Enhance Your Knowledge of Reference Files
This chapter will teach you how to use Reference Files (XREFs) to improve data sharing inside and outside your organization. You will learn how to fully understand what capabilities are available and how to improve your reference file performance. You will also learn how to copy multiple objects from a reference and how to use a single reference file more than once. Finally, you will learn how to use PDF data as overlays or as imported data and how to convert the PDF data into useable AutoCAD objects.
In this chapter, we’ll cover the following topics:
- Using Attach or Overlay
- Copying objects from a reference or PDF
- Working with duplicate references
- Taking advantage of reference settings
- Improving reference file performance
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to work with DWG and PDF references from within AutoCAD.
