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New Name The name of your preset.
Format The file type for the preset.
NOTE By default, presets can be created only for AutoCAD file types (DWG, DXF).
Other file types might be available, depending on the third-party plug-ins you
have installed.
Preset Editing
File menu > File Link Manager > Presets panel > Click a preset > Modify
Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > More button > File Link Manager > Presets
panel > Click a preset > Modify
After you've created a preset, you can use this function to adjust its settings.
For instance, you might want to make sure Weld is on, or perhaps to include
lights or views (cameras).
Procedures
To edit or modify a preset:
1 On the Presets panel of the File Link Manager, choose a named preset.
2 Click Modify.
The
File Link Settings dialog on page 6793 is displayed.
3 From the Basic, Advanced and Spline Rendering panels, make the settings
you want associated with the preset and click Save.
Differences Between Layers and Blocks in
AutoCAD and 3ds Max
AutoCAD has special handling for objects in the block definition that are
associated with layer 0. When a block contains objects on layer 0, and those
objects have a color property 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 on page 7731 in AutoCAD . When blocks are nested, this color
system can get complex.
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