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- posted 07/25/07 by Todd Hunter More Block Properties - Random Variation Substitutions
- More Properties
There are other properties you can adjust in the Substitute dialog. Before you hit OK, press the More Properties arrow in the lower right hand corner of the dialog. This expands the dialog and gives you other controls that allow you to tweak the way the blocks populate the canvas upon substitution. If you don’t want to scale the styled block to fit the bounding box of the DWG block, you can adjust the width and height here. Toggling the “padlock” icon will constrain the aspect ratio on or off.
There are other controls for adding variation to the size and rotation of the blocks as they are inserted.
Check the boxes next to Vary Scale and Vary Rotation to allow a random percentage of variance. For example, you can substitute a grove of trees that are all the same block name with styled trees that are all the same style, but inserted at different sizes and rotations. This helps a drawing have a more natural and random feel to it.
