Save Sections as Blocks, Drawings, or Tools

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Save Sections as Blocks, Drawings, or Tools

 

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Save Sections as Blocks, Drawings, or Tools

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Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

To save section block components on separate layers

1. Click Home tabSection panelCreate Block. At the Command prompt, enter sectionplanetoblock.
2. Click a section object.
3. In the Generate Section/Elevation dialog box, click 2D Section/Elevation or 3D Section.
4. In the expanded dialog box, click Section Settings.
5. In the Section Settings dialog box, in the list of properties, click the Layer box under the section component that you want to update.
6. In the expanded Layer list, specify the layer on which to place the section block component:
   • To set an existing layer name, click *ObjectByLayer* or the name of another layer. Go to step 7.
   • To create a descriptive label to be added to the block section layer names, click New Layer Name Settings.
7. In the New Layer Name dialog box, specify how the descriptive text will look:
   • Under Added Text Type, specify whether you want the descriptive text to be a prefix or a suffix.
   • Under Text Added to the Existing Layer Name, enter descriptive text to be added to the layer name.

   Click OK.

8. In the Section Settings dialog box, click OK.
9. In the Generate Section / Elevation dialog box, click Create.

 Command entry: SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK