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AutodeskReferenceManager

AutoCAD®drawingscanreferenceseveraltypesofexternalfilesincludingotherdrawings,textfonts,images,andplotconfigurations.ThepathstothesereferencedfilesaresavedineachAutoCADdrawing.Sometimesyoumayneedtomovedrawingfilesorthefilesthattheyreferencetodifferentfoldersortodifferentdiskdrives.Thesavedreferencepathsthenneedtobeupdated.Toopeneachdrawingfileandthenupdateeachsavedreferencepathmanuallycanbeatediousprocess.

TheAutodeskReferenceManagerprovidestoolstolistreferencedfilesinselecteddrawingsandtomodifythesavedreferencepathswithoutopeningthedrawingfilesinAutoCAD.WithReferenceManager,drawingswithunresolvedreferencescanbeeasilyidentifiedandfixed.

ReferenceManagerisastand-aloneapplicationthatyoucanaccessfromtheAutodeskprogramgroupunderProgramsintheStartmenu(Windows).

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ReferenceManagerGuide

TheReferenceManagerGuideexplainsReferenceManagerconcepts,providesstep-by-stepprocedures,andincludesaglossarywithdefinitionsofrelatedterms.

Topicsinthissection

OverviewSelectandListDrawingReferencesChangeSavedReferencePathsCreateReportsandaLogFile


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Overview

WhenAutoCADdrawingfilesortheexternalfilesthattheyreferencearerelocated,useReferenceManagertomodifythereferencefilepathssavedinthedrawings.

OrganizationoftheReferenceManagerApplicationWindow

TheReferenceManagerwindowisdividedintotwopanes.Theleftpanedisplaysatreeviewofthedrawingsyouselectandtheexternalfilesthattheyreference.

Thetreeviewhelpsyoufindandloadcontentintotherightpane,calledtheReferencelist.TheReferencelistdisplaysalistofreferencesfromwhichyoucanselectandeditsavedreferencepathinformation.

SummaryoftheProcesstoChangeSavedReferencePaths

Theprocesstochangesavedreferencepathsfollowsthesestages:

1. MakesurealldrawingsthatyouplantoworkwithareclosedandthattheirWindowsAttributepropertiesarenotsettoRead-only.ReferenceManagerdoesnotchangesavedreferencepathsinanyopendrawingsordrawingsthatareread-only.

2. Adddrawingsandfoldersofdrawingstothetreeview.(Youcaneditthepathsoffilesreferencedbythedrawingsonthislist.)

3. Selectdrawingsorreferencesfromthetreeviewpane.ThereferencesaredisplayedintheReferencelistpane.

4. SelectoneormorereferencedfilesfromtheReferencelist.

5. Modifythesavedreferencepathsoftheselectedreferences.

6. ClickApplytosavethepathchangesinthedrawingfiles.TheupdateddrawingfilesaresavedinthecurrentAutoCADfileformat,andtheirBAKfilesareupdated.

7. ReviewtheDetailsreporttoconfirmthechanges.Allchangestosavedreferencepathsareappendedtoalogfilethatyoucanalsoreview.

Limitations

ReferenceManagerdoesnotcurrentlysupportallfilesreferencedbydrawings.Unsupportedreferencesincludetextfontsnotassociatedwithatextstyle,OLElinks,hyperlinks,databasefilelinks,PMPfiles,andexternalreferencestoURLsontheWeb.IfReferenceManagerencountersanxreftoaURL,itreportsthereferenceas"notfound."

Note EditedpathsforTrueTypefontsarenotsaved.AutoCADalwayssearchesforTrueTypefontsintheWindowsFontsfolder.



SelectandListDrawingReferences

BeforeyouchangethesavedreferencepathsinAutoCADdrawingfiles,youselectthedrawingsthatyouwanttoworkwith,andyouexaminethelistofreferencesineachdrawing.

Topicsinthissection

SelectDrawingFilesandFoldersListReferencesandDisplayInformation


AutodeskReferenceManager>ReferenceManagerGuide>SelectandListDrawingReferences>

SelectDrawingFilesandFolders

Selectthedrawingfilestobeaddedtothetreeviewlistbyusingadialogboxorbydraggingdrawingfilesandfoldersintothetreeview.Oncedrawingsareaddedtothetreeviewlist,youcaneditthepathsofanyfilesreferencedinthosedrawings.

UsingtheAddDrawingsdialogbox,youcanselectdrawingfilesindividuallyorbyusingtheSHIFTandCTRLkeysasyouwoulddoinWindowsExplorer.Youcanalsodragdrawingsintothetreeviewlistfromyourdesktop,fromprojectfolders,andfromWindowsExplorer.Youcanremoveasingledrawingoralldrawingsfromthetreeviewlist.

