Subject: Saving a block as a separate drawing

You can save a block as a separate drawing, and then you can open and modify that drawing as you would any other drawing.

To save a block as a separate drawing file

1 Do one of the following to choose Explore Blocks ():

• On the ribbon, choose Tools > Blocks (in Explorer).

• On the menu, choose Tools > Explorer > Explore Blocks.

• On the Explorer toolbar, click the Explore Blocks tool.

• Type expblocks and then press Enter.

2 Select the block you want to save.

3 On the Explorer toolbar, click the Save Block tool ().

4 In the Save Block dialog box, select the folder in which you want to save the block.

5 In the File Name field, type a name for the new drawing file (or accept the default, in which case the new drawing name is the same as the name of the block), and then click Save.

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