Load a Reference Drawing
Read or add a reference drawing into a drawing either from the archive or by file name from a folder. Define the drafting properties of the reference drawing and the visibility of the layers in the dialog box.
The reference drawing can be a Vertex 2D Drawing, a DWG or a DXF file.
- Do either of the following:
- Select Drafting | Tools | Reference Drawings > Reference Drawing or Model.
- Drawing tree - Select Reference Drawings, and select the context-sensitive Add Reference Drawing.
- Define data in the Read Reference Drawing dialog box.
- Select the description of the reference drawing.
- Freeze the reference drawing if you do want to update it when opening the drawing.
- Select the drafting properties of the reference drawing.
- Select the visibility of the reference drawing layers.
- Select OK.
- Click the position of the reference drawing.
Dialog Box Options
- File
- You can open the reference drawing from a folder by file name. When you click the button, the Windows Open File dialog box will be displayed.
- Reference drawing description
- You can enter the name of a reference drawing. The name makes it easier to identify the reference drawing when you view the properties of reference drawings added to a drawing.
- Select location
- Click a position for the reference drawing in the drawing window. Before clicking the position, you can mirror or rotate the reference drawing, or change the scale of the reference drawing by using the functions in the auxiliary menu.
- Use reference color
- Add the reference drawing drawn with reference colors.
- Layer of reference drawing
- You can select the layer, in which the elements of the reference drawing will be drafted. By selecting Default layer option, the elements of the reference drawing will remain on the original layers in the drawing.
- Freeze reference drawing
- When you open the drawing including the frozen reference drawing, the reference drawing will not be updated, even if the original drawing would have changed. If you move a frozen reference drawing, it will not be updated.
- Visible layers
- Select either of the following:
- All Layers - All the layers of the reference drawing are visible.
- Selected Layers - Select the visible layers by clicking Layer Selection. Select the visible layers in the dialog box.
- Discard images
- Dismiss rasters from the reference drawing.
Faster opening of a reference drawing.
The geometry of a reference drawing can be maintained in a drawing, which enables reference drawings to be opened faster. When saving, the geometry of the reference drawing is left in the drawing. The geometry of the reference drawing will not be read again, unless the date of the file changes.
Define the keyword check_refdwg_date= 1 in the user/SETUP file.