Block toolbar
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Block
Define a block object.
![Toolbar: Block](../image/command_icons/blockedit_block_rt.png)
BlockEdit
Allow selecting a block instance to change the block geometry and update the block definition.
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Insert
Insert block objects stored in the file or import a file as a block definition.
![Toolbar: Block](../image/command_icons/exportwithorigin_rt.png)
ExportWithOrigin
Save objects to a new file with a specified origin and construction plane.
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BlockManager
Opens the Block Definitions panel for managing the block definitions in the model.
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BlockEdit
Allow selecting a block instance to change the block geometry and update the block definition.
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ModelBasepoint
Set a world origin that is used when inserting the model into another.
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ReplaceBlock
Replace block instances with a different block definition.
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ExplodeBlock
Explode a block including any nested blocks into component objects.
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BlockManager, Update All
Updates all blocks in the model.
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AddMissingBlockAttributeKeys
Restores the Attribute User Text that has been deleted from the properties of a block instance.
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ConvertTextToBlockAttribute
Turns exiting text objects into block attributes.
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BlockResetScale
Resets the x, y, and z scales of a block instance to 1, or applies the best-fit scale to all axes.
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AddObjectsToBlock
Adds objects to an existing embedded block definition.
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CreateUniqueBlock
The CreateUniqueBlock command duplicates the block definition of a block instance and changes the block instance to reference the new block definition.
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ExportLinkedBlocks
Saves all the Linked and Embedded and Linked block definitions in the current model to a zip file.