Right-click on the object and select Copy from the contextual menu.

Find the frequently used object from the Chief Architect Core, Bonus, or Manufacturer catalogs.

Shortcuts/links to objects take up much less space on your system's hard drive, however, you won't be able to make custom modifications to the object until it is placed into your plan. To add shortcuts/links to frequently used objectsĪ shortcut/link to an object is different than making a copy of an object.

Once an option has been selected, you may either have to select an image or file from your system, or define the new object in the dialog that displays.

Once you have made your desired changes, block the components together once again and add the newly customized block back to the User Catalog.Note: For additional information on each of these options, navigate to Help> Launch Help and search your program's documentation or search the Knowledge Base. Instead, place the block into a view of your choosing, then click the Explode CAD Block edit tool to allow for editing. In legacy versions, the Edit CAD Block option was not available.

If you have added a standalone text object to the User Catalog and would like to edit it, select Open Object instead.

If you find in the future that you need to make modifications to the components within the CAD block, right-click on it once again and choose Edit CAD Block to open a separate window for editing.

With the block added, right-click on it and choose Rename to give it its own unique name.

With the newly created CAD block selected, click on the Add to Library edit button to add it to the User Catalog.

Only CAD, images, text, and dimensions can be contained within a CAD block. If you do not see the Make CAD Block edit button, then check to make sure your detail does not contain any architectural objects.

Once you have marquee selected the CAD object(s), click the Make CAD Block edit button to convert your selection to a CAD block.

Once the text is added, right-click on it and choose Rename to give it a new name. If you only want to add text to the User Catalog, select the the text object(s) you'd like to add, then click the Add to Library edit tool.

Using the Select Objects tool, click and drag a selection marquee around a CAD object, a CAD detail, or multiple CAD/text based items.

To do so, simply select one or more text objects, then click the Add to Library edit tool. Text objects can be added directly to the User Catalog without the need for them to blocked first. Once a CAD block is created, use the Add to Library edit tool to add it to the User Catalog for future use. How do I add these to the library for future use?īefore you can add CAD components to the User Catalog, a block must be created using the Make CAD Block edit tool. I have a CAD detail, a single CAD object, or text that I would like to be able to use in more than one plan. The information in this article applies to:

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