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CAD CAM / July 27, 2021

Shortcut Keys for External Reference – XREF

To Perform Command Shortcut Edit an external reference in place REFEDIT REFEDIT Opens select reference file dialogue for attaching Xref XATTACH XA Opens Xbind dialogue – allows import only of symbols etc XBIND XB Create a border in an xref to hide outside area XCLIP XC Opens a selected xref in a new window XOPEN XOPEN Opens Xref manager dialogue box XREF XR 

By · July 27, 2021 · 1 min read
To PerformCommandShortcut
Edit an external reference in placeREFEDITREFEDIT
Opens select reference file dialogue for attaching XrefXATTACHXA
Opens Xbind dialogue – allows import only of symbols etcXBINDXB
Create a border in an xref to hide outside areaXCLIPXC
Opens a selected xref in a new windowXOPENXOPEN
Opens Xref manager dialogue boxXREFXR