Edit References

        Ribbon: Insert – Reference >  Edit reference

       Menu: Tools – External reference or context edit block >  Edit reference

 Command line: REFEDIT

        Double-clicking on an external reference insertion

The use of external references significantly eases the work and allows you to quickly combine multiple drawings in a single document. To make work with external references more convenient, you can edit the references directly in the current drawing to which they are added.

To edit a referenced drawing from within the current drawing, you should use the working set to identify objects that belong to the external reference or block insertion rather than the current drawing. The working set includes only the objects belonging to the reference selected for editing.

You can add or remove objects from the working set. If you create a new object while editing a reference, it is almost always added to the working set automatically. Editing changes in the working set can be stored in the source file of the external reference or block insertion.

Start the Edit reference command. In the command line you can see:

Select reference or block insertion or [All insertions]:

Select the external reference on the drawing and in the Select insertion dialog box that opens, choose the objects to edit:

If you select the All insertions option in the command line, the Select insertion dialog box opens immediately and in the Element Name section all references and blocks inserted into the drawing will be displayed:

You can open the Select insertion dialog to edit a specific reference by double-clicking the left mouse button on the link in the program’s workspace

After selecting objects for editing and clicking OK, the External Reference toolbar will appear automatically.

Drawing objects not in the working set are shaded (displayed in a fainter color) when editing references (blocks or external references). Reference objects and objects added to the working set appear visually normal on the screen.

To indicate the mode of reference edit, a Reference Editor labelis added to the document name in the tab, separated by a colon.

An additional Reference Editor tab appears on the ribbon:

In the classic interface, the External Reference toolbar appears:

A toolbar (widget) also appears in the drawing’s graphic area:

Using the tab/toolbar/widget buttons, you can add or remove objects from the working set, as well as save or discard changes made to the reference.

After saving or discarding all changes the External Reference toolbar closes and a document tab returns to its original view.

Add Objects to the Working Set

       Menu: Tools – External reference >  Add objects to working set

       Toolbar: External Reference –

 Command line: REFSETA

Use this command to transfer the objects from the current drawing to the working set.

Remove Objects from the Working Set

       Menu: Tools – External reference >  Remove objects from working set

       Toolbar: External Reference –  

       Command line: REFSETR

Use this command to remove selected objects from the working set.

IDH_RefCloses

Save External Reference Changes

       Menu: Tools – External reference >  Save and close

       Toolbar: External Reference –  

 Command line: REFCLOSES

The command saves the changes made to the insertion, closes the Edit Reference tab (the External Reference toolbar), and exits the insertion editing mode (as evidenced by the disappearance of the REFEDIT label (*) in the document tab).

IDH_RefClosed

Discard External Reference Changes

       Menu: Tools – External reference or context edit block >  Discard changes

       Toolbar: External Reference –  

 Command line: REFCLOSED

The command undoes the changes made to the insertion, closes the Edit Reference tab (the External Reference toolbar), and exits the insertion editing mode (as evidenced by the disappearance of the REFEDIT Editor label (*) in the document tab).