Iftwodrawingswiththesamenamearelistedinthetreeview,itmeansthattheyarelocatedindifferentfoldersorhavedifferentsavedpaths.

Note Ifyouaddadrawingthathasalreadybeenaddedtothetreeview,thedrawingisnotreloadedintoReferenceManager.Ifyouneedtoupdatethetreeview,removethedrawingbeforeaddingitagain.

DrawingsThatContainXrefs

Whenyouadddrawingsthatcontainxrefs,ReferenceManagercanautomaticallyaddallreferenceddrawingstothetreeviewlistasanoption.DuringanAddDrawingsoperation,ReferenceManagerdisplaysadialogboxgivingyoutheoptiontoaddthexrefs,oryoucansetanoptionintheReferenceManagerOptionsdialogbox.

Iconsfornestedxrefsaregrayedoutwhenthehostdrawingisnotaddedtothetreeview.Toaddthehostdrawing,double-clickagrayedouticontodisplaytheAddDrawingsdialogbox.

OpenorRead-OnlyDrawings

ItispossibletoaddadrawingtothetreeviewlistevenifthedrawingfileisopenorissettoRead-only.Inthatcase,however,nopathchangestothedrawingareapplied,andtheDetailsdialogboxandtheReferenceManagerlogfileconfirmthatnochangeshavebeenmadetothedrawingfile.Noalertmessageisdisplayedwhenyouattempttoaddadrawingthatisread-onlybecausethestatusofadrawingfilecanbechangedevenafterthedrawinghasbeenaddedinReferenceManager.Thus,beforebeginningaReferenceManagersession,itisimportanttomakesurethatalldrawingfilesareavailableforediting.

Note WhentheReferenceManagerisintheprocessofaddingthedrawingsthatyouselected,clickingStopcancelstheoperationafterthecurrentdrawingisadded.

Procedures

Toaddadrawingtothetreeview

Toaddafolderofdrawingstothetreeview

Toremoveadrawingfromthetreeview

Toremovealldrawingsfromthetreeview


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ListReferencesandDisplayInformation

TouseReferenceManagereffectively,usethedisplayoptionsinthetreeviewandtheReferencelist.

Topicsinthissection

OperationoftheTreeViewOperationoftheReferenceList


AutodeskReferenceManager>ReferenceManagerGuide>SelectandListDrawingReferences>ListReferencesandDisplayInformation>

OperationoftheTreeView

ThetreeviewintheleftpaneofReferenceManagerprovidesahierarchicallistofreferencesinthedrawingsthatyouaddedtothetreeviewlist.Youcancontrolthedisplaystyleofthetreeview,andyoucanclicktheplus(+)orminus(-)signstoexpandorcollapseitemsinthetreeviewcallednodes.

ThetwotypesoftreevieworganizationareListbyDrawingandListbyReferenceType.ListbyDrawingdisplaysahierarchicallistofnodesorganizedbydrawingfiles.ListbyReferenceTypedisplaysahierarchicallistofnodesorganizedaccordingtothedifferenttypesofreferences.

Note Drawingfilesarelistedalphabeticallybytheirfullpathnamesevenwhenonlythedrawingnameisdisplayed.

Youcanexpandandcollapsethenodesinthetreeviewtolistthereferencesthat

theycontain.WhatyouselectfromthetreeviewlistdetermineswhatisdisplayedintheReferencelist:

Ifthehighest-levelnodeisselected,allreferencesaredisplayed.

Ifadrawingisselected,onlyreferencesinthatdrawingaredisplayed.

IfareferencetypeisselectedintheListbyReferenceTypemode,allreferencesofthattypearedisplayedfromalldrawingscurrentlyinthetreeview.

Ifareferenceisselected,anynestedreferencesaredisplayed.

Ifthelowest-leveliteminareferencehierarchyisselected,thatreferenceisdisplayedintheReferencelist.

Note WithListbyReferenceType,referencesaredisplayedonlyonce,regardlessofhowmanydrawingsusethatreference.

Youcanselectandremoveanydrawingfromthetreeviewlist,includingtemplatedrawings(.dwt)andstandardsdrawings(.dws)aswellasregularAutoCADdrawings(.dwg).

DrawingsThatContainXrefs

Severaladditionalfeaturesareavailableinthetreeviewfordrawingsthathavenestedxrefs.

ReferenceManagerusesiconsinthetreeviewthathelpyoufinddrawingsthatcontainxrefswithpathsthatcannotbelocated.Incertaincomplexsituations,xrefswithpathproblemsmaynotbelistedintheReferencelistbutwillbelistedinthetreeview.

