Graphics Programs Reference
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TIP You can begin to see how NCS provides a certain consistency
between disciplines. C is the discipline code for Civil plans, and Sp stands
for Site plan. therefore, this is a Civil Site plan Layout drawing.
This completes the site plan. The next step is to attach the site plan as an exter-
nal reference into the cabin drawing.
Setting up an External Reference
When you set up an external reference, you go through a process similar to that
of inserting a block into a drawing, as you did in Chapter 7. You select the draw-
ing to be referenced and specify the location of its insertion point. There are
options for the X scale factor, Y scale factor, and rotation angle, as there are for
inserting blocks. Here, as with blocks, you can set up the command so that it
uses the defaults for these options without prompting you for approval.
using the External References Palette
You can run all external reference operations through the External References pal-
ette, which you can open by clicking the Insert tab and then clicking the External
References button (small arrow in the lower-right corner) on the Reference panel,
or by entering XR . The External References palette is capable of referencing a
wide assortment of file types in addition to AutoCAD drawing (DWG) files. Popular
raster image formats such as JPG and TIF can be referenced as images in addition
to DWF, DGN, and PDF files. DWF files are vector image files produced by several
Autodesk products and are similar to Adobe PDF files. Files that have the .dgn
extension are drawings created with the MicroStation CAD software from Bentley
Systems.
The following two series of steps will guide you through the process of attach-
ing 13C-SPLAY1.dwg to 12A-FPLAY4.dwg as an xref:
1. Open 12A-FPLAY4 from your Training Data folder (or from this
chapter's download), zoom to the drawing's extents, and then create
a new layer called A-ANNO-REFR . Assign color 162 as the layer color,
and make the C-SITE-REFR layer current.
2. Click the Insert tab, and then click the External References button
(small arrow in the lower-right corner Reference panel) to open the
External References palette.
3. Click the Attach DWG button in the palette toolbar, as shown in
Figure 13.12.
The Select Reference File dialog box opens.
 
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