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AutoCAD For Dummies, 19th Edition
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AutoCAD For Dummies, 19th Edition

by Ralph Grabowski
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
544 pages
15h 31m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 18

Everything from Arrays to Xrefs

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Introducing associative arrays, external references (xrefs), raster images, and dynamic blocks

Bullet Creating associative arrays with ARray

Bullet Attaching and managing xrefs, DWFs, and PDFs

Bullet Controlling xref paths

Bullet Importing other file types

Bullet Attaching and managing raster image files

Bullet Authoring dynamic blocks

Simple arrays have served AutoCAD users well for many years. They’re basically just a quick way of producing multiple copies of drawing objects in regular patterns. If you’re not familiar with simple arrays, then flip to Chapter 11.

Associative arrays are dynamic: That is, you can change the number of items, change the objects being arrayed, or substitute a different object set for one or more object sets in an array.

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