CADVANCE News
September
2001
Issue
09:11
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Reference Files
by Fred Canfield
Searching
and Loading
When
a drawing containing reference files is loaded the following things
happen:
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The
drawing may or may not contain the path and name of a reference
load file (.REF). If it does the xxx.REF is loaded.
If it exists on the path as stored in the drawing. No
searching is done for the .REF file.
If
it does not exist (either in the drawing or in the specified
path), the reference file is regenerated as in 2 below.
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The
drawing may contain the path and name of drawing files (.VWF).
These drawings are loaded as read only reference drawings.
A full path to each reference drawing is contained in the
original drawing. If the reference drawing file does not
exist at that path then the following paths are searched (in
order) for the reference drawing:
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The
path of the currently open original drawing
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The
"Drawing" path from the Options\Path dialog
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The
"Reference Drawing" path from the Options\Path
dialog
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The
"Reference Files" path from the Options\Path
dialog
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A
Temporary Reference load file is created in the "Working
Files" path. The reference load file contains all
primitives within all the reference file drawings.
The
reference files and their positions, scaling, rotation, clipping,
and layer definitions may be changed throughout the drawing session
by one or more of the following:
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Through
the interactive "File\Reference\Setup" dialog
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Loading
a Reference file through "File\Open" dialog.
This loads a previously saved reference load file (.REF) that
replaces all currently included reference drawings
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Loading
a Reference Setup file through "File\Open". This
loads a previously saved reference setup file (.RFS) which
contains the positions, scaling, rotation, clipping, and layer definition
parameters for one or more reference files. These
parameters will be applied to the existing reference drawing
files as they are regenerated.
Creating
and Saving
The
permanent reference files can only be created and saved by
performing a "File\Save As" function. This will save
either the current parameter settings (saving a reference setup
file) or the entire temporary reference data file including all
reference drawings and their current parameters (saving a reference
file).
When
a reference file is saved the full path and name of the file is
stored in the drawing file so that it may be used the next time the
drawing is loaded. Thus saving quite a bit of regeneration
time. However, if any changes are made to the reference file
setup information during a drawing session the name is deleted from
the drawing file and you must do another "File\Save As" to
create a new reference file.
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- Q:
My Status bar (in version 2000) is 4 lines instead of 2.
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- Q: When I do a View
/ Fit, it shows up as a tiny postage stamp size on the screen.
What do I do?
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- A: This is due to a
tiny stray object in the drawing. In CADVANCE 99 and up, you can
use Ex-Window (Exclude Window) around the visible part of the
drawing. Click on "Point" on the Status bar, then
select "Ex Window", then select the "postage
stamp", then hit [DELETE]. Save the drawing. The
extraneous objects will be removed, and when you do a View / Fit it
will display properly. If you have an older version of CADVANCE,
copy the valid portion of the drawing and paste it to a new CADVANCE
window.
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- Q: How do I get
CADVANCE to default to the dimension files I keep on the network
drive? I've set the drive and path in the .ini file, but it
keeps defaulting to C:\Cadvance. We keep the dimension files on
the network so we can share common files without needing to update
each machine when changes are made.
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- A: Cad.dim is
initially loaded from the working directory or the CADVANCE
directory. In Cadvance.ini, the "Dimension Setup File"
is only used if the .ini file is deliberately loaded with "Apply
to Drawing" check-marked. You will need to use File/Open/*.ini,
open Cadvance.ini with "Apply to Drawing" selected, then
CADVANCE will recognize the dimension setup file as it exists in
Cadvance.ini. Another alternative is to create a macro.
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