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External References Palette Buttons
Quick Reference
See also:
■ Attach and Detach Referenced Drawings
Use the buttons at the top of the External References palette to choose the
types of files to attach to the drawing and to refresh the status of file references
that you already have attached.
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
Attach (file type) Button
The Attach button displays a list of file types that you can attach. The following
options are displayed:
■ Attach DWG. Starts the XATTACH command.
■ Attach Image. Starts the IMAGEATTACH command.
■ Attach DWF. Starts the DWFATTACH command.
■ Attach DGN. Starts the
DGNATTACH command
■ Attach PDF. Starts the
PDFATTACH command
■ Attach from Vault. Provides access to content stored in the Vault client.
NOTE Attach from Vault is only shown when the Vault client is installed. You must
be an Autodesk Subscription customer to have access to the Vault client.
Refresh/Reload All References Button
The following options are available:
Refresh Synchronizes the status data of referenced drawing files with the data
in memory. Refresh interacts primarily with Autodesk Vault.
Reload All References Updates all file references to ensure that the most
current version is used. Updating also occurs when you first open a drawing
that contains file references.
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