XREFs have been enhanced so that you can control the state of layers using GoTo Views in the host drawing, and to automatically remove hidden lines from the current projection.
Link to Drawing GoTo Views
Link to Drawing GoTo Views
GoTo Views that are native to the host drawing can now control which layers are turned on and off inside of XREFs. This setting operates on a per-drawing basis. Click the “Insert” pull-down menu, mouse over “Reference File Management” and click “Remember Layer Settings for GoTo Views” to enable this option.
When you save a GoTo View that is native to the host drawing, DataCAD will also include the on/off status of layers inside any XREFs which are present. When you recall the GoTo View, DataCAD recalls not only the drawing layers, but the layers in the XREFs as well.
The status and position of an XClip is not remembered with the GoTo View parameters.
Remove hidden lines in XREFs
Remove hidden lines in XREFs
A new option named “Hide” has been added to the [Ctrl] + [right-click]/XREF Tools context menu. When you select this option, DataCAD will perform the Hidden Line Removal operation on the selected XREF, and store the result as a symbol. DataCAD automatically replaces the XREF instance with the symbol instance. The hidden line image inside the symbol is flat o the ground plane, but the symbol is then inserted in the current view projection. The result is a hidden line image of the XREF in the current view.
If you make changes to the model, you can [Ctrl]+[right-click] on the symbol and choose “Update Hide” to update the hidden line result with the changes you made. You can also choose “Unhide” to revert back to a wireframe representation of the model.
Merge clipping boundaries
XREF Clip Cubes (XClips) and Symbol Clip Cubes (SClips) may now be merged with the parent XClips. You will find this option both in the “Reference File Manager,” and in the “Reference File Management” sub-menu of the “Insert” pull-down menu.
When this option is unchecked, DataCAD X3 will treat XClips that are applied to nested-level XREFs and SClips applied to symbols within the XREF as separate clipping boundaries. This works the way it did in DataCAD 12. The information inside the XREF-level XClip, the information inside the nested-level XClip, and the information inside SClips will all be displayed.
When this option is checked, the nested level clipping boundaries are ignored. If you apply an XClip boundary to the top-level XREF, only the information inside the boundary is shown, even if the XREF contains a nested XREF or symbols with SClips.
Link to Drawing GoTo Views
Link to Drawing GoTo Views
GoTo Views that are native to the host drawing can now control which layers are turned on and off inside of XREFs. This setting operates on a per-drawing basis. Click the “Insert” pull-down menu, mouse over “Reference File Management” and click “Remember Layer Settings for GoTo Views” to enable this option.
When you save a GoTo View that is native to the host drawing, DataCAD will also include the on/off status of layers inside any XREFs which are present. When you recall the GoTo View, DataCAD recalls not only the drawing layers, but the layers in the XREFs as well.
The status and position of an XClip is not remembered with the GoTo View parameters.
Remove hidden lines in XREFs
Remove hidden lines in XREFs
A new option named “Hide” has been added to the [Ctrl] + [right-click]/XREF Tools context menu. When you select this option, DataCAD will perform the Hidden Line Removal operation on the selected XREF, and store the result as a symbol. DataCAD automatically replaces the XREF instance with the symbol instance. The hidden line image inside the symbol is flat o the ground plane, but the symbol is then inserted in the current view projection. The result is a hidden line image of the XREF in the current view.
If you make changes to the model, you can [Ctrl]+[right-click] on the symbol and choose “Update Hide” to update the hidden line result with the changes you made. You can also choose “Unhide” to revert back to a wireframe representation of the model.
Merge clipping boundaries
XREF Clip Cubes (XClips) and Symbol Clip Cubes (SClips) may now be merged with the parent XClips. You will find this option both in the “Reference File Manager,” and in the “Reference File Management” sub-menu of the “Insert” pull-down menu.
When this option is unchecked, DataCAD X3 will treat XClips that are applied to nested-level XREFs and SClips applied to symbols within the XREF as separate clipping boundaries. This works the way it did in DataCAD 12. The information inside the XREF-level XClip, the information inside the nested-level XClip, and the information inside SClips will all be displayed.
When this option is checked, the nested level clipping boundaries are ignored. If you apply an XClip boundary to the top-level XREF, only the information inside the boundary is shown, even if the XREF contains a nested XREF or symbols with SClips.
