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You are trying to use the command "Import AutoCAD block" (Annotate > Symbols) in your Inventor drawing environment and this function (icon) is grayed out?

The funtion of importing a specific external block from a different DWG file is active only in Inventor drawing views using the DWG format (not the IDW). Create a drawing based on the Standard.dwg template - then you will be able to import AutoCAD blocks.

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See also:
Tip 14630:Extended ASCPOINT - import coordinates from CSV file, including blocks with attributes, GPS coordinates, etc.
Tip 14526:How to export geometry from AutoCAD DWGs to JSON files and import it back?
Tip 14361:Extended ATTOUT/ATTIN for block attribute management in Excel (also for LT).
Tip 13604:Importing points from a Shape file as symbols/blocks mapped to object data.
Tip 12926:How to import point coordinates from Excel to AutoCAD?
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