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kevinmo
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 Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 7:01 pm Post subject: Reference Drawings |
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Is it possible to have a reference to a plan or a drawing? For example to create a floor plan and either have it appear in another file or in a unique location on a different sheet. A second part to that question is, can the original be modified and have the files to which it is referenced change with it?
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huc
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Yes
The Reference menu item is designed to do exactly what you're describing. IT's worth reviewing that section of the PCadd manual for helpful background information. Then experiment with a simple 8.5x11 test file to better understand the nuances
Hope that helps
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huc
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 10:04 pm Post subject: Re: Reference Drawings |
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[quote="kevinmo"For example to create a floor plan and either have it appear in another file or in a unique location on a different sheet.[/quote]
To clarify my other post:
Yes, References allow a drawing to be used in another file which is their intended use.
While you can create a circular reference (that is, reference a file to itself) and re-scale or move it, that's not a good idea as the results could get bizarre so 'No' would be the safe answer.
sorry for the confusion
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ms
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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is there a method of updating only a selected reference?
The manual page 4-252 talks about Update All, but there's no mention of a way to 'update selected' [update only a desired reference, not all of them].
Perhaps this is something that goes on the wish list?
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kevinmo
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks very much for the heads up on the reference menu. I have looked at this feature and find it to just get me started into my real search but not as complete as I had hoped. I do hope that is a not yet anyway.
There are issues like, using the saved sheets that have been saved from original file(s). What about referencing a pdf or some other text file. I am sure there are others. This is just my first reaction.
Thanks again.
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