Load block (.ldblk)
Purpose
Reads a block file .ldblk — a definition saved with Export, including its sub-blocks — into the current drawing and attaches the main block to the mouse for placing. Context: Block files.
Access
- Panel Blocks: button 📂 Load block (.ldblk) (2 in the picture at Blocks).
- Command search : type Load block.
The command has no button in the ribbon or the classic toolbar; the block commands live in the section Blocks of the panel on the right, in the right-click menu and in the command search.
Procedure
- Start the command; the browser's file dialog opens (.ldblk or .json).
- Choose the file. The main block hangs at the mouse: Block "Name" loaded — a click places it (hanging at the mouse), ESC finishes. Continue as in Inserting instances.
- If a block with the same name already exists, the browser asks — in German, this question is not translated: Block "Name" existiert in dieser Zeichnung bereits. OK = als Kopie importieren · Abbrechen = Import abbrechen. OK imports the block as a copy named Name (2), Cancel cancels the import and keeps the existing block; existing blocks are never overwritten.
Rules
- Only files with the identifier liberodraft-block are accepted (Not a valid LiberoDraft block file (.ldblk)); read errors report Block import error: ….
- Sub-blocks of the file are loaded too; the name comparison applies to them as well.
- Counterpart: 💾 Export in the section Blocks or in the Block manager writes Name.ldblk into the download folder (Block "Name" exported: Name.ldblk (incl. n nested)).
- For a library of many parts the standard part library on the server is the better way; its files have a different format.
Keys
| Key | Effect |
|---|---|
| Esc / right-click | end placing — the definition stays in the drawing |
Related commands
- Block manager — export, rename, delete
- Insert local standard part — standard part file instead of block file