From the course: AutoCAD 2016 Essential Training
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Attaching and overlaying xrefs
From the course: AutoCAD 2016 Essential Training
Attaching and overlaying xrefs
- In this video, we will create Xrefs or External References. Open the Architectural2 and Furniture drawing files. The Furniture file contains single layer I-Furn, which stands for Interior Furnishings, and the Architectural2 drawing contains many layers but no furniture. Let's say we have the following situation. We have an architectural designer and we have a furniture designer, and they're collaborating on the same project. I'm using this example but you could apply this to any discipline. It could be two different consultants that work in different offices, or it could be two different people in the same office working on different tasks. Xrefs allow these people to work together concurrently. So, let's say the architectural designer in this example wants to see the furniture design that the other person is working on. This person who's in this file will type xref, Enter to open up the External References palette. Open this menu to see the list of different types of data which can…
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