Exercise | Using DesignCenter

In this exercise, you use DesignCenter to insert two blocks that reside in another file into the current drawing. You also insert a text style from that file.

The completed exercise

1. Open C_Content-To-Reuse.dwg and C_Elevation-Presentation.dwg.
2. On the View tab, click Palettes panel > DesignCenter.
3. In DesignCenter:
   • Click the Open Drawings tab.
   • In the tree view, expand and show the categories under C_Content-To-Reuse.dwg and C_Elevation-Presentation.dwg.
4. In the tree view under C_Content-To-Reuse.dwg, click Blocks.

   

5. Drag and drop the block elev-conifer from the content pane to the front right area of the house as shown.

   

6. In the content pane of DesignCenter, double-click elev-deciduous.
7. In the Insert dialog box:
   • Under Scale, enter 2 for the X scale factor.
   • Under Scale, enter 4 for the Y scale factor.
   • Under Insertion Point, select Specify-On-Screen.
   • Click OK.

   

8. Click to position the tree to the left and down from the house as shown.

   

9. In the tree pane of DesignCenter, under C_Elevation-Presentation.dwg, click the Textstyles category. The only text styles currently in the drawing are Annotative and Standard.
10. Under C_Content-To-Reuse.dwg, click the Textstyles category.
11. In the content pane of DesignCenter, drag and drop the Present-Text style into the drawing area.

    

12. In the tree pane, under C_Elevation-Presentation.dwg, click Textstyles. The Present-Text style now exists and is available for use in this drawing file.
13. Close all files. Do not save.