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option. For more information, see Resolve Name Conflicts in External
References
on page 1313.
Binding xrefs to a drawing is also an easy way to send a drawing to reviewers.
Rather than sending a master drawing plus each of the drawings it references,
you can use the Bind option to merge the xrefs into the master drawing.
NOTE You cannot bind xrefs that contain proxy objects. For more information,
see
Work with Custom and Proxy Objects on page 1434.
To bind an xref to the current drawing
1 Click Insert tab ➤ Reference panel ➤ Dialog box launcher.
2 In the External References palette, select the reference name that you
want to bind.
3 Right-click, and click Bind.
4 In the Bind Xrefs dialog box, select one of the following options:
■ Bind converts the objects in the xref into a block reference. Named
object definitions are added to the current drawing with a prefix of
blockname $n$, where n is a number starting at 0.
■ Insert also converts the objects in the xref into a block reference.
Named object definitions are merged into the current drawing without
adding prefixes.
5 Click OK to close each dialog box.
Quick Reference
Commands
EXTERNALREFERENCES
Opens the External References palette.
XBIND
Binds one or more definitions of named objects in an xref to the current
drawing.
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