BLOCK PANEL

Icon Shortcut/
Image Name Function
Command
Inserts a block or
Insert
INSERT drawing into the current
Block
drawing.
Edit
Edits attributes in a
Attributes EATTEDIT
block reference
(Single)
Edit Edits the variable
Attributes -ATTEDIT attributes of a block
(Multiple) individually or globally
 Restores the original
visibility of each block
Retain Attribute Display ATTDISP
attribute, visible or
hidden

BLOCK DEFINITION PANEL

Creates a block
Create
BLOCK definition from selected
Block
objects
Saves selected objects or
Write
WBLOCK converts a block to a
Block
specified drawing files
Creates an attribute
Define
ATTDEF definition for storing
Attributes
data in a block
 Manages the attributes
Block Attribute Manager BATTMAN for a selected block
definition
Opens the block
Block
BEDIT definition in the block
Editor
editor.
Sets the insertion base
Set Base
BASE point for the current
Point
drawing
Updates block
references with new and
Synchronize ATTSYNC changed attributes from
a specified block
location
 REFERENCE PANEL

Inserts
references to
external files
Attach ATTACH such as other
drawings, raster
images, and
Underlays
Clip a block,
externally
referenced file,
Clip CLIP
or viewport to a
specified
boundary
 Adjust the fade,
contrast,
brightness and
monochrome
Adjust ADJUST settings of an
image or
underlay
(DWF, DWFx,
PDF, or DGN)
Controls the
Underlay
ULAYERS display of layers
Layers
in an underlay
Frames Settings for
Settings Vary DWF, DWFx,
FRAME PDF, DGN,
and image
Hide Frames
frame vary
Display and Settings for
Plot Frames DWF, DWFx,
FRAME PDF, DGN,
Display But
and image
Don’t Plot
frame vary
Frames
Snap to Enables or
Underlays On disables object
snapping for
geometry in all
UOSNAP DWF, DWFx,
Snap to PDF, and
Underlays Off DGN underlay
attachments in
the drawing
 Edits a block or
an external
Edit reference
REFEDIT
Reference directly within
the current
drawing
Turns on or off
the fading effect
Xref Fading XDWGFADECTL applied to
externally
referenced
Opens or
closes the
External EXTERNAL
External
Reference REFERENCES
References
Palette
 POINT CLOUD PANEL

Launches ReCap
to index scans
Autodesk
RECAP and create and
ReCap
edit pint clouds
project file

Attaches point
POINTCLOUD cloud scan and
Attach
ATTACH project files to a
drawing

IMPORT PANEL
 Imports data
from a page of a
PDF file
PDF Import PDFIMPORT
into the current
drawing as
AutoCAD
Imports data
from a DGN file
into the current
DGN Import DGNIMPORT
drawing as
AutoCAD
objects
Imports data
from a FBX file
into the current
FBX Import FBXIMPORT
drawing as
AutoCAD
objects
 Import files of
different formats
Import IMPORT
into the current
drawing

DATA PANEL

Inserts a string of
text that can be
updated
Field FIELD
automatically as
the field value
changes
Manually
updates the
Update Fields UPDATEFIELD fields in selected
objects to the
current value
 Inserts a link or
OLE Objects INSERTOBJ embedded
object
Attaches a
hyperlink to an
object or
Hyperlink HYPERLINK
modifies an
existing
hyperlink

LINKING & EXTRACTION PANEL

Displays the
Data Link DATALINK Data Link
Manager
 Updates linked
data from an
Download from DATALINK
external data file
Source UPDATE
to a table in the
current drawing
Updates linked
data from a table
Upload to DATALINK
in the current
Source UPDATE_W
drawing to an
external data file
Extracts drawing
data and merges
data from an
DATA
Extract Data external source
EXTRACTION
to a data
extraction table
or external file
 Assigns geographic
Set GEOGRAPHIC
location information to a
Location LOCATION
drawing file

CONTENT PANEL

Opens or Closes the

Design Center ADCENTER
design center window.

Find and download

models drawings, and
Autodesk
SEEK specifications of
Seek
products for the building
industry
COMPUTER
AIDED
DRAFTING
 INSERT
The Insert tab lets you work with references, multi-view blocks,
blocks, attributes, and content from external sources like Content
Browser and Autodesk Seek.