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806 | Chapter 28 Use the Internet to Share Drawings
3 Choose Open.
4 In the External Reference dialog box, choose OK.
5 Specify an insertion point for the xref.
Insert toolbar
Command line
XREF
Insert Content from a Website
With the Autodesk® i-drop® functionality, you can use a drag-and-drop
method to insert web content into your drawing.
Overview of i-drop
i-drop is a drag-and-drop method of inserting content from the Web into
your current drawing. Using i-drop, you can easily insert content such as
drawings and catalog items into an open drawing. Specific examples of i-drop
content that you can insert include an AutoCAD block of a chair or window
or a bitmap of a linoleum sample.
You can use the Publish to Web wizard to create a web page that has i-drop-
enabled content for an AutoCAD drawing file. For details about other ways
to create a web page that has i-drop content, see the information about i-drop
on the Autodesk website at the following URL:
http://www.autodesk.com/idrop
Use i-drop
To use i-drop, you simply drag a representative i-drop content image from a
web page into your drawing area. The representative i-drop content image
will usually be a visual representation of what will appear in your drawing.
i-drop also offers the following functionality:
Set the default type of i-drop content accepted. You can set the default
type of i-drop content accepted by the program. The setting you select
determines the type of content that is inserted in your drawing when you
drag a representative i-drop content image from the Web. For example, if
you select Block, the inserted content is an AutoCAD block.