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- posted 01/23/07 by Todd Hunter Q: How Do I Create Blocks in Impression? A: Like this..
- I did another webcast today. As the word on Impresion gets out, I have more and more people attending the live webcasts. If you have not been able to watch one yet, don't worry, there will be more. Keep your eye on the Comm Center in Impression for future dates.
I always field questions during the webcasts and today there was one in particular that makes me want to clarify some things about Impression blocks and how to work with them.
Creating a block is easy. A block can be created from any gemoetry on the canvas including bitmaps that you have opened or imported. The block palette has to be open first so just hit the F5 key to open it. so you can get to the Create Block icon. With the block palette open, simply select the desired gemetry or bitmap and select the Create Block From Viewport Selection icon.
You will see your block as a swatch thumbnail in the blocks palette list and you will be prompted to name your block. That is it! Your block is ready to be dragged onto the canvas and/or shared with another IRF file.
If you want to create a library of blocks, one way to do it would be to create all of your bloks in one IRF file and to save your IRF in a folder that would represent your library.