ReferenceManagerprovidesanoptionwhenaddingdrawingstothetreeviewtoaddallthedrawings'nestedxrefsautomatically.Thissavestimeifyouneedtoeditthepathsofnestedxrefs.

ReferenceManagermimicsthedisplaybehaviorofAutoCADwhenxrefoverlaysarenestedindrawings.AnyxrefsnestedinxrefoverlaysarelistedthesamewaythatAutoCADdisplaysthem.IfanxrefoverlayisnestedmorethanoneleveldeepinanAutoCADdrawing,anyxrefattachedtothexrefoverlayisnotlistedintheReferenceManagertreeview.

Note ItisrecommendedthatyoudonotuseAutoCADtoeditthepathsofxrefsthatarenestedmorethanoneleveldeeperthanthecurrentdrawingfile.ReferenceManagerisaconvenienttooltorestorethexrefpathinformationinthesedrawings.

Procedures

Tolistreferencesbydrawingname

Tolistreferencesbyreferencetype


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OperationoftheReferenceList

TheReferencelistintherightpaneofReferenceManagerprovidesalistofreferencesintheitemcurrentlyselectedinthetreeview.YoucancontrolthedisplayofthecolumnsintheReferencelist.

Whenyouselectaniteminthetreeview,referencesassociatedwiththatitemdisplayintheReferencelist.YoucanthenselectreferencesfromtheReferencelisttochangetheirsavedreferencepaths.

DatafromeachreferenceisdisplayedincolumnsintheReferencelist.Youcanright-clickacolumnheadingtosorttheitemsinthatcolumnorcontrolwhetherthecolumnisdisplayed.Youcanalsodragcolumnsleftorrighttochangetheirorder.

CompletecontroloftheReferencelistisavailableintheReferenceManagerOptionsdialogbox.

Note ReferencesthatarelocatedonanetworkharddrivewilldisplayintheReferencelistasFoundinDifferentLocation,duetothedrivelettermappingassignedtothedrive.Forexample,asavedreferencepathtodriveletterC:ononecomputermaybethenetworkdriveH:onanother.

Procedures

TosortaReferencelistcolumn

TohideaReferencelistcolumn

TodisplayahiddenReferencelistcolumn

TochangethelocationofaReferencelistcolumn


ChangeSavedReferencePaths

YoucanselectoneormorereferencesfromtheReferencelisttochangesavedreferencepathinformation.

Oncereferencesareselected,youcanuseoneofthefollowingdialogboxes:

EditSelectedPaths.Changesthesavedpathsofallselectedreferencestothenewpathnamethatyouenter.

FindandReplaceSelectedPaths.Locatesallreferencesthatuseaspecifiedsavedpathfromallthereferencesthatyouselected,andreplacesonlythosewithanewpath.Thisisparticularlyusefulwhenworkingwithlargesetsofdrawingsinwhichyouneedtofilterthesavedreferencepaths.Youcanalsoright-clickanitemintheReferencelisttodisplayashortcutmenuofavailableoperations,includingaccesstofileproperties.

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TypesofSavedReferencePaths


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TypesofSavedReferencePaths

WithReferenceManager,youcanchangesavedreferencepathstoanabsolute(fullyspecified)pathortoarelative(partiallyspecified)path.Youcanalsostripoutallsavedpathinformationbysavingareferencepathasanemptyfield.Inthiscase,AutoCADresolvesthereferenceusingthesupportfilesearchpathorinformationsavedinthecurrentprofileorprojectname.

Whennopathinformationissavedwiththeattachedexternalreference,thefollowingsearchisinitiatedintheordershown:

Currentfolderofthehostdrawing

ProjectsearchpathsdefinedontheFilestabintheOptionsdialogboxandinthePROJECTNAMEsystemvariable

SupportsearchpathsdefinedontheFilestabintheOptionsdialogbox

StartInfolderspecifiedintheWindowsapplicationshortcut

ReferenceManagerusestheidenticalsearchpathrulesasthecurrentversionofAutoCAD.

LocateandCorrectUnresolvedReferences

Tolocateallunresolvedreferences,addasetofdrawingstothetreeviewlist,andthenscanthetreeviewforbrokendrawingicons.ChecktheReferencelistforeachbrokendrawingtofindwhichreferencesareunresolved.Inthefollowingillustration,drawing1_abc.dwgisbroken.Itreferencesanxref,1_q.dwg,whichisunresolved.

