Block Break

GstarCAD 2027 → User Guide → Express Tools → Blocks

Function Description:

Working with block references that represent symbols are essential in some industrial application drawings like electrical schematics, piping, etc.
But a headache comes when try to place these blocks accurately overlapping or even breaking other objects on your drawing.
Now get rid of this headache with BLOCKBREAK command. This innovative tool is able to wipeout or breaks an object that is overlapped by a reference block.
For example, in some cases we may need to insert block symbols into a cable line in electrical schematic. And normally the cable line is required to be broken by the symbols at where the symbols are inserted. Similar request are also exists in other application designs.
After you input BLOCKBREAK command on the command line, the "Block Break" dialog box is displayed.

Command Access:

Icon:
Menu: Express > Blocks > Block Break
Ribbon: Express > Blocks > Block Break
Toolbar: ET: Blocks Tools >Block Break
Command: BLOCKBREAK
Alias: /

Command Prompts: /

Dialog Box Options

Name

List all available blocks created in the drawing.

## Browse

Browse to open specific drawing file.

## Pick

You can pick an existing block reference in the current drawing.

## Scale

Scales the block reference size according to X, Y and Z coordinates.

Uniform Scale: Keeps the original size of block reference.

## Rotation

You can rotate a block reference by inputting an angle value or keep aligned.

## Process Mode

You can use a block reference to break or wipeout objects when overlapping.

Break: Clip the hidden lines behind the block.
Wipeout: Wipeout background object(s) when a block reference is overlapped.