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Blocks: Syncing AutoCAD blocks in the Blocks palette (AutoCAD 2021), part 1

Blocks: Syncing AutoCAD blocks in the Blocks palette (AutoCAD 2021), part 1 - AutoCAD Tutorial

From the course: AutoCAD: Tips & Tricks

Blocks: Syncing AutoCAD blocks in the Blocks palette (AutoCAD 2021), part 1

- [Instructor] Welcome to a two-part series of AutoCAD tips and tricks. What we're going to be looking at is how we synchronize our blocks across drawings, using the Blocks palette. Now, for this particular two-part series, I'm going to be using the latest version of AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2021, and the reason for that is, is that there's some new technology available in the Blocks palette in AutoCAD 2021. Now, it's not obvious technology in the Blocks palette, but it does make a difference to the workflow and the process of how you work with your blocks in your AutoCAD drawings. Talking of drawings, we've got two drawings for you to download from the library to follow along with this two-part tips and tricks series. The first drawing is the one you can see on the screen, which is New Garden_BLOCKS.dwg. There's also a Landscaping_BLOCKS.dwg file, like so, and you can see it's got some elements in it, all on layer zero, so we got some planting, stepping stone, swimming pool, hot tub, and…

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