What you’ll see is the old Insert dialog box that you might be more familiar with. To access the classic version of the INSERT command, type CLASSICINSERT at the command line. This was also the case in the past with commands like Array, Layer and XREF, which are now displayed in the newer updated dynamic mode dialog boxes and Ribbon tabs. In a lot of cases, when commands are updated or enhanced in a newer version of AutoCAD products, the old version of the command is still accessible through the “classic” option. If you’re really not a fan of the enhanced INSERT command and the new BLOCKS palette, there is always the option to go back to the previous version of the command. Once you’ve clicked on the block thumbnail and set the insertion options through the BLOCKS palette, it’s business as usual for placing blocks in the drawing left-click where you want the block to be, or zoom/pan to the pre-set Insertion Point that was specified in the options.

Setting the Insertion Options after you click on the block thumbnail will apply those options to the block you’ve selected for placement in the drawing (same as the bottom portion of the old Insert dialog).

Left-clicking on the block thumbnail is similar to selecting the block name from the drop-down list in the old Insert dialog box (it specifies which block you intend to use).

The new enhanced INSERT command in 2020 introduced a BLOCKS palette, which appears on screen and includes tabs for selecting blocks defined in the current drawing, recent blocks, and blocks from other drawings.Īlong with the tabs to access the blocks, the common Insertion Options for Insertion Point, Scale, Rotation and Explode are available down at the bottom of the palette with a new added function called “Repeat Placement” that allows you to continuously insert multiple copies without having to repeat the command or copy the block.įor some, the new BLOCKS palette might take a little bit of time to get used to, but here are some tips: In previous versions of AutoCAD-based products, the INSERT command would launch a dialog box containing options for selecting blocks and setting Insertion Point, Scale and Rotation.

Those of you who are working with the new 2020 versions of the AutoCAD product family may have noticed an enhanced INSERT command.

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