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Manage External References  Tool is used to create/edit/delete External Reference Objects. See detail description for different properties of External Reference Objects.

 

Using the Manage External References  Tool:

Find one of the Manage External References  Tool icon from the Library Toolbar (color coded peach) and highlight it. While highlighted Click on the tool. Manage External References  Dialog will show up and allows editing of External Reference Objects. After performing required operation in manage dialog, left click on OK button to save it to drawing. If Cancel button is left clicked, all the changes performed since opening of this manage dialog are undone.

 

 

 

Select External Reference:

To select an External Reference, Left click on one of the external reference names from the list displayed on left hand side of manage dialog.

 

View External References:

To view properties of External Reference, select an external reference as described in Select External Reference. The Preview area will show the selected external reference as it will appear in drawing. All properties for selected external reference are displayed on right hand side of manage dialog. Action Buttons available for selected external reference will be displayed under Actions section below the external reference names list.

 

Attach/Add External References:

To attach/add External Reference to drawing, Left click on attach button () under Actions. This opens a standard file select dialog. After selecting required drawing file, click on OK. A new external reference with selected file name will be added drawing's library.

 

Detach/Delete External References:

To detach/delete External Reference from drawing, select an external reference as described in Select External Reference. Left click on detach button() under Actions section. The selected external reference will be deleted. Detach button() becomes unavailable when there is no external reference selected or selected external reference is hsCADCreator's default created external reference.

 

Load External References:

To load/reload an existing External Reference, select a external reference as described in Select External Reference. Left click on load button() under Actions section. The selected external reference will be loaded into drawing's memory.

 

Unload External References:

To unload an existing External Reference from drawing's memory, select an external reference as described in Select External Reference. Left click on unload button() under Actions section. The selected external reference will be unloaded  from drawing's memory.

 

Bind External Reference as Block Definition:

To bind an existing External Reference as Block Definition, select an external reference as described in Select External Reference. Left click on bind button() under Actions section. The selected external reference will be removed from external references library and binded into current drawing as a block definition. Binding an external reference as block definition creates a new block definition with external reference's name. Any block definition's within the external reference are also added as new block definitions to current drawing with this naming convention: ExternalReferenceName$BlockNameInExternalReference.

 

 

Also See:

External Reference Objects

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