By roband on Tuesday, 14 July 2026
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Is there a way to use blocks stored in the Discipline Graphics library as a Reference Note Amenity?

What I'm trying to do (which I think I've done in the past) is to use Area Drain blocks that are stored in Discipline Graphics>Area Drains and add those as an amenity-type Ref Note. I'm unable to do so either through regular Ref Note creation by selecting Amenity>Generic or by placing an instance of the block from the Discipline Graphics library and then attempting to "edit object" to convert into a Ref Note.

I see that there are some area drains in the Plan Graphics library that I have access to, but this does not contain all the area drains that are in the Discipline Graphics>Civil location. I don't recall if the area drains in the Discipline Graphics were originally put there by me, or if those might have been part of Land F/X's block library organization at some point.

Do I need to move the Area Drain blocks in the Discipline Graphics library to the Plan Graphics library? If so, what is the best way to accomplish this?

Thanks for any help you can provide!
The best way will be to copy the files into the plan graphics section.

Jake and I just chatted about this based on your question, and we're going to add the utilities and electrical blocks from discipline graphics over to plan graphics as well. However, it's going to take a bit of time to save them all in, I'm not sure it'll be done fast enough for you to use right away.

Here's how to save them in as custom blocks in the plan graphics folder for now:
Creating Your Own Block Subfolders
Custom Blocks Missing from Plan, Elevation, and/or Detail Blocks Folders


-Amanda
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Amanda,

Thanks! Having access to the area drain, utilities, and electrical blocks through the Ref Notes will be great. I appreciate y'all taking the time to add them over in the plan graphics. I can certainly make do by saving the few I need currently myself.

Thanks again!
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