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Pack and go

Pack and go - AutoCAD for Mac Tutorial

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Pack and go

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- [Instructor] Another tool used to share your drawings, mainly the CAD files themselves is pack and go. We mentioned this when we talked about external references as pack and go plays an important part in sharing your externally referenced files. I'm going to go up to file, and find package drawing here. And we can see that AutoCAD has gone out and found all the available files that are related to this particular drawing. In this case, the fonts that are used, any external references that I have in this drawing, my shape file, as well as the font map itself. I can click on package settings here and I can choose what type of file I actually want to create. Whether it's a ZIP file or just a simple folder. I can also save my files backwards in case I have any compatibility issues. I can choose whether or not to include the fonts, any unloaded references, textures and materials that I have. I can also have AutoCAD open this up in Finder after the packaging is done. I'll click done and…

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