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Clip Referenced Drawings and Blocks

 

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Archive Drawings That Contain Referenced Drawings (Bind)

Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

To bind an xref to the current drawing

1. Click Insert menu External References.At the Command prompt, enter externalreferences.
2. In the External References palette, select the reference name that you want to bind.
3. Right-click, and click Bind.
4. In the Bind Xrefs dialog box, select one of the following options:
   • Bind converts the objects in the xref into a block reference. Named object definitions are added to the current drawing with a prefix of blockname$n$.
   • Insert also converts the objects in the xref into a block reference. Named object definitions are merged into the current drawing without adding prefixes.
5. Click OK to close each dialog box.

 Toolbar: Reference 

 Command entry: EXTERNALREFERENCES