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Finding and replacing reference files

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Finding and replacing reference files

- [Instructor] So, we're back in our HostDrawing.dwg file, and as you can see, our reference is in the host drawing already, and that's our ExternalReferences.dwg file. Now, what I've done is I've referenced in the ExternalReferences.dwg file from the same folder location as the host drawing file. So, how do I check that first of all? Well, what I do is I go to the Insert tab on the ribbon, go to the Reference panel here, click on the flyout, and there's my ExternalReferences reference file that's coming into my host drawing. Now, remember the host drawing, regardless of the file name is always the blue and yellow little icon there, and the reference files have a little sort of paper clip DWG icon. So, my external references file is referenced into my host drawing file. Now, if I select that ExternalReferences and come down to the details, there's the little dot on the slash in the details telling me that it is a relative file path. So, that's means that ExternalReferences and…

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