Blocks

John,

In the mode of editing the block you can mirror individual or groups of entities (using sketch commands).

If you are looking for a complete mirroring of the block as an entire "instance", then I'd suggest saving a copy of the original block. Explode the copied block and then mirror (and/or rotate, move, scale the entire sketch using Tools/Sketch Tools/Modify.

In either the edit block or explode block modes you can change the line style, thickness and/or color using the Line Format tools.

It's good practice to make sure the scale of the draw> I'm experimenting with blocks for (nearly) the first time in SWX, and was

John, Per's explanation seems to refer specifically to blocks in drawings, which I have no experience with. Since you asked about line patterns I assume that's what you were looking for, but to add to that... In a part / assembly sketch, you can mirror individual blocks (including about a centerline contained in the block). You can switch the entire block back and forth between construction and not- construction geometry, but doing so effectively edits the block and turns everything inside to one or the other.

-Mark

Thanks for the comments.

Seems like yet another enhancement request is required....... I've been used to this functionality on the 3 previous CAD systems I've used.

John H

As someone who has never used blocks in SW (I did when I used AutoCAD for 12 years). What are you making blocks of and how do you use them.

Note - this is not meant as a jibe - just wanting to know how others are doing things so that I may adapt them for my own use.

Thanks,

Len