Referenced Parts

2-D Part > Referencing

You can use referencing to manage reused parts (identical parts). Referenced parts are changed across drawings and automatically identified during saving. You construct a part (e.g. a wheel) only once, and referencing enables you to use it again and again. If you change one of the identical parts, the others can be updated.

You can create referenced parts

• internally for the drawing or
• externally as a file across drawings.

You use the Clone function group to copy the internal parts. The clones and the original are referred to as a group.

 

Referenced parts
	Reference active part internally
Pull-down menu External
	Reference active part externally		Break up referencing
	Move		Rotate about fitting point
	Scale about fitting point		Referencing info for active part
	Change referencing number		Mark externally referenced parts
	Change path for externally referenced parts		Settings for externally referenced parts All externally referenced parts in the drawing are marked accordingly.
	Delete element content of externally referenced parts		Delete (active part + identical parts)  This function deletes the internal group, i.e. the active part and all identical parts.
	Update identical parts
Pull-down menu Update
	Update identical parts from file
	Save referenced part Once you have defined the external part, you need to save it. The elements of the part are not automatically transferred when you save the drawing.

Part Functions (2-D)