-INSERT — Insert (command line)

Inserts a block or a drawing asking at the command line.

• Command: -INSERT · Global name: _-INSERT · Alias: -I
• Ribbon: Insert › Block
• Menu: Insert

Inserts a block or a drawing asking everything on the command line, without opening the Blocks palette. This is the INSERT used in scripts.

Usage

1. Enter -INSERT (or -I).
2. Enter the block name. You can also enter the path of a DWG or DXF file (C:\drawings\door.dwg), name=path to give it another name, ~ to choose the file in a dialog box or ? to list the blocks.

Enter block name or [?]:

3. Specify the insertion point. The block follows the cursor.

Specify insertion point or [Scale/Rotate]:

4. Enter the scale factor or specify a point: its distance to the insertion point is the scale.

Specify scale factor <1>:

5. Enter the rotation angle in degrees or specify a point in the desired direction.

Specify rotation angle <0>:

6. If the block has attributes, enter the value of each one; Enter keeps the default value.

Options

• Scale (S): before specifying the point, sets the scale; the block already moves at that size.
• Rotate (R): before specifying the point, sets the rotation.

Notes

• The scale is uniform (the same in X, Y and Z) and cannot be 0. For a different scale on each axis, use the INSERT palette.
• An inserted drawing is copied as a block named after the file, with its layers, linetypes, styles and blocks. If a block with that name already exists, the existing one is used.
• The preview shows at most 2000 objects of the block.

See also

INSERT · BLOCK · WBLOCK · SCRIPT · Blocks and attributes