Creating Dynamic Blocks (using a door as an example) - AutoCAD 2023

In this video I explain the steps as I demonstrate them on how to create a dynamic block. We start by creating a door block from scratch, editing in the block editor and associating actions to parameters. Dynamic Blocks are a great way to save time when creating drawings in AutoCAD! I hope you find this helpful!

0:30 - Drawing a Door
1:36 - Turning the Door into a Block
2:32 - Opening the Block Editor
2:57 - Assigning Linear Parameters
3:33 - Introducing "Grips"
3:43 - Selection Cycling Tool
4:08 - Assigning Actions to Parameters
7:25 - Assigning Flip Parameters & Flip Actions
10:45 - Adding in the Alignment & Basepoint Parameter
11:34 - Save Block