Inthetreeview,onlyxrefsdisplaytheNotFoundicon(shownwithanexclamationpointintheillustration).AllotherunresolvedreferencesmustbeidentifiedintheReferencelist.Drawingscontainingxrefsthatarefoundinadifferentlocationthanspecifiedintheirsavedreferencepathsarenotdisplayedasbroken.

ApplyPathChanges

Afteryouchangeoneormoresavedreferencepaths,useApplytosavethechangestothedrawingfiles.OnlythereferenceswiththepenciliconintheStatuscolumnoftheReferencelistareaffectedbyApply.

OnceyouuseApply,theupdateddrawingfilesaresavedinthecurrentdrawingfileformat.Abackupdrawingfile(.bak)isalsocreatedorupdated.

Afteryouapplypathchanges,adialogboxreportsthenumberofsuccessfulchangesmade.YoucanclickDetailstoseeacompletelistofthechangesthatweremade.

PathChangeFailures

AfteryouuseApply,theDetailsdialogboxthatisaccessedfromtheSummarydialogboxwillreportanyfailures.Failurescanbecausedbyoneofthefollowing:

IfadrawingfileisopenedinAutoCADafteryouaddthedrawingtothetreeviewinReferenceManagerbutbeforeyouapplyanypathchanges,thedrawingfilewillbelockedbyAutoCAD,andanypathchangesthatyouspecifyinReferenceManagerwillnotbesavedtothedrawingfile.

Ifadrawingfileismovedtoadifferentfolderafteryouaddthedrawingtothetreeviewbutbeforeyouapplyanypathchanges,ReferenceManagerwillnotfindthedrawingfileinitsnewlocation,andanypath

changesthatyouspecifywillnotbesavedtothefile.

IfadrawingfileissettoRead-only,anypathchangesthatyouspecifyinReferenceManagerwillnotbesavedtothedrawingfile.

IftheDetailsdialogboxreportsanyfailures,useApplyagainafteryouremedytheproblemwiththedrawingfile.

Procedures

Tochangesavedreferencepaths

Toreplaceallinstancesofasavedreferencepath

Tosaveallreferencepathchangestodrawingfiles



CreateReportsandaLogFile

YoucanexportareportofthereferencesinthedrawingfilesthatarecurrentlyaddedinReferenceManager.Youcanalsomaintainalogforsavedreferencepathchanges.

CreateReports

Youcanexportareportofthereferencedatafromallthecolumns(displayedornot)inoneofthreeformats:

Extensiblemarkuplanguage(.xml)

Comma-separatedvalues(.csv)

MicrosoftExcelWorkbook(.xls)

RecordChangestoaLogFile

AlogfileismaintainedthatautomaticallyrecordseverychangetosavedreferencepathsmadewithReferenceManager,evenacrossseveralsessions.Whenachangeinasavedreferencepathisapplied,thechangeisappendedtothelogfile,log.txt.Bydefault,thelogfileislocatedinyourMyDocumentsfolder.

ThelogfilecanbeturnedoffintheReferenceManagerOptionsdialogbox.

Procedures

ToexportaReferenceManagerreport

Toturnthelogfileonoroff

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AutodeskReferenceManager(AdRefMan)

ModifiesreferencepathssavedinAutoCADdrawings

Menu:Startmenu(Windows) Programs Autodesk AutoCADReferenceManager

TheAutodeskReferenceManagerWindowisdisplayed.

Topicsinthissection

AutodeskReferenceManagerWindowAutodeskReferenceManagerMenusAddDrawingsDialogBoxEditSelectedPathsDialogBoxFindandReplaceSelectedPathsDialogBoxExportReportDialogBoxOptionsDialogBoxSummaryDialogBoxDetailsDialogBox


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AutodeskReferenceManagerWindow

Menu:Startmenu(Windows) Programs Autodesk AutoCADReferenceManager

ProvidestwopanesforlistingreferencedfilesinselecteddrawingsandmodifyingsavedreferencepathswithoutopeningthedrawingsinAutoCAD.

TreeView

Displaysapaneontheleftwithatreeviewofdrawingsandthefilereferencessavedinthem.Youadddrawingfilestothetreeviewtomakethefilereferencepathsthataresavedinthemavailableforediting.Theinformationinthetreeviewcanbelistedintwostyles:ListbyDrawingorListbyReferenceType.

AllDrawings

Displaysalistofdrawingsaddedtothetreeview.Eachdrawingnodecanbeexpandedtodisplayseveraltypesoffilereference.Eachtypeoffilereferencecanalsobeexpandedtodisplaythereferencesofthattype.Drawingswithxrefsmaycontainseveralnestinglevelsofreferences.Ifone

ormorereferencesinadrawingcannotbelocated,thedrawingiconisbrokendiagonally.Ifthemissingreferenceisanxref,theiconforthexrefdisplayswitharedexclamationpoint(!)init.

