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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS)
- Enter Coordinates to Specify Points
- Use Dynamic Input
- Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps)
- Restrict Cursor Movement
- Combine or Offset Points and Coordinates
- Specify Distances
- Extract Geometric Information from Objects
- Use a Calculator
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Overview of 3D Modeling
- Create Solids and Surfaces from Lines and Curves
- Create Solids
- Create Surfaces
- Create Meshes
- Create Wireframe Models
- Add 3D Thickness to Objects
- Modify 3D Models
- Create Sections and Drawings from 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Overview of Annotations
- Scale Annotations
- Overview of Scaling Annotations
- Set Annotation Scale
- Create Annotative Objects
- Display Annotative Objects
- Add and Modify Scale Representations
- Set Orientation for Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Work with Annotations
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Print or Plot Drawings
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Collaborate with Others
- Render Drawings
- Draw 2D Isometric Views
- Add Lighting to Your Model
- Materials and Textures
- Render 3D Objects for Realism
- Glossary
- Index
Reference Editor Visor
The Reference Editor visor is displayed and activated after you select which
nested objects to edit. Using the buttons on the Reference Editor visor, you
can add objects to or remove objects from the working set, and you can discard
or save back changes to the reference. The Reference Editor visor is
automatically dismissed after you save back or discard changes made to the
working set.
NOTE If you plan to make major changes to a reference, open the reference
drawing and edit directly within the file. Using in-place reference editing to make
major changes can increase the size of your current drawing file significantly during
the in-place reference editing session.
See also:
Edit a Referenced Drawing File in a Separate Window (page 728)
Use the Working Set to Edit Referenced Drawings
and Blocks
To edit a referenced drawing from within the current drawing, you use the
working set to identify objects that belong to the xref or block definition rather
than the current drawing.
While editing a reference in place, you can add or remove objects from the
working set. If you create a new object while editing a reference in place, it is
almost always added to the working set automatically. Objects that are not
in the working set are displayed as faded in the drawing.
If a new object is created because of changes made to objects outside the
working set, the new object is not added to the working set. For example, your
drawing contains two lines that are not a part of the working set. If you edit
the lines by using FILLET, a new arc is created between the two lines. The arc
is not added to the working set.
When a reference object is part of the working set, you can select the object
for editing even if it is drawn on a locked layer in the reference file. You can
unlock the object's layer and make changes to the object. Changes made to
the object can be saved, but the layer state remains the same in the reference
file, whether it is locked or unlocked.
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