# Blocks

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The blocks function in the MAtricks creates blocks of fixtures of the specified size.

This treats blocks of fixtures as one fixture.

It is better explained with examples.

## Example - Ten Fixtures One Axis

In this example, there are ten fixtures (1 through 10).

They are selected from 1 to 10 without any specific grid information. Highlight is activated.

Since there is no grid information, the fixtures are only on one axis - the X-axis.

Press Next to make the MAtricks X value 1. 

![](/img/grandma3/2-3/window_matricks_x-20at-201_v2-0-0-4-b71bf0.png)\
Ten fixtures with MAtricks X at 1 - No XBlock

It looks like this in the Selection Grid and Fixture Sheet windows. (Fixture Sheet Mode set to Channel and Output layer selected). For more information, see [Fixture sheet](/grandma3/2-3/operate_fixture_sheet/).

![](/img/grandma3/2-3/window_selection-grid_fixture-sheet_matricks-blocks-1v2-0-0-4-d17894.png)\
Ten fixtures with MAtricks X at 1 - XBlock set to None