Outlet autocad blocks

Insert wire connection attributes and related pin attributes. Save and insert the symbol onto a drawing. In the Symbol Repository, click Import. In the Open dialog box, find and select the file you want to import, or enter the name of the file at Filename, and click Open.

Click Close. Enjoy cross-platform workflows with AutoCAD web and mobile apps. Subscription includes AutoCAD, specialized toolsets, and apps. This feature is predominantly intended for pasting a building floor projection to a drawing and sketching electro-installation. The drawing imported from AutoCAD gets converted to an image. It is not possible to edit the individual objects lines, blocks etc.

These blocks can come from various drawings. Block definitions can be stored in any drawing file. Inserting a drawing file as a block also imports all of its block definitions into the current drawing.

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Login or. Visitors: Category Vendor. Animals Annotation Bathroom Fixture Toilette, WC Ceiling Construction details Fittings Decoration Devices Computers Electronics Optical 8. Sliding Drawing elements Entertainment Music instruments Exterior Street furniture Foliage, trees, plants Furnishing Furniture Seating Industrial Food, drinks To keep items lined up, draw some temporary sketch lines if needed. Just remember to delete them before you do your final save and close of the block.

With the duplex and a quad outlet and a data outlet all in one block, there are now four possible scenarios or Visibility States: the duplex or the quad outlets by themselves or combine each one with a data outlet for total of four visibility states. Now that we have a more flexible outlet, another issue that often comes up is that we sometimes need to flip the data outlet or TV outlet to the other side of the power outlet.

For this, I will add a Flip parameter and a Flip action. Tip: When adding new parameters and actions and you have multiple visibility states, make sure you are on the state that you wish to perform the new action.

This is not a deal-breaker, as it can be corrected with a few extra steps, but keep it in mind. For the flip action, I will select the Flip parameter on the Parameters palette. A prompt will require selecting two points. The two points will be the line that I will mirror or flip about and will be placed at a location on the block symbol that represents a good mirror location line.

Since my block base point is at 0,0 and it is symmetrical, I will type 0,0 for the base point. Once the parameter is placed, I switch to the actions section of the palette and choose the Flip action. The purpose of the Flip action is to mirror or 'flip' something like the data jack to the opposite side of the power outlet. When adding an action to a dynamic block, I need to select the Parameter and then the objects that the action will affect—in this case, the data jack.

Remember to test the block before moving on to other features. Do the same flip action for objects in each visibility state for any items that require flipping. In the case of the duplex and quad outlets with data combination, I will make sure that the Flip action is visible in each state.

Now that we have added the Flip parameter and action, another one that could come in handy is the Move action. An example for this would be an outlet that has a GFI text item placed next to it. Depending on how busy the drawing is, the GFI notation may need to be moved around to remain readable. The Move action does not have a Move parameter, so I need to choose another parameter to accomplish this.

On the Parameters palette I will select the Point parameter option and place it at the insertion point of the GFI text. This will become my move grip. On the Actions palette, I then select the Move option and select my Point parameter and then my text when prompted to select objects.

Note that the GFI text may show up on the quad or duplex outlet, so when I place the GFI text and move parameter I will want to make sure that it shows up in any visibility state where it is an option. There are multiple buttons on the visibility state menu. One allows selecting objects to be turned off in the current state hidden open square , and another allows turning objects on in the current state solid filled square.

In order to turn objects on in the current state that aren't visible, I will need to select the third option, which is represented by two squares—one shaded, one open. When this option is selected, all items appear on the screen but those that are not in the current visibility state will be greyed out or lighter.

Select the single shaded square to select items that you want on in the current state. For this you will need to select both the text and the move parameter and action.

When adding features, be sure to Saveas to each block name and verify that the proper default state is set to current. I continued these options to add TV outlets as well as a center shaded area in the outlets to show whether an outlet was to be installed at standard height or at countertop height. After that I added a couple specialty outlets and combinations. With all these additions, I now have a total of 12 visibility states within one block see Figures 9 and There are far more powerful options in the dynamic block palettes that are not covered here, but I encourage you to investigate them and see how they can benefit you further.

For instance, the rotate, scale, and stretch parameters and actions will add even more flexibility to your blocks.