User Guide
User Guide
User Guide

Attach Reference

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Used to attach one or more models, to the active model. For more information, see Attaching references.

Attach Reference dialog box

  

Except where noted below, the controls of the Attach Reference dialog box are analogous to those in the Open dialog box.

Tool SettingEffect
Attachment Method

Sets the view of the model being attached.

  • Coincident
    • — Aligns the references with regard to design plane coordinates only.
  • Coincident World
    • — Aligns the references with the active model with regard to both Global Origin and design plane coordinates.
  • Top, Right, Front, Isometric, Bottom, Back, Left, Right Isometric
    • — Sets the views used to attach the reference. If the file being attached is 2D, you can choose only the Top view.

Key-in: REFERENCE ATTACH [configuration_variable:]<filename> [,model_name] [,logical_name] [description] [,view_name] [,scale] [,nesting] [,ON|OFF]


or

Key-in: RF= [RF=configuration_variable:]<filename> [,model_name] [,logical_name] [,description] [,view_name] [,scale] [,nesting] [,ON|OFF]

In the REFERENCE ATTACH (RF=) key-in:

  • The default view_name is * — Coincident attachment. # specifies Coincident World. Otherwise, this parameter specifies the name of the saved view by which the reference is to be attached.

  • The default scale factor is 1:1. If you specify a scale factor, it is treated as True Scale. You can enter scale factors as x:y — x master units to y reference units or just x — x master units to 1 reference unit.

  • Nesting is disabled by default. Otherwise, this parameter specifies the nesting depth. Live nesting is used unless you append the letter c — for example 3c — in which case copy nesting is used.

  • You can omit parameters using consecutive commas — for example, RF=test,,,,top. You must specify parameters that contain spaces within quotation marks.

  • OFF at the end of the parameter indicates attach raster references will not display in the master model. On by default, indicates they will display.

Reference attachments can be created from saved views with the camera on. This creates an attachment with its own camera so the attachment will appear identical to the saved view. This can be valuable when creating detail sections on sheets. However, since these attachments are 3D projections to 2D images, they are only allowed in 2D master files and sheet models.