Posted by georgesbasement on Aug 05, 2017; 2:50pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/How-to-Create-a-Block-tp5715012p5715150.html

There appear to be two ways of creating a block, but neither is intuitive.

1. There is a Block item in the top menu line, and when I select "create block" I am allowed to select each item separately of the nineteen than I have drawn, select a reference point, and when I press "Enter" I am prompted to enter a name. When I select "save block" I am told that no block has been activated to save, but all the nineteen entities are indicated as selected, but not their associated text.

2. There is a set of block icons in the menu bar that lies along the left side of the screen, within which I can activate the Select window and then define my block by sweeping the cursor with the mouse from upper left to lower right, whereupon every one of the nineteen entities that I have drawn, along with their text elements, show that they have been selected ... but I have progressed no further with that approach.

Which one will produce my intended block ?

Once that is done and I have successfully saved the block, my plan is to copy it and paste it into my drawing after rotating the entire block by 180 degrees.