AutoCAD 2008 User's Guide > Create and Modify Objects > Create and Use Blocks (Symbols) > Insert Blocks > 
Insert Blocks
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To insert a block defined in the current drawing

  1. Click Insert menu Block.At the Command prompt, enter insert.
  2. In the Insert dialog box, in the Name box, select a name from a list of block definitions.
  3. If you want to use the pointing device to specify the insertion point, scale, and rotation, select Specify On-Screen. Otherwise, enter values in the Insertion Point, Scale, and Rotation boxes.
  4. If you want the objects in the block to be inserted as individual objects instead of as a single block, select Explode.
  5. Click OK.
 Toolbar: Insert 
 Command entry: INSERT