ByReference

Displaysalistofreferencetypessavedinthedrawingsthathavebeenaddedtothetreeview.Eachreferencetypecanbeexpandedtodisplayalistofthefilesofthattype.

ReferenceList

Displaysapaneontherightwiththefilereferencesfromtheitemselectedinthetreeview.IfAllDrawingsorByReferenceisselectedinthetreeview,allreferencesaredisplayedintheReferencelist.Informationabouteachreferenceisdisplayedunderseveralcolumns.

Type

Identifiesthetypeofreferencefile.Supportedreferencetypesincludexrefattachments,xrefoverlays,textfonts,plotstyles,plotconfigurations,standards,images,andshapes.

Status

Identifieswhetherareferencewasfoundusingthepathsavedinthedrawing(Resolved),apathdifferentfromtheonesavedinthedrawing(FoundinDifferentLocation),orwhetherthereferencecouldnotbelocated(NotFound).

FileName

Displaysthenameandextensionofthereferencedfile;forexample,txt.shx.

ReferenceName

Displaysthenameusedforthereferenceinthedrawing.Forexample,Standardisthedefaultnameassignedtotxt.shx.

SavedPath

Thepaththatiscurrentlysavedinthedrawingforthereference.IfSavedPathisblank,itmeansthatnopathwassavedforthereferenceandAutoCADwillsearchforitusinganassignedsearchpath.

FoundPath

ThepathwherethereferencedfilewillbefoundbyAutoCAD.

HostDrawing

Thedrawingfilethatcontainsthereference.

HostVersion

ThedatabaseversionoftheAutoCADdrawingthatcontainsthereference.SeveralreleasesofAutoCADmayusethesamedatabaseversion.



AutodeskReferenceManagerMenus

ProvidestoolsforallReferenceManageroperations.AdditionaltoolssuchasCopytoClipboardareaccessiblefromtheshortcutmenusinthetreeviewandtheReferencelist.

FileMenu

Controlsfile-orientedoperations.

AddDrawings

DisplaystheAddDrawingsdialogbox,whereyouspecifythedrawingfilestoaddtothetreeviewlist.

RemoveDrawings

Specifiesadrawingfiletoremovefromthetreeviewlist.Ifthehighest-levelnodeinthetreeviewisclicked,alldrawingsareremoved.

ExportReport

DisplaystheExportReportdialogbox,whereyoucreateafilefromthereferencesinthedrawingfilesthatarecurrentlyaddedinReferenceManager.

ApplyChanges

Savesthechangesthatyouspecifiedtoreferencepathsindrawingfiles.

Exit

ClosesAutodeskReferenceManager.

EditMenu

Controlsreferenceselectionandpath-editingoperations.

SelectAll

SelectsallreferencesdisplayedintheReferencelist.

UnselectAll

ClearsallselectionsintheReferencelist.

InvertSelection

ReversestheselectionstatusofreferencesintheReferencelist.

EditSelectedPaths

DisplaystheEditSelectedPathsdialogbox,whereyouchangethesavedpathsofallselectedreferencestothenewpathnamethatyouenter.

FindandReplaceSelectedPaths

DisplaystheFindandReplaceSelectedPathsdialogbox,whereyoulocateallreferencesthatuseaspecifiedpathfromallthereferencesthatyouselected,andreplaceonlythosewiththenewpath.

ViewMenu

Controlsdisplayoptions.

ListbyDrawing

Displaysahierarchicallistofnodesorganizedbydrawingfiles.

ListbyReferenceType

Displaysahierarchicallistofnodesorganizedaccordingtothedifferenttypesofreferences.

Options

DisplaystheOptionsdialogbox,whereyoucontrolthedisplayandoperationofReferenceManager.

HelpMenu

ProvidesaccesstotheReferenceManagerHelpsystem.

Help

DisplaysHelp.

About

DisplaysinformationaboutAutodeskReferenceManager,includingversionandcopyright.



AddDrawingsDialogBox

Toolbar:Toolbar

Menu:File AddDrawings

Addsdrawingsandfoldersofdrawingstothetreeview.Youcaneditthepathsoffilesreferencedbythedrawingsonthislist.

PlacesList

Providesquickaccesstopredefinedfilelocations.ClicktheLookInarrowtoviewthepathforeachicon.YoucanreordertheiconsinthePlaceslistbydraggingthemtoanewlocation.ToaddanewicontothePlaceslist,dragafolderfromtheFileslisttothePlaceslist,orright-clickanexistingiconandclickAddorAddCurrentFolderontheshortcutmenu.Thisshortcutmenualsoprovidesoptionsforremovingandmodifyingicons,orrestoringdefaulticonsthathavebeenremoved.ChangestothePlaceslistaffectallstandardfileselectiondialogboxes.

