When you open a drawing that contains external references, the source external reference files must be accessible for the external references to display in the drawing.
However, if you send or receive drawings that contain external references, it is important to include with the master drawing all of the external references attached to it. External references help reduce drawing file size and ensure that you are always working with the most recent version of a drawing. Use external references to coordinate your work with others in a group. If you know that the original drawing was modified, you can reload the external reference anytime you’re working on the drawing.Įxternal references are useful for assembling master drawings from component drawings. These changes appear automatically each time you open the drawing containing the external reference. When you attach an external reference, however, any changes you make to the original drawing file are reflected in the drawings that reference it. Any changes you make to the original drawing are not reflected in the drawing in which you inserted it. When you insert a drawing as a block, the entities are stored in the drawing. Thus, attaching an external reference does not significantly increase the size of the current drawing file.Įxternal references provide additional capabilities not available when you insert a drawing as a block. The entities in the external reference appear in the current drawing, but the entities themselves are not added to the drawing. Unlike inserting a drawing as a block, in which you add all the entities from the separate drawing into the current drawing, external references attach a pointer to the external file. That’s all for today’s quick Autocad Tip, I hope you all were able to take something away from it and able to add a new tool to your CAD toolbox!īe sure to subscribe and follow on Twitter keep up to date and be the first to get updates on the newest videos, posts, and downloads.You can link entire drawings to the current drawing as external references. In the video, I walk through how we can use clipping boundaries to keep our drawings organized and less cluttered, especially when referencing in large drawings that can not only take up a lot of screen space but also increase drawing sizes. Today marks the first Tuesday of the year and with that, I wanted to highlight and share a recent 2 Minute Tuesday video from the youtube channel where I go over some helpful ways to use clipping within AutoCAD, particularly with Xrefs and Blocks.
I am excited to jump into this new year with a ton of great new content for you all and to continue to share, learn, and interact with everyone. Hope you’re doing well and off to a great start to the year! I can’t believe it’s already 2021, I’m hopeful we’re all in for a better year than last.
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