Comment 3 for bug 1308986

Thanks for the info - I did not realise it was a clone.
I kept looking for the "Object -> Symbol to Group" tool as mentioned here:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/SymbolsDialog

It does work exactly as you report.
But I still can't get it to be DragnDrop'd into the doc - like other
symbols - from the Symbol dialog.

E.g. In the Symbols Dialog
  - I select AIGA symbols
  - click on first one and drag it onto doc.
  - it appears when I release mouse.
But
if I select the "Current document" in Symbols dialog
- select the visible symbol (loaded from the DXF)
- and DnD it across to doc
- on release there is no symbol added.
I see warning on my console **(inkscape.exe:5588): WARNING **:
Malformed URI

I also note that when I try to transform selected shape (from DXF) I get
an error on my console:
**(inkscape.exe:5588): WARNING **: Invalid state when picking: STATE_BOX
= 0, STATE_PICK = 4

and the only thing I can find different is:
- there is no group under the DXF loaded symbol holding all the paths.
- there is a group under the AIGA symbol holding all the paths.

On 4/18/2014 3:51 AM, ~suv wrote:
> A'symbol' (it's actually a clone of a (hidden) <symbol> object) can be
> converted to an 'editable' object like other clones: select and unlink
> (see menu 'Edit > Clone').
>
> Apparently blocks in dxf are converted to SVG symbols (which is great
> Imho, that's IIRC very close to how blocks are used in AutoCAD).
>
> The symbol btw is present in the Symbols dialog, but not visible
> rendered (no style information) - it can be selected by a click in the
> top-right area, and can be 'removed' from the drawing by using the
> button below the symbol icon view (if you prefer that to the 'unlink
> clone' method).
>