AutoCAD Xrefs by EKHO
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XREFs store all of their vector graphic data in the drawing where you place them?
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Which Information is NOT stored with an Xref object?
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You can change the Scale of an Xref object?
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You can Grip the edges of a clipped XREF and reshape it?
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You are working on an Imperial based model with 1 AutoCAD unit = 1". You want to XREF in a metric drawing with 1 unit = 1mm.  What scale factor must you use to fit the XREF drawing in correctly?
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You can rotate an Xref to any angle you want?
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You can make changes to an XREF like adding graphics, text, revising objects without leaving your current drawing?
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You can clip an XREF to exclude drawing informaton you don't want to see?
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If you use REFEDIT to make changes to your XREFS, the changes will be stored only in the current drawing and not in the XREF source drawing?
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You can temporarily remove an XREF drawing from your current drawing without losing it's linked data?
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You can turn any XREF into a Block?
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You can extract data like Layers, Linetypes, Blocks, Dimension Styles, and Text Styles from your Xrefs and keep it permanently in your current drawing?
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The name of the command that will let you extract Blocks from your XREFs to use in our current drawing is called?
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Which information can NOT be extracted from an XREF with the XBIND command?
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Five AutoCAD co-workers sequentially load an XREF file from their "neighbour".  User 1 is working on drawing A.  User 2 is working on drawing B and XREFs in user 1's drawing A, all the way up to User 5 who XREFs in User 4's drawing D.  All of them are using the Overlay option. Will user 5 see user 1's work?
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Five AutoCAD co-workers sequentially load an XREF file from their "neighbour".  User 1 is working on drawing A.  User 2 is working on drawing B and XREFs in user 1's drawing A, all the way up to User 5 who XREFs in User 4's drawing D.  All of them are using the Attach option.  Will user 5 see user 1's work?
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You are working on a metric model with 1 AutoCAD unit = 1mm.  You want to XREF in an Imperial drawing with 1 unit = 1".  What scale factor must you use to fit the XREF drawing in correctly?
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Your project has been successfully completed on time and under budget with your whole team pulling it off in record time thanks to efficient use of Xrefs so everybody could stay fully informed at all times.  However now that the job is done you are concerned that some of the projects XREF files may be edited for future jobs and thus not reflect the final delivered product after a few weeks.  Which of the following tools will let you "lock up" the final delivered result so you can go back and see the whole project with no changes?
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After Binding all the XREFs as Blocks you can reverse the process?
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You can both Insert a Block called Chair and Xref it into the same drawing?
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