External Reference / Block Reference

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FOUNDA
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External Reference / Block Reference

Post by FOUNDA » Wed May 29, 2019 2:30 am

Hello - I can't seem to work out how to: insert a Plan Drawing into model space of a Title Sheet drawing and be able to constantly update the Plan Drawing like you would an external reference on other CAD software. Please give some direction on this topic?

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Re: External Reference / Block Reference

Post by andrew » Wed May 29, 2019 9:42 am

External block references (XRefs) are not supported at this point in QCAD.

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Re: External Reference / Block Reference

Post by FOUNDA » Wed May 29, 2019 9:45 am

Thank you very much again for your quick reply.

What about inserting the external file as a block and updating a base file. Is that supported? I haven't quite got it yet.

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Re: External Reference / Block Reference

Post by andrew » Thu May 30, 2019 2:58 pm

You could insert a file as a block (File > Import) and when the block needs updating from the file, re-import it and check the "Overwrite blocks" option.

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Re: External Reference / Block Reference

Post by FOUNDA » Fri May 31, 2019 2:26 am

Thank you so much!

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