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Pr es et Edi t ing

File m e nu > File Link Manager > Presets panel > Click a

preset > M odify

Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > More button > File Link

Manager > Presets panel > Click a p reset > Modify

After you ’ve created a preset, you can use this

function to adjust its settings. For instance, you

mightwanttomakesureWeldison,orperhapsto

include lig hts or views (cameras).

Pr ocedur es

To edit or modify a preset:

On the Presets panel of the File Link Manager,

choose a named preset.

2. Click Modify.

The

File Link Settings dialog (page 3–435)

displayed.

3. From the Basic, Advanced and Spline

Rendering panels, ma ke the settings you want

associated w ith the preset and click S ave.

Dif fer ences Bet ween Lay er s

and Blocks in AutoCAD and

3ds Max

AutoCAD has special handling for objects in t he

block definit ion that are a ssociated with layer 0.

When a block contains objects on layer 0, and

those objects have a color prop erty of "ByLayer" or

"ByBlock", the color of the object is determined

either by the color of the block or by the layer

assigned to the

block reference (page 3–1011)

AutoCAD. When blocks are nested, this color

system can get complex.

Select Layers Dialog

File menu > File Link Manager > Files panel > Reload

button > File Link Se ttings dialog > Advanced panel >

Select Layers to Include button

Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > More button > File

Link Manager > Files panel > Reload button > File Link

Settings d ialo g > Advanced panel > Select Layers to

Include button

This dialog lets you toggle a layer’s include/exclude

status and choose other options, as described in

this topic.

Note: You toggle the include/exclude status of a

layerbyclickinganywhereonarowinthelistof

layers. The dialog lists included layers with a check

mark to the left of the layer name. This list of

included layers is retained for subsequent reloads

of the linked file. For informational purposes,

thepropertyiconsdisplaythestateofthelayers’

properties, but you can’t change their status in this

dialog.