One advantage to drawing in AutoCAD is the ability to quickly move drawing symbols (like toilets, doors, and furniture) between drawings. If it takes you 10 minutes to draw a chase lounge chair in AutoCAD, you can insert that chair into any other AutoCAD drawing in less than a minute.
This chapter includes and discusses the following AutoCAD commands and concepts:
- Drawing with Stencils and Blocks
- Creating a Custom Block
- The Block Command
- Inserting Blocks into your Drawing
- Exploding Blocks
- Exporting Blocks
- Editing Blocks
- Learning Exercise
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