Chapter 14: Advanced Editing and Organizing

• Use external references (Xrefs).    You've seen how you can use Xrefs to quickly build variations of a floor plan that contain repetitive elements. This isn't necessarily the only way to use Xrefs, but the basic idea of how to use Xrefs is presented in the early exercises.
  • Master It    Try putting together another floor plan that contains nothing but the Unit2 plan.
  • Solution    Replace the eight studio units in the Common.dwg file with four of the Unit2 plans.
• Manage layers.    Once you start to edit complex drawings, you'll find that you'll want to save the On/Off or Freeze/Thaw layer states so that you can access parts of a drawing more easily. The Layer States Manager lets you save as many layer conditions as you may need in the course of a project.
  • Master It    What part of the Layer States Manager dialog box lets you control the layer properties...