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External Reference Manager Opens or closes the Reference Manager palette.
(
EXTERNALREFERENCES (page 418) command)
See also:
Attach PDF Files as Underlays
-PDFATTACH
Attach a PDF underlay from the command line.
Summary
When you attach a PDF file as an underlay, you link that referenced file to
the current drawing. Any changes to the referenced file are displayed in the
current drawing when it is opened or reloaded.
List of Prompts
The following prompts are displayed.
Path to PDF File to Attach Enters the full path name to the PDF underlay
file.
Entering a tilde (~) displays the Select PDF File dialog box (a
standard file se-
lection dialog box
(page 723)).
To avoid errors when entering a file name, it is recommended that you specify
both the PDF file and path as follows:
path name/filename.pdf
or
“path name/filename.pdf”
If you enter a valid PDF file name without a file extension, the program adds
the extension and searches for the file.
Enter Page Number or [?] Enter a page number. For a list of pages, enter ?.
Enter Page(s) to List Lists the pages available in the selected PDF file.
Insertion Point Specifies the insertion point for the selected PDF file.
Scale Factor or [Unit] Specifies the scale factor of the selected PDF underlay
and the scale factor units.
If
INSUNITS (page 1373) is set to “unitless” or if the underlay does not contain
resolution information, the scale factor becomes the underlay width in
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