If you don't select the Allow Exploding option, you will help protect blocks from accidental explosion. The only way that I know of to tell whether a block can be exploded (besides trying to explode it) is to look at the Explode option of the Insert Dialog window when inserting a block. If it is grayed out, then you cannot explode the block. 14 How do I edit a block in AutoCAD 2020?.12 Why can’t I edit block in place AutoCAD?.11 How do you Unjoin an object in AutoCAD?.3 What is the Block command in AutoCAD?.If the Explode option is clickable, then the block can be exploded. Right-click, and then click CAD Drawing Object > Properties. Click to deselect the Lock size and position and Lock against deletion checkboxes. Select an icon or a block name from the block definitions displayed in the gallery.You could use XREF’s instead of blocks and leave the referenced files in a write-protected access controlled folder, but you could still bind it as a block and edit it.Ĭonsidering this, how do you activate a block in AutoCAD? You asked, can we lock the block in AutoCAD? There is no viable way to permanently lock a block, what ever lock you apply can be picked and unlocked. I think BURST might be able to keep more than layers and attributes.Click the Blocks from Libraries option.Click the location for the block reference.

The interesting thing is if you use BURST, it will still use layer where the block is placed. If you move it to other layer, then it will also use that layer properties.īut what happened if you explode that block? All elements will be back to layer 0. When you place it in a drawing, it will use active layer properties. Let’s say you created elements in block using ByLayer. But apparently it’s not the only one that it can keep. So I think it was designed for attributes. It’s not just attribute valuesĪutodesk name it explode attributes. ‘Normal’ explode will convert block to default state and remove values that you’ve given. BURST is an express tool that can keep attribute value after you explode a block.

You probably already know about BURST command.

Any way to explode a block in autocad