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forms, to a drawing. The procedure is similar to adding an externally referenced
drawing; just follow these steps:
1. Create a new layer named A-ANNO-REFR-IMAG, make it current, and
then open the External References palette from the View tab Palettes
panel.
2. Right-click a blank area in the File References area below the existing
filenames, and choose Attach Image from the context menu shown in
Figure 13.28 to open the Select Image File dialog box.
You can also click the down arrow next to the Attach DWG button
and choose Attach Image from the context menu.
FiGuRE 13.28 Attaching an image from the External References Palette
3. Most of the common image file formats are compatible with AutoCAD
2011. Navigate to the CabinLand.jpg file included with the download
for this chapter, and then click the Open button (see Figure 13.29).
You can download the CabinLand.jpg ile from this topic's web page,
www.sybex.com/go/autocad2011ner , or www.autocadner.com .
TIP By using autoCaD raster Design, you can expand the list of com-
patible formats to include other popular image file formats, such as USGS
Digital elevation Model ( DEM ) and MrSID ( SID ) files. Both DEM and SID files
are especially popular in the civil engineering and Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) fields.
 
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