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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Find the Information You Need
- Part 1 - The User Interface
- Part 2 - Start, Organize, and Save a Drawing
- Part 3 - Control the Drawing Views
- Part 4 - Create and Modify Objects
- Chapter 14 - Control the Properties of Objects
- Chapter 15 - Use Precision Tools
- Chapter 16 - Draw Geometric Objects
- Chapter 17 - Change Existing Objects
- Part 5 - Hatches, Notes, and Dimensions
- Chapter 18 - Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Chapter 19 - Notes and Labels
- Chapter 20 - Dimensions and Tolerances
- Part 6 - Create Layouts and Plot Drawings
- Chapter 21 - Create Layouts
- Chapter 22 - Plot Drawings
- Part 7 - Share Data Between Drawings and Applications
- Chapter 23 - Reference Other Drawing Files (Xrefs)
- Chapter 24 - Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Chapter 25 - Work with Data in Other Formats
- Chapter 26 - Access External Databases
- Overview of Using AutoCAD with External Databases
- Access a Database from Within AutoCAD
- Link Database Records to Graphical Objects
- Use Labels to Display Database Information in the Drawing
- Use Queries to Filter Database Information
- Share Link and Label Templates and Queries with Other Users
- Work with Links in Files from Earlier Releases
- Part 8 - Work with Other People and Organizations
- Chapter 27 - Protect and Sign Drawings
- Chapter 28 - Use the Internet to Share Drawings
- Chapter 29 - Insert and View Markups
- Chapter 30 - Publish Drawing Sets
- Part 9 - Create Realistic Images and Graphics
- Glossary
- Index
Edit External References and Blocks in Place | 681
4 Click OK.
5 Select the objects you would like to edit in the reference and press
ENTER.
The objects that you select become the working set. By default, all other
objects are locked and faded.
6 Edit the objects in the working set and then click Save Back Changes to
Reference.
The objects in the working set are saved to the reference and the xref or
the block is updated.
Command line REFEDIT
Use the Working Set to Edit Xrefs and Blocks
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
added to the working set display 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.
An object that is removed from the working set is added to the host drawing
and removed from the reference when changes are saved back. An object that
is added to the working set is removed from the host drawing and is added
to the reference when changes are saved back. If you create or delete objects,
they are automatically added to or removed from the working set. For exam-
ple, if you use
ERASE while editing a reference in place, the erased objects are
removed from the working set. You can tell whether an object is in the work-
ing set or not by the way it is displayed; a faded object is not in the working
set.