# Need block system improvements!

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/need-block-system-improvements/81361>\
**Category:** Rhino for Windows\
**Created:** [April 4, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/need-block-system-improvements/81361 "2019-04-04T09:10:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brenda](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/brenda/32/758009_2.png) [@Brenda](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Brenda)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/need-block-system-improvements/81361/58 "2019-05-14T02:48:15Z")

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Some time ago, I wrote this up. Several people had contributed.

> [@V6: Making a Better Block Manager](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/v6-making-a-better-block-manager/20480):
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> I’ve done some posts with suggestions for a better block manager. In using Rhino v5 on a drawing with more than 200 different blocks, I have some additional suggestions, requests, and comments. 1.) We need an option to list blocks (or exclude) that are not made of other blocks. We need to know what parts to make or purchase before we even think about assembling them. In other words, which blocks are root blocks, and which ones are only assemblies of those blocks? We have “Top Level,” but we nee…

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