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exploding (continued)
compound objects (continued)
polylines
, 421
xrefs
, 421
objects
, 850
export file formats
3D Studio format
, 721
ACIS files
, 720
CDF files
, 347
DXF files
, 347, 850
materials
, 721
SDF files
, 347
SLA format
, 721
WMF files
, 717
WMF format
, 444, 717
See also plot file formats
exporting
3D objects
, 721
3D solids
, 720, 721
3D views
, 721
batch audit reports
, 121
block attributes. See extracting attribute
information
circles with surface characteristics
, 721
database links
, 746, 747
drawings
, 716
as 3D Studio files
, 721
as ACIS files
, 720
as DXF files
, 716, 717
to the Internet
, 722
as raster files
, 718
as WMF files
, 717
environment profiles
, 67
label templates
, 766
layer
settings
, 185
lights
, 721
link templates
, 766
materials
in 3D Studio files
, 721
meshes
, 721
NURBS surfaces/regions/solids
, 720
OLE objects
, 708
query sets
, 766
regions
, 720
surfaces
, 720, 721
tool palettes
, 26
See also export file formats
Express Viewer. See Autodesk Express Viewer
extending objects
, 392, 393
filleted objects
, 399
in 3D space
, 393, 394
while trimming
, 390
See also stretching
extension announcements, and Communication
Center
, 13
extension line origins
, 536, 555
as association points
, 555
extension lines
, 511
modifying
, 517
oblique
, 517, 542
order of
, 517
for angular dimensions
, 518
origins of
, 536, 555
placing dimension text at the second
, 524
extension origin offset
, 517
changing
, 552
extents. See drawing extents
external configuration utility
, 729
external databases
applications supported
, 730
configuring
, 729, 731
procedures source file
, 729
file-based
, 729
sample files
, 730
configuring
, 731
server-based
, 729
See also database objects
external queries
, 733
external references (xrefs)
, 667, 848, 850
attaching
, 668, 669
with DesignCenter
, 667, 668
from the Internet
, 805
overlaying vs.
, 669
tools for
, 667
binding
, 847
to drawings
, 676, 677
vs. blocks
, 322
bound xref name prefix
, 684
circular references
, 691
clipped
, 673, 695
clipping
, 673, 675, 695
copying, for demand loading
, 696, 698
database links in
, 739
detaching
, 678
discarding changes to
, 684
in drawing files inserted as blocks
, 326
drawings with, archiving
, 676
editing
, 678
in place
, 679, 680
in a separate window
, 678
error messages
, 690
exploding
, 421
freezing layers of
, 695
from Autodesk Educational Product
, 668
layer properties
, 667
listing
, 692
log files
turning on/off
, 694
nested. See nested xrefs
on networks
, 671