External References Palette Buttons
 
 
 
Quick Reference

Use the buttons at the top of the External References palette to choose the types of files to attach to the drawing and to refresh the status of file references that you already have attached.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Attach (file type) Button

The Attach button displays a list of file types that you can attach. The following options are displayed:

  • Attach DWG. Starts the XATTACH command.
  • Attach Image. Starts the IMAGEATTACH command.
  • Attach DWF. Starts the DWFATTACH command.
  • Attach DGN. Starts the DGNATTACH command
  • Attach PDF. Starts the PDFATTACH command
  • Attach from Vault. Provides access to content stored in the Vault client.
NoteAttach from Vault is only shown when the Vault client is installed. You must be an Autodesk Subscription customer to have access to the Vault client.

Refresh/Reload All References Button

The following options are available:

Refresh

Synchronizes the status data of referenced drawing files with the data in memory. Refresh interacts primarily with Autodesk Vault.

Reload All References

Updates all file references to ensure that the most current version is used. Updating also occurs when you first open a drawing that contains file references.