History.Displaysshortcutstothefilesmostrecentlyaccessedfromthedialogbox.ItisrecommendedthatyouperiodicallyremoveunwantedshortcutsfromtheHistorylist.SelectHistory,thenselecttheunwantedshortcutsfromtheFileslistandclickDelete.Tosorttheshortcutsbydate,clickViews Details,andthenclicktheModifiedcolumnintheFileslist.

Personal/MyDocuments.DisplaysthecontentsofthePersonalorMyDocumentsfolderforthecurrentuserprofile.Thenameofthislocation("Personal"or"MyDocuments")dependsonyouroperatingsystemversion.

Favorites.DisplaysthecontentsoftheFavoritesfolderforthecurrentuserprofile.Thisfolderconsistsofshortcutstofilesor

foldersthatyouaddedtoFavoritesusingtheTools AddtoFavoritesoptioninthedialogbox.

Desktop.Displaysthecontentsofyourdesktop.

LookIn

Displaysthecurrentfolderordrive.Clickthearrowtoviewthehierarchyofthefolderpathandtonavigateupthepathtreeortootherdrivesornetworkconnections.

Back

Returnstothepreviousfilelocation.

UpOneLevel

Navigatesonelevelupinthecurrentpathtree.

SearchtheWeb

NotsupportedbyReferenceManager.

Delete

Deletestheselectedfileorfolder.

CreateNewFolder

Createsanewfolderinthecurrentpathusinganamethatyouspecify.

View

ControlstheappearanceoftheFileslist.

List.DisplaysthecontentsoftheFileslistinamulticolumnformat.

Details.DisplaysthecontentsoftheFileslistinasingle-columnformatwithfiledetailsshown.

Tools

Providesthefollowingtoolstohelpyouwithfileselection:

Find.DisplaystheFinddialogbox,inwhichyoucansearchforfilesusingname,location,anddate-modifiedfilters.

Locate.NotavailableinReferenceManager.

AddCurrentFoldertoPlaces.AddsaniconfortheselectedfoldertothePlaceslist,providingquickaccesstothatfolderfromallstandardfileselectiondialogboxes.Toremovetheicon,right-clicktheiconandclickRemove.

AddtoFavorites.CreatesashortcuttothecurrentLookInlocation,ortotheselectedfileorfolder.TheshortcutisplacedintheFavoritesfolderforthecurrentuserprofile,whichyoucanaccessbyclickingFavoritesinthePlaceslist.

FilesList

Displaysthefilesandfoldersinthecurrentpathandoftheselectedfiletype.UsetheViewsmenuinthedialogboxtoswitchbetweenListviewandDetailsview.

FileName

DisplaysthenameofthefileyouselectintheFileslist.Ifyouselectmultiplefiles,FileNamedisplayseachselectedfilewithinquotationmarks.IfyouenterafilenameintheFileNamebox,ReferenceManagerclearsanyselection.Youmustusequotationmarkswhenenteringmultiplefilenames.Separatemultiplefilenameswithspacesorcommas.Youcanusewild-cardcharacterstofilterfilesdisplayedintheFileslist.

FilesofType

Filtersthelistoffilesbyfiletype.

Open

AddstheselectedfiletotheReferenceManagertreeview.



EditSelectedPathsDialogBox

Toolbar:Toolbar

Menu:Edit EditSelectedPaths

Changesthesavedpathsofallselectedreferences.

NewSavedPath

Changesthesavedpathsofallselectedreferencestothenewpathnamethatyouenter.

Browse

DisplaysatreeviewintheBrowseforFolderdialogbox,inwhichyoucanspecifyanewpath.



FindandReplaceSelectedPathsDialogBox

Toolbar:Toolbar

Menu:Edit FindandReplaceSelectedPaths

FindandReplace

Locatesallreferencesthatuseaspecifiedpathfromallthereferencesthatyouselected,andreplacesalloccurrencesofthatpathwithanewpaththatyouspecify.

FindSavedPath

Findsandselectsthereferenceswhosepathnamesmatchthesavedreferencepaththatyouspecify.Onlythereferencesthatarealreadyselectedaresearched.Thisentryfiltersthesavedreferencepathsofthecurrentlyselectedreferences.

Browse

DisplaysatreeviewintheBrowseforFolderdialogbox,inwhichyoucanspecifyanexistingpath.

ReplaceWith

Changesthesavedreferencepathofthereferencesfoundtothenewpaththatyouenter.

