Other types of file format
4. Click its Attach button and select Attach DWG… from the popup list which appears when a left-click is held on the button. Select the drawing of a spindle (Fig13.dwg) from the Select Reference file dialog which appears followed by a click on the dialog’s Open button. This brings up the Attach External Reference dialog (Fig. 10.16) showing Fig13 in its Name field. Click the dialog’s OK button. 5. The spindle drawing appears on screen ready to be dragged into position. Place it in position as indicated in Fig. 10.17.
Fig. 10.17 The spindle in place in the original drawing
Fig. 10.16 The Attach External Reference dialog
Fig. 10.18 The revised spindle.dwg drawing
6. Save the drawing with its xref to its original file name. 7. Open Fig15.dwg and make changes as shown in Fig. 10.18. 8. Now reopen the original drawing. The external reference within the drawing has changed in accordance with the alterations to the spindle drawing. Fig. 10.19 shows the changes in the front view of the original drawing.
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Fig. 10.15 The External References palette
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