I just aquired autocad 2k for practice/learning. Have any of you a good source for house design/layout blocks?
Thank You
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These are varying levels of "free"
While you are about the web, go to dwggateway.com (that's two "g's") amd get their freeware for open any ACAD dwg and saveas any--this will help annoyances down the line.
http://cben.net/
http://www.cadmonkey.com/blocks.htm
http://www.draftsperson.net/index.php?title=Category:Free_AutoCAD_Blocks
http://www.cadopolis.com/
http://www1.n16blocks.com/
Now, fair notice--several of those are metric blocks in mm, some are in inches. Not all of the blocks you get are necessarily useful (there are a number of public domain blocks that are just line segments and not arcs or PLine rectangles; some have extraneous atttributes, too). So, having the blocks is not always the end of it.
You will likely want to pre-organize some folder/directory structure to store the blocks. Let me recommend starting with a folder called "Drawings" with a "Details" or "Blocks" subfolder within. Then, in ACAD, add that folder/directory to the Search Path (which is under Preferences).
The last batch of useful details I acquired as block libraries, I purchased for use in R12--I'm not sure that any are "left" not redrawn at this point. It's not necessarily a bad exercise to get other's blocks and redraft them, as that's a pretty simple and defined way to get up to speed.
Many fixture manufacturers have blocks available for their products. All the versions of Autcadd I have used came with the most common blocks such as doors, windows, sinks, etc., but you had to elect to install them. I can't remember if 2000 had the "Design Center" or not.