Browse

DisplaysatreeviewintheBrowseforFolderdialogbox,inwhichyoucanspecifyanewsavedpath.

ReplaceAll

Performsthefindandreplaceoperation.Closesthedialogboxandretainsanychangesthatyoumade.



ExportReportDialogBox

Menu:Toolbar

Menu:File ExportReport

ExportsareportofthereferencesinthedrawingfilesthatarecurrentlyaddedinReferenceManager.

PlacesList

Providesquickaccesstopredefinedfilelocations.ClicktheLookInarrowtoviewthepathforeachicon.YoucanreordertheiconsinthePlaceslistbydraggingthemtoanewlocation.ToaddanewicontothePlaceslist,dragafolderfromtheFileslisttothePlaceslist,orright-clickanexistingiconandclickAddorAddCurrentFolderontheshortcutmenu.Thisshortcutmenualsoprovidesoptionsforremovingandmodifyingicons,orrestoringdefaulticonsthathavebeenremoved.ChangestothePlaceslistaffectallstandardfileselectiondialogboxes.

History.Displaysshortcutstothefilesmostrecentlyaccessedfromthedialogbox.ItisrecommendedthatyouperiodicallyremoveunwantedshortcutsfromtheHistorylist.SelectHistory,thenselecttheunwantedshortcutsfromtheFileslistandclickDelete.Tosorttheshortcutsbydate,clickViews Details,andthenclicktheModifiedcolumnintheFileslist.

Personal/MyDocuments.DisplaysthecontentsofthePersonalorMyDocumentsfolderforthecurrentuserprofile.Thenameofthislocation("Personal"or"MyDocuments")dependsonyouroperatingsystemversion.

Favorites.DisplaysthecontentsoftheFavoritesfolderforthecurrentuserprofile.Thisfolderconsistsofshortcutstofilesor

foldersthatyouaddedtoFavoritesusingtheTools AddtoFavoritesoptioninthedialogbox.

Desktop.Displaysthecontentsofyourdesktop.

LookIn

Displaysthecurrentfolderordrive.Clickthearrowtoviewthehierarchyofthefolderpathandtonavigateupthepathtreeortootherdrivesornetworkconnections.

Back

Returnstothepreviousfilelocation.

UpOneLevel

Navigatesonelevelupinthecurrentpathtree.

SearchtheWeb

DisplaystheBrowsetheWebdialogbox,fromwhichyoucanstorethereportfileontheInternet.

Delete

Deletestheselectedfileorfolder.

CreateNewFolder

Createsanewfolderinthecurrentpathusinganamethatyouspecify.

Views

ControlstheappearanceoftheFileslist.

List.DisplaysthecontentsoftheFileslistinamulticolumnformat.

Details.DisplaysthecontentsoftheFileslistinasingle-columnformatwithfiledetailsshown.

Tools

Providesthefollowingtoolstohelpyouwithfileselection:

Find.DisplaystheFinddialogbox,inwhichyoucansearchforfilesusingname,location,anddate-modifiedfilters.

Locate.NotavailableinReferenceManager.

AddCurrentFoldertoPlaces.AddsaniconfortheselectedfoldertothePlaceslist,providingquickaccesstothatfolderfromallstandardfileselectiondialogboxes.Toremovetheicon,right-clicktheiconandclickRemove.

AddtoFavorites.CreatesashortcuttothecurrentLookInlocation,ortotheselectedfileorfolder.TheshortcutisplacedintheFavoritesfolderforthecurrentuserprofile,whichyoucanaccessbyclickingFavoritesinthePlaceslist.

FilesList

Displaysthefilesandfoldersinthecurrentpathandoftheselectedfiletype.UsetheViewsmenuinthedialogboxtoswitchbetweenListviewandDetailsview.

FileName

DisplaysthenameofthefileyouselectintheFileslist.IfyouenterafilenameintheFileNamebox,ReferenceManagerclearsanyselection.Youcanusewild-cardcharacterstofilterfilesdisplayedintheFileslist.

FilesofType

Filtersthelistoffilesbyfiletype.

Save

Savesthefileunderthespecifiedfilename,filetype,andlocation.



OptionsDialogBox

Menu:View Options

ControlsthedisplayandoperationofReferenceManager.

DisplayOptions

Controlsseveraldisplayoptions.

ShowFullPathinTreeView

Displaysthepathnameandfilenameinthetreeviewwhenchecked,ordisplaysonlythefilenameinthetreeviewwhencleared.

DisplayToolbarButtonText

Displayslabeltextandiconsfortoolbarbuttonswhenchecked,ordisplaysonlythetoolbariconswhencleared.

