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Block

Define a block object.

Insert

Insert block objects stored in the file or import a file as a block definition.

BlockManager

Opens the Block Definitions panel for managing the block definitions in the model.

BlockEdit

Allow selecting a block instance to change the block geometry and update the block definition.

ModelBasepoint

Set a world origin that is used when inserting the model into another.

ReplaceBlock

Replace block instances with a different block definition.

ExplodeBlock

Explode a block including any nested blocks into component objects.

BlockManager, Update All

Updates all blocks in the model.

AddMissingBlockAttributeKeys

Restores the Attribute User Text that has been deleted from the properties of a block instance.

ConvertTextToBlockAttribute

Turns exiting text objects into block attributes.

BlockResetScale

Resets the x, y, and z scales of a block instance to 1, or applies the best-fit scale to all axes.

AddObjectsToBlock

Adds objects to an existing embedded block definition.

CreateUniqueBlock

The CreateUniqueBlock command duplicates the block definition of a block instance and changes the block instance to reference the new block definition.

ExportLinkedBlocks

Saves all the Linked and Embedded and Linked block definitions in the current model to a zip file.