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Modifiers Determines how modifiers from the source file will be loaded into
your master file. Modifiers are not listed as XRef entities. To see an XRef
modifier on the Modify panel, you must use the Merge option. Otherwise,
you have the choice of either not merging the modifier information at all
(with the Ignore option) or merging the information with the object with the
XRef Modifiers option.
You must choose the Modifiers option before you add the XRef record (source)
file.
■ XRef Modifiers are contained within the XRef object and cannot be
changed in the master scene. When you load the external reference file,
you will see the results of the modifier but they will not be listed separately
from the object on the Modify panel. Additional modifiers can be applied
to the XRef object, and will be a part of the scene; however, they will not
be reflected back to the source file.
NOTE World-space modifers remain at the top of the modifier stack and are
not merged with XRef objects.
■ Merge Modifiers assigned to the XRef object (in the source file) are
merged into the master scene. When you load the external reference file,
you will see the changes caused by the modifier and they will appear in
the modifier stack in the Modify panel. The modifiers are copies of the
original source modifiers. Although they inherit their original state, updates
to the XRef will not overwrite changes made in the master scene. However,
these changes are not reflected in the source file.
■ Ignore Any modifiers assigned to the XRef object (in the source file) are
disregarded and the base object is brought into the master scene as an XRef
object. When you load the external reference file, the modifiers are not
applied to the object so the modifications in the source file will not be
reflected in the master file.
Although the Merge Transforms, Merge Materials, Merge Manipulators, and
Modifiers settings are disabled after you add a record, when you highlight the
record in the XRef Record list, the toggles and list field show the settings used
when the record was created.
XRef Entities toolbar
Add Objects Click to add further entities to the highlighted XRef
record. This button is available only when the highlighted XRef record contains
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