Xref is a shortened term for “external reference”. The Xref feature in CAD allows us to attach external references to our drawings and the attached Xref files can be used as reference to help us deal with our drawings with higher efficiency.
NCopy command is used to copy objects that are contained in an external reference, block, or DGN underlay.
Sometimes we can see a hyphen before a command name, then what’s the difference between a command with and without the hyphen?
How to reload all the references?
CAD system has different clip commands for different objects: to clip image, the command is IMAGECLIP; to clip viewport, the command is VPCLIP; to clip block and Xref, the command is XCLIP.
When we attach external Reference(xref), there are two reference types: Attachment and Overlay, as shown in the following picture,
We all know that layer 0 is the default CAD layer, but what’s the difference between layer 0 and other layers?
The following contains contents and concepts about external references that you can easily find on the Internet, I’ve also made some modifications to them and I would like to share with all of you.
The xref of CAD has made design more convenient and save more time — different designers can share design information and improve precision and collaborative efficiency. The following is how to use xref and its main functions, in order to better illustrate the tips and tricks about it, I take the architectural industry as an example.
Electron transfer is an easy way to bulk bind external reference in drawing.
Open the electron transfer dialog box, click Add File button to add the drawing files that you want to bind Xref to the file tree, as shown in the following picture.