

The selected elements are combined to a block and the objects can no longer be individually edited. Select the graphical elements that are to be combined into a block and then select the menu item Edit > Other > Form block.You have opened a page, form, plot frame or symbol. Other than this, the component behavior is unchanged. Here too, a block is formed from the graphical objects, but the graphic just appears as part of the component. The collection of selected elements contains one component and several graphical objects or language-neutral texts:.A block reference that graphically represents this block is also inserted into the page. In this case, a block is created containing the selected graphical objects. The collection of selected elements contains only graphical objects and language-neutral texts:.When forming a block, the following cases are handled differently:

lines, circles, etc.) into a block, or break up an existing block into its original individual elements.Ĭombining individual records into a single record in this way reduces the storage requirements and increases the database access speed. You can use the two commands Form block and Break up block to combine graphical elements of a page (e.g.
