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Product: Autodesk Inventor

Topic: Sketch Symbols the Equivalent of AutoCAD Blocks

Written by: Craig L. Bashor, Technical Engineer

Date: January 1, 2009

Have you ever wondered while in an Inventor IDW/DWG, “how do I create a block?” With the DWG Trueconnect

you can you copy and paste a block out of AutoCAD and into Inventor. Doing a copy and paste from AutoCAD

there is some limited functionality, for example having a leader attached to the AutoCAD block. In this tip, I will

show you how to create a Sketch Symbol and use it in an IDW/DWG.

1. With an IDW/DWG open, expand the Drawing Resources, right click on the Sketch Symbols folder and

select Define a Symbol.

2. Now begin sketching the geometry you will use in the symbol. Use dimensions and constrains to fully

constrain the geometry.

3. Select a point anywhere on the geometry and then select the Set the Insertion Point Grip command for

the insertion point.

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4. Now you may want to select the other corners and select the Connection Point Grip command so that the

symbol can snap to the other symbols, the title block and border.

5. Next, right click any where in the screen and select Save Sketch Symbol. Then in the Sketch Symbol

dialog give you new symbol a name.

6. Now locate you new symbol in the browser under the Sketch Symbols folder, right click on it and select

either Symbols… or the Insert command to use it in your drawing.