BMEXTERNALIZE command

Converts local mechanical blocks to external mechanical blocks.

BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Description

Local mechanical blocks are converted to external mechanical blocks with the Save Mechanical Block dialog box.

The external mechanical block drawing will inherit the template visual style, layers, and layouts from the parent document.

This procedure is repeated for each selected local mechanical block.

Options within the command

ASk for file names
Toggles the option to ask for file names of externalized mechanical blocks or to generate them automatically.
Yes
File names need to be entered.
No
File names are generated automatically.
Note: Some symbols used in mechanical block names cannot be used in file names and will be automatically replaced with another symbol, according to BMEXTERNALIZEILLEGALSYMBOLS system variable setting.
Entire model
Selects the entire model. The Save Mechanical Block dialog box displays for each local mechanical block in the assembly.