Block > Resolve Block Instances (Library Menu)

This command can resolve instances of blocks. This means that the objects from which the blocks are made up are inserted into the drawing instead of the instance.

All the settings in the instance (position, rotation angle, scaling, transmission of properties) are kept, so that the newly created objects may be different from the original objects which made up the block.

This command cannot be used to resolve groups that were created using Release 2017 or later. Use the Group > Ungroup command instead.

Those instances to be resolved are chosen. Click on objects to choose them.

After choosing, the instances are resolved. Only one layer is resolved at a time. If the blocks which the selected instances refer to contain other instances, then they are not resolved. If necessary this must be done in a second step.

If there are no instances among the selected objects, then a warning appears. If all the instances in the object are to be resolved, this can be done by pressing the F10 Key to select all objects, choosing the command and repeating the process until the warning appears.

Some objects cannot be distorted. These are, above all, circles and circle parts, but also curves and surfaces which contain circle arcs. If an instance which is to be resolved contains such an object in distorted form, then the circles and circle parts are converted to ellipses and ellipse parts during resolution. Circle arcs within curves and surfaces can not be transformed. This leads, unavoidably, to problems in the display.