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- posted 07/25/07 by Todd Hunter Multiblocks Are Swell
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A Mulitiblock is a block that has more than one graphic value. This is useful for substituting large numbers of blocks with varying style blocks In the example from the previous entry, we substituted a grove of DWG tree blocks with styled blocks that were all the same type of tree. If we wanted the same grove to be substituted with blocks different species of trees we could use a multiblock to do it in one command.
To create a multiblock, in the Saved Blocks list, select the desired blocks from the list by holding the Ctrl key and picking. Then, right click and select Create Multiblock.
A new block is created with the default name Multiblock 1. If you hover your cursor over the new block thumbnail, you see a flyout that shows all of the blocks that now live within the multiblock. Now when you use the multiblock to substitute a DWG block, all of the DWG blocks will be substituted randomly using the group of blocks that live in the multiblock.
User Comments
Cool, I had no idea Impression did this.
Thanks Todd
Posted 8/10/2007 6:14 PM by Nick Van Laar