CAD tip # 8146:

Can you create AutoCAD block without starting any command?

Let's have a sample - e.g. a clock face drawn as a circle, lines and text. Select all these entities for grip-editing (individually or by window). Press and hold the right mouse button on a specific point - e.g. the clock face center - and while still holding the button, drag the entities a little. Release the mouse button. This will display the context menu with the option "Insert as block". This option creates a copy of the selected entities in a form of a blok (its name is generated automatically).