ColumnstoDisplay

ControlsthedisplayorderandvisibilityofeachcolumnintheReferencelist.

MoveUpArrow

MovesthecurrentlyselectedcolumnheadingupinthisselectionlistandonecolumntotheleftwhendisplayedintheReferencelist.

MoveDownArrow

MovesthecurrentlyselectedcolumnheadingdowninthisselectionlistandonecolumntotherightwhendisplayedintheReferencelist.

LogFile

Controlstheoperationofthetextfilethatrecordsallpathchangesmadewith

ReferenceManager.

WritetoLogFile

Controlswhetherthelogfileisactive.Whenchecked,pathchangesusingReferenceManagerarerecordedandappendedtothelogfile.Ifthelogfilehasneverbeenusedorismissing,alogfileiscreated.

LogFileName

Specifiesthefilenameofthelogfile.Youmustenter.txtforthefileextension.Bydefault,thelogfileissavedinyourMyDocumentsfolder.

Browse

DisplaysatreeviewintheBrowseforFolderdialogbox,inwhichyoucanspecifythepathtothelogfile.

Settings

ControlsseveralsettingsforReferenceManageroperation.

ProfileUsedtoResolveReferences

SpecifieswhichAutoCADprofilenametouseforlocatingreferences.AutoCADprofilesstoreseveralAutoCADdrawingenvironmentsettingsinyoursystemregistry,includingsearchpaths.

AddXrefsWhenAddingDrawings

Whenthisoptionischecked,ReferenceManageraddsallthenestedxrefsofadrawingtothetreeviewwhenadrawingisaddedtothetreeview.Whenthisoptioniscleared,onlyspecifieddrawingsareaddedtothetreeview,andanynestedxrefsinthedrawingsmustbeaddedindividually.

RestoreDefaultMessagesandAlertBoxes

DisplaysalldialogboxesthatincludeaDon'tDisplayThisMessageAgainoption.Alldialogboxeswithwarningoptionsaredisplayed,regardlessofprevioussettingsspecifictoeachdialogbox.



SummaryDialogBox

Toolbar:Toolbar

Menu:File ApplyChanges

Reportsthenumberofdrawingsandreferencesthathavebeensuccessfullyupdated.

Details

DisplaystheDetailsdialogboxwiththereferencepathchangesthathavebeenapplied.Alsoliststhereferencepatheditsthatwereunsuccessful.



DetailsDialogBox

Menu:File ApplyChanges;clickDetails

FileName

Displaysthenameandextensionofthereferencedfile;forexample,txt.shx.

ReferenceName

Displaysthenameusedforthereferenceinthedrawing.Forexample,Standardisthedefaultnameassignedtotxt.shx.

EditingStatus

Reportswhethertheappliedchangewassuccessfullysavedtothedrawing.Ifthechangewasunsuccessful,thereasonforthefailureisgiven.

OldPath

Displaysthepreviouspathnamesavedinthehostdrawingofthereferencedfile.

NewPath

Displaysthenewpathnamesavedinthehostdrawingofthereferencedfile.

HostDrawing

Displaysthenameofthedrawingfilethatcontainsthereference.

UpdatedDrawingFormat

ReportswhetherthedrawingfilewasupdatedtothecurrentAutoCADdrawingfileformat.

Displaysalistofappliedreferencepathchangesandassociatedinformation.


Glossary

absolutepath

Afullyspecifiedpathnameforafile;forexample,C:\Data\Projects\Floorplan.dwg.Seealsorelativepath.

currentworkingfolder

Thefolderinwhichanapplicationisexecuted.

foundpath

ThefolderhierarchywhereReferenceManagerfoundareferencedfile.Seealsosavedpath.

hostdrawing

Adrawingthatcontainsareferencetoanotherfile.

hostversion

TheAutoCADdatabaseversionofthehostdrawing.

referencefile

AfilethatisreferencedbyanAutoCADdrawingfile.

Referencelist

TherightpaneoftheReferenceManagerwindow,whichliststhereferencesinthedrawingsselectedintheReferenceManagertreeview.Seealsotreeview.

relativepath

Apartiallyspecifiedpathnamethatdependsontheworkingcurrentfoldertoprovidecompletepathinformationforafile;forexample,\Projects\Floorplan.dwg.Seealsoabsolutepath.

savedreferencepath

Thefolderhierarchyofafilereferencethatissavedinadrawingfile.Asavedreferencepathisalsoknownasasavedpath.Seealsofoundpath.

treeview

TheleftpaneoftheReferenceManagerwindow,whichlistsselecteddrawingsandthefilesthattheyreference.SeealsoReferencelist.
