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Edit Referenced Drawings and Blocks with Nesting, OLE, or Attributes on
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To edit an xref or block reference in place
1 Click Insert tab Reference panel Edit Reference.
2 From within the current drawing, select the reference that you would
like to edit.
If the object you select in the reference belongs to any nested references,
all the references available for selection are displayed in the Reference
Edit dialog box.
3 In the Reference Edit dialog box, select the specific reference that you
want to edit.
The reference file is locked to prevent multiple users from opening the
file at once. You cannot edit a reference in place if the drawing file is
being used by another user.
4 Click OK.
5 Select the objects you would like to edit in the reference and press Enter.
The objects that you select become the working set. By default, all other
objects are locked and faded.
6 Edit the objects in the working set. Click Save Back Changes to Reference.
The objects in the working set are saved to the reference and the xref or
the block is updated.
Quick Reference
Commands
NCOPY
Copies objects that are contained in an xref, block, or DGN underlay.
REFCLOSE
Saves back or discards changes made during in-place editing of a reference,
either an xref or a block definition.
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