Though sometimes useful, this setup can often clutter the Xref list in your drawing with nested drawings that you don't need. In this second example, the Survey drawing is Xrefed into the Arch Base plan as an attachment, but the Arch Base plan is Xrefed into the main drawing as an overlay. In this case, the Survey drawing will still attach to the main drawing through nesting. This occurs because overlaying still brings in one more level of nested Xrefs if the nested Xref is itself attached rather than overlaid.
However, it would not bring in any further nesting. The diagram to the left shows the sole situation where you might consider Xrefs in as Attachments. In this scenario, the planting plan is Xrefed into the irrigation plan, which is in turn Xrefed into the engineering base, and so on. Using Attachments and Overlays strategically can keep your working document uncluttered.
If in doubt, just bring in each Xref as an Overlay and include any nested Xrefs in your main drawing — also as Overlays. The Attach External Reference dialog box includes an option to Specify on-screen. Our recommendation for this setting depends on whether the Xref is already scaled. If you need to bring in a DWG, or an image such as a site plan that already has a scale, you'll need to:. To account for this scale, we've unchecked the Specify on-screen option and entered a scale factor of The scale factor you enter will depend entirely on the existing scale of the Xref and the scale of the drawing that is receiving the Xref.
If you're Xrefing in an image that has no existing scale, we recommend checking the Specify on-screen option. You can add a fade to your Xrefs using the Layer Properties Manager. You have two options in controlling the fade of the layers:. Filter the layers by Name , which will group all the Xref letters together. Locate and highlight all the Xref layers. You can highlight multiple layers at once by holding down the Shift key while clicking. In this example, we'll select all the layers in an Xref named Example.
Scroll over to the Transparency column, and click to edit any one of the highlighted layers. In the Layer Transparency dialog box, enter a new transparency value for your Xref layers between 0 and 90 example: The transparency of all selected layers — that is, all layers in your Xref — will change to the new value. Run a plot preview, and check the results.
Repeat the steps above until your Xref has your desired level of transparency. Keep in mind that the method described below will only only affect the Viewport in which you perform the steps.
You can repeat these steps for each additional viewport where you want to fade an Xref. Scroll over to the VP Transparency column, and click to edit any one of the highlighted layers.
In the Layer Transparency dialog box, enter a new transparency value for your Xref layers for the selected viewport between 0 and 90 example: The transparency of all selected layers — that is, all layers in your Xref — will change to the new value for the selected viewport.
Repeat the steps above until your Xref has your desired level of transparency in the viewport you selected. If an Xref doesn't detach, it might be locked, nested within another Xref within the drawing. Our software now recognizes Work Areas in your Xrefs. AutoCAD only brings in content from the Model tab of an xref drawing, not from layout tabs. But if there are visibility problems — it may have become corrupted. You may start getting layers not showing up, or layers that are the wrong color.
Make sure the folder containing the drawings is unzipped. Move or copy the xref files into the same directory as the DWG which is calling them. If the files are stored on different servers, move them to the same server. There are multiple causes, including: The selection set contains proxy objects that the copy process cannot manage. The drawing is created or exported from a third-party application non-native Autodesk product. The drawing file is corrupt. Click the Refclose and Save button to save the changes back to the Xref source drawing or the block definition in the current drawing.
See our Xref troubleshooting section. Configuring the Xref Manager. Try the Classic Version Troubleshooting When you need to attach an external reference Xref to your drawing, you'll locate and select it using the Xref Manager. The Xref Manager looks like this:. Here's what the Classic Xref Manager looks like:. Last modified on Thursday, 17 October Enter Name of File to Overlay. If you reference a drawing that contains an attached xref, the attached xref appears in the current drawing.
Like blocks, attached xrefs can be nested. If another person is currently editing the xref file, the most recently saved version is attached. Specify a point or enter an option. Sets the scale factor. All X and Y dimensions of the xref are multiplied by the X and Y scale factors. The xref is rotated by the specified angle, using the insertion point as the center of rotation.
Sets X , Y , and Z scale factors. Sets the angle of insertion for the xref. Sets the scale factor for the X , Y , and Z axes to control the display of the xref as it is dragged into position. Sets the X , Y , and Z axes to control the display of the xref as it is dragged into position.
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