The Trinity Block Library Palette¶
All block libraries are accessible from the Trinity Block Libraries palette. At any time, you can insert Blocks into your drawing.
From the Trinity Block Library palette, you can:
Access the Block Library Manager
Display Blocks from a specified block library
Insert Blocks from the current block library into the active drawing
Delete Blocks from the current block library
Search a Block in the current block library
Control the display of Blocks in the Trinity Block Library palette.
Use the BlockLibrary command to display the Trinity Block Libraries palette.
Toolbar
Use the buttons on the toolbar at the top of the Trinity Block Library palette to access and use Blocks from your block libraries.
Block library drop-down list: Displays available block libraries.
Insert
: Lets you insert the specified Block in the graphics area.Delete
: Deletes the specified Block.Open block library
: Opens the Block Library Manager.Displays a file selection dialog box for choosing a drawing file or one of its Block definitions to insert into the current drawing as a Block.
Display options
: Click the arrow to select one of these display modes:Display thumbnails and captions
Display only thumbnails
The Sort by option lets you display the Blocks in an ascending or descending order according to the drawing name.
Refresh
: Refreshes the list of available block libraries and the gallery. For example, if new Blocks were added externally to the current block library, they will be displayed in the gallery.
Search field
Lets you filter the Blocks displayed in the gallery by specifying a part of their name. When you are typing a string, the gallery filters the Blocks from the specified block library and displays only Blocks that contain the specified sequence of characters in their name. Filtering based on the Block name is always case insensitive.
To remove the active filter, click Close 
on the right side of the search field.
Block gallery
Displays thumbnails for each Block from the block library. Thumbnails update when you modify and save the Block. Optionally, you can display captions for thumbnails.
Right-clicking a thumbnail displays a menu with the following options:
Insert. Inserts the specified Block as if you used the InsertBlock command.
Delete. Deletes the specified Block from the block library.
To insert a Block from the Trinity Block Library palette:
Do one of the following:
Drag a Block into the active drawing.
Right-click a Block and select Insert from the context menu.
The Block appears attached to the mouse cursor.
Under Position, for X, Y, and Z, specify coordinate values, or select Specify later to specify the insertion point on screen.
Under Scale:
For X, Y, and Z, specify the scale factor for each axis.
- or -
Click Specify later to define the Block size during insertion. Specify the Corner option, then define the opposite point of the rectangle where the Block is to fit.
- or -
Click Apply uniform scale, and for X, specify a scale factor. A scale factor of:
1: Inserts the Block at its original size.
Less than 1: Reduces the size to the percentage of the original size specified by the factor.
Greater than 1: Increases the size.
Under Rotate, for Angle, specify a value or select Specify later to set the rotation angle in the graphics area during insertion.
Under Block UnitSystem:
You cannot edit the Units or Scale. If Scale is unequal to 1.0, then the drawing units differ from the Block units.
Select Explode Block to explode the Block into its component entities. A Block loses its characteristics when exploded. You can explode uniform scaled Blocks only.
Use the Ctrl key to toggle through the available insertion points.
Click a point to place the Block.
Access
Command: BlockLibrary
Menu: Tools > Trinity Block Library
Ribbon: Insert > Palettes > Trinity Block Library
Related Topics
Hiding the Trinity Block Library Palette
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