Annotative Blocks

Commands: BLOCK and EXPBLOCKS

The annotative property of a block is either set when creating the block definition or afterwards, in the Drawing Exlorer / Blocks dialog.

Annotative blocks can have an optional property to always match the orientation of a layout, independent from the rotation of the viewport content.

To make a block definition annotative

1. Open the Drawing Explorer / Blocks dialog.

2. If necessary, choose Detail View.
   Annotative block definitions have the Annotative icon () displayed.

3. Click in the Annotative field of a block definition to toggle the annotative property on/off.

To match the orientation of a block to a layout

1. Open the Drawing Explorer / Blocks dialog.

2. If necessary, choose Detail View.

3. Click the checkbox in the Match Orientation field of a block definition to toggle the Match Orientation property on/off.