter. (logic that escapes me... but which I imagine to be quite classic
on all CAD software)
To create a block library on AutoCAD:
1/ Opening a file for drawing the different blocks.
For example, everything related to the various types of wood joinery.
This file (source) will have the following path: DDUR/AutoCAD/menuiseriesbois.dwg
2/ I create a destination file to which all my blocks will be sent (it is in this file that
I'd go get my blocks)
This file (destination) will have the following path: DDUR/menuiseriesbois.dwg
3/ For example, I draw a door in the source file.
4/ I transform the simple drawing into a block so that I can call it from any other file.
On AutoCAD, I use the WBLOC command at the end of the input, I save the block under the destination file
giving it a name: DDUR/carpentry/porte.dwg
To create a block library on DraftSight.
1/ Opening a file for drawing the different blocks.
For example, everything related to the various types of wood joinery.
This (source) file will have the following path:
ProgramData/DassaultSystèmes/DraftSight/Example/menuiseriesbois.dwg
(no worries for this operation)
2/ I create a destination file to which all my blocks will be sent (it is in this file that
I'd go get my blocks)
This file (destination) will have the following path: ???? I don't know where to create it...
3/ For example, I draw a door in the source file. (no worries)
4/ I transform the simple drawing into a block so that I can call it from any other file.
On DraftSight, I use the ExportMPlan command at the end of the input, I save the block under the destination file
by giving it a name: ?????? as I didn't manage to create the destination file... I can't send it anywhere...