Additional products : Connect : Connect for AutoCAD : Working with Connect for AutoCAD : Inserting entities into a drawing
Inserting entities into a drawing
Connect for AutoCAD features, such as moving entities using a move box and synchronizing locations, allow you to insert entities such as persons and/or assets as block references. Inserting a block reference for these entities is determined by the following rules:
Persons
When using a move box:
• The block (Applied symbol name) from the move box is used.
• If the block (Applied symbol name) is not present in the target drawing or in the AutoCAD search paths, the default block that is defined in Settings for inserting persons or assets is used.
• When synchronizing, the default block that is defined in Settings for inserting persons or assets is used.
Assets
When using a move box:
• The block (Applied symbol name) from the move box is used.
• If the block (Applied symbol name) is not present in the target drawing or in the AutoCAD search paths, the block (AutoCAD symbol name) from the move box is used.
• If the block (AutoCAD symbol name) is not present in the target drawing or in the AutoCAD search paths, the default block that is defined in Settings for inserting persons or assets is used.
When synchronizing:
• The AutoCAD symbol name from Planon ProCenter is used.
• If this block is not present in the target drawing or in the AutoCAD search paths, the default block that is defined in Settings for inserting persons or assets is used.
Block Attributes
When you use a move box to move assets and/or persons from one drawing to another, the block attributes will also be moved. If the block in the target drawing does not contain the block attributes, you can choose to append these attributes to the block in the target drawing by checking the option Append new attributes on the Move box dialog box.