Exercise duration: ~15 minutes

Reusable content and drawing management

In this practice exercise you will attach and
manage external references including the
layers. You’ll edit a block and create a
transmittal package.

NOTE: Mac users will not be able to open the

.dwf file and this format is not tested on the
exam.

Learning objectives:

• Attach external reference and underlay

files.
• Determine layer naming conventions
when binding a referenced drawing.
• Insert and modify a block.
• Control the properties of referenced
layers.
• Create a zipped transmittal package
The completed exercise
(eTransmit).

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1. Open the Factory Floorplan-M.dwg file.
Set the XREFS layer as current, and
then attach the following external
reference files:

• Factory Landscape-M.dwg
• Factory Electric-M.dwg
• Factory Lighting-M.dwg

Attach the files as overlays at 0,0 with

no change in scale or rotation (with
Overlay selected for Reference Type
and Relative Path selected as the Path
Type).
Attach the Factory Site-M.dwf file at
Figure 1. The Factory Floorplan-M.dwg
drawing displaying content in the Model
tab

0,0 with no change in scale or rotation.

Clip the DWF Underlay (approximately)
as shown in Figure 1.

2. Change the Xref Fading value to 75.

Freeze the trees layer in the Factory
Landscape-M external reference. Bind
the Factory Landscape-M external
reference with the Bind type.

Observe:
What is the name of the Factory
Landscape-M trees layer now?
Figure 2. The Reference panel with Fade set
to 75
What happened to the Xref fading once
the Xref was bound?

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3. Open the Factory Electric-M external
reference. Using the Block Editor, edit
the R1 block and add a 0.2 radius circle
around the x2 text as shown in Figure 3.
Close and save the block. Save and
close the Factory Electric-M external
reference drawing and return to the
Factory Floorplan-M drawing. Reload
the xref from the notification balloon
that appears. Figure 3. The edited R1 block

4. Create a new transmittal setup called

AutoCAD ACP using a ZIP file with the
following settings enabled:

• Set default plotter to “none”.

• Purge drawings.
• Place all files in one folder.
• Include fonts.

Set up a new transmittal using the

default ZIP file name and examine the
files in the transmittal package to see
the fonts and xrefs.

Save the ZIP file on your desktop.

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