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Edit Referenced Drawings and Blocks with Nesting, OLE, or Attributes on
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Edit Selected Objects in Referenced Drawings and Blocks on page 1799
To edit an xref in a separate window
1 Click View tab Palettes panel External References Palette.
2 In the External References palette, select the xref that you want to edit.
3 Right-click, and click Open.
4 The source file for the selected xrefs opens in a new window, where you
can edit, save, and close the drawing.
To edit a nested xref in a separate window
1 Select an xref that contains nested xrefs.
2 At the command prompt, enter xopen and press Enter.
3 In the Open Reference Files dialog box, select a nested xref from the
reference tree. Press Ctrl to select multiple xrefs.
4 Click Open.
The source file for the selected xrefs opens in a new window, where you
can edit, save, and close the drawing.
Quick Reference
Commands
EXTERNALREFERENCES
Opens the External References palette.
XOPEN
Opens a selected drawing reference (xref) in a new window.
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