xrefs through email

[Juice]

Hello everyone,

My question to you guys is:
I'm trying to send a drawing to a client that has Acad. But i used an external reference in my drawing. How do i attach the xref to the drawing that will open up with it being seen by my client. My client does not know how utilize a xref. So he needs to be able to open up the drawing and see that xref w/o going through the process of re attaching it. Do you bind it?

Thanks
Juice

 

[besomdave]

In x-ref manager (from reference toolbar or insert menu) select 'bind' command this will permanently fix (a copy) of the chosen x-ref to the drawing - making it part of the drawing (in block form). It would be wise to make a copy of the original drg and work with this.

Your client will then be able to open the drawing as normal.


As always review command from acad manual .

 

[FH]

Dear Juice,

If you are using AutoCAD 2002, there is a command named
"ETRANSMIT". This command gathers all related files and
creates a parcel to send via email or ... .

1. Open the master drawing.
2. Enter the ETRANSMIT command.
3. In dialog box "General" tab, mark the below option:
"Remove paths from xrefs and images"
4. In "Type" list select the below option:
"Self-extracting executable (*.exe)"
5. Define the name and location of EXE file to be created
in the "Location" box (using the browse button).
6. Activate the "Files" tab.
7. Unselect the unnecessary files.
8. Click on "OK".

An executable file will be created that automatically
extracts files and copies each file in desired location,
for example it copies font files (if included) to the
AutoCAD fonts folder. The "Remove paths" option (step 3 of
above instructions) causes the xref files copy in the
same folder as master file and open from the same path.


Farzad

 

[kmacsys]

Another way to do this is simply to copy the xref file and the dwg file into the same directory (folder) and have your client open the dwg file from this folder. The dwg, by default, will look in the current folder for the xref file. This way you do not have to bind the xref to the dwg!

 

[Striker]

I am with FH, use the ETRANSMIT option if it is possible, Too often we receive drawings from clients with a special linetype or using a special symbol that is in a custom shape file. Fonts that are missing etc... this is solved by simply using the ETRANSMIT function, if the drawing needs any external file, it adds it to the transmittal, this way, your clients will always have everything needed to open and effectively use your drawings.

K