Lynda - AutoCAD 2014 Essentials: 05 Working with References

Learn to work with AutoCAD blocks, link to other drawings, and incorporate images into your AutoCAD 2014 projects. Join author Jeff Bartels as he explores the concept of references?a tool that allows you to link to and reuse external content. The course covers creating and leveraging block symbols, attaching and clipping external drawings, and referencing images. The final chapter includes a drawing challenge, where you can apply the skills you've learned, followed by Jeff's step-by-step solution.

Topics include:

Inserting blocks

Building a block library

Creating a link to a DWG file

Controlling the appearance of referenced drawings

Choosing between attach and overlay

Binding references

Clipping images

Sizing images