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XEDIT
Controls whether the current drawing can be edited in-place when being
referenced by another drawing.
XLOADCTL
Turns xref demand-loading on and off, and controls whether it opens the
referenced drawing or a copy.
XLOADPATH
Creates a path for storing temporary copies of demand-loaded xref files.
XREFNOTIFY
Controls the notification for updated or missing xrefs.
Archive Drawings That Contain Referenced Drawings (Bind)
When you archive final drawings that contain xrefs, you can choose how you
store the xrefs in the drawings.
When you archive final drawings that contain xrefs, you have two choices:
Store the xref drawings along with the final drawing
Bind the xref drawings to the final drawing
Storing an xref drawing along with the final drawing requires that the drawings
always remain together. Any change to the referenced drawing will continue
to be reflected in the final drawing.
To prevent unintentional updating of archived drawings by later changes to
referenced drawings, bind the xrefs to the final drawing.
Binding an xref to a drawing makes the xref a permanent part of the drawing
and no longer an externally referenced file. You can bind the entire database
of the xref drawing, including all its xref-dependent named objects (blocks,
dimension styles, layers, linetypes, and text styles), by using the XREF Bind
option. For more information, see
Resolve Name Conflicts in External
References
on page 1810.
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.
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