Reference Manager in Civil 3D

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In big projects, sometimes you will need to change the path locations, to change the name and so on.

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And if you are working on a complex project, that can become a big challenge.

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So, one tool I advise for you is to use a reference manager.

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So, see I click here, I go to my reference manager, I select the file I want.

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For example, I take this One.

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I add, obviously all the external references.

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And here I see all the different resources that my file is using.

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And here for example, I can say, okay, find and replace, the path location.

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This is an easy way for you if you just change the location of your file, to repoint as a right location, the external references.

Video transcript

00:05

In big projects, sometimes you will need to change the path locations, to change the name and so on.

00:11

And if you are working on a complex project, that can become a big challenge.

00:17

So, one tool I advise for you is to use a reference manager.

00:22

So, see I click here, I go to my reference manager, I select the file I want.

00:28

For example, I take this One.

00:31

I add, obviously all the external references.

00:34

And here I see all the different resources that my file is using.

00:38

And here for example, I can say, okay, find and replace, the path location.

00:43

This is an easy way for you if you just change the location of your file, to repoint as a right location, the external references.

Reference Manager - Exercise

  1. From the Windows start menu, open the Reference Manager.
  2. In the Reference Manager window, click Add Drawings.



  3. In the Add Drawings dialog box, browse to the C:\Autodesk Learning\Setup C3D Projects\Course 1 - Data Management folder and select Try-it-1A.dwg. (If you did not complete the previous Try It, select Try-it-1B.dwg.)



  4. Click Open.
  5. In the Reference Manager – Add Xrefs dialog box that appears, select Add all xrefs automatically regardless of nesting level.



  6. The external references will be added to the Reference Manager.



  7. To update a saved path for a reference, select the reference and click Find and Replace in the toolbar.



  8. In the Find and Replace Selected Paths dialog box, in the Replace with area, either type in the correct path or use the ellipses (…) to browse to the correct path for the files. Since you do not need to edit anything at this point, click Cancel to dismiss the Find and Replace dialog box.

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