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WARNING While editing a reference in place, if you delete an object that is not

in the working set, the object is not restored if you discard changes at the closing

of the reference editing session.

Objects in the current drawing that inherit properties defined by the xref

retain those new properties. Properties taken from the xref drawing are bound

to the current drawing. The xref layer named SITE, for example, appears in

the current drawing as $#$SITE when assigned to an object not in the working

set.

If BINDTYPE is set to 0, a prefix of $#$ is added to the reference name in the

current drawing. If BINDTYPE is set to 1, reference names remain unchanged

in the current drawing, similar to names of inserted objects.

NOTE When you edit and save an xref in place, the original drawing preview is

no longer available unless you open and save the referenced drawing.

Edit Referenced Drawings and Blocks with Nesting

or Attributes

If the reference you select for editing has attached xrefs or block definitions,

the reference and its nested references are displayed and available for selection

in the Reference Edit dialog box.

Nested references are displayed only if the object chosen for selection is part

of a nested reference. Only one reference at a time can be selected for editing.

If a block reference with attributes is selected for editing, you can choose to

display the attribute definitions in the reference and make them available for

editing. The attributes are made invisible and the attribute definitions are

available for editing along with the selected reference geometry. When changes

are saved back to the block reference, the attributes of the original reference

remain unchanged. The new or altered attribute definitions only affect

subsequent insertions of the block; the attributes in existing block instances

are not affected.