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FiGuRE 13.15
T h e
13C-SPLAY1
drawing attached to the
12A-FPLAY4
drawing
TIP
If the site plan
13C-SPLAY1
is screened back or transparent after
attaching it as an xref, expand the reference tab on the Insert tab and dese-
lect the Xref Fading button.
Notice the scale of the site layout drawing. Despite the difference in units (the
site drawing was set up with each unit equal to a foot, and this floor plan drawing
is set up with each unit equal to an inch), AutoCAD automatically scaled the site
plan to the correct size. This conversion was performed based on the Insertion
Units setting you made with the
UNITS
command. As you may recall, your floor
plan drawing had this set to inches, whereas your site plan was set to feet. Being
diligent as you set up your drawings has allowed you to work smarter by letting
AutoCAD handle this small, but incredibly important detail.
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External references are especially popular in architectural and engineering
projects. This is partially because each discipline is typically completed by
separate teams. By dividing a project into logical segments with external
references, one member of the architectural design team can work on the
first floor plan at the same time another team member is working on the first
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