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Removing xrefs

Removing xrefs

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Removing xrefs

- In this video you'll learn how to remove Xrefs. Open the Architectural2 and Furniture sample files from the Removing Xrefs sub-folder within Chapter 14. Click on this icon on the status bar to open up the external references palette. Right click on the Furniture Xref here in the Architectural2 file and you have a menu of choices. We can Unload, Detach or Bind. These are the three different ways that you can remove an Xref. If we Unload, the Xref disappears. However, the information about the Xref, it's path, it's insertion point is all remembered in this file. At some future point, I can come back in here and right click and say, Reload. And it will reappear. So use Unload and Reload as a way to temporarily hide an Xref. If on the other hand you want to get rid of it forever, you can right click and say, Detach. The Xref is gone and I no longer have the ability to access it here so if I wanted to reattach it I'd have to go through the process from step one. In this tutorial I'm just…

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