How to Configure the Cross-reference Text Display
General
You can configure what the reference text displays on your drawing. You can also have a different reference text configuration for zone style and grid style referencing.
To configure the reference text for grid style referencing, go to the Grid Style tab page. To configure the reference text for zone style referencing go to the Zone Style tab page.
The reference text configuration pages contain two lists.
The list on the left side is what the reference text currently contains.
The list on the right contains the items which the reference text can contain.
For example the default configuration for Grid Style referencing is to produce references that contain the name of the drawing the component is on, a forward slash delimiter, the row the component is in (represented by a letter) and the column the component is in (represented by a number).
The box at the top of the dialog displays an example of how the reference text will appear.
An example for the Grid Style default is Drawing/B3. This would be a reference for a component at position B3 on a drawing called DRAWING.DWG
Cross-reference Text Options
The following table lists the available items that can be added to the reference text and what they mean.
| Item Name | Description |
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| Delimiter | A single character used to delimit two other items. |
| FILE name | The name of the drawing file containing the component, without the file extension .dwg |
| FILE name ( if off drawing ) | The name of the drawing file if the component is on a different drawing to the reference text. |
| Sheet Number Block |
A user defined sheet number contained in a startref block or title block. This option is mutually exclusive with continuous rows or columns, below. See Configuring sheet number referencing for more details. |
| Sheet Number Block ( if off drawing ) |
A user defined sheet number contained in a startref block or title block. This will be displayed only if the component is not on the same drawing as the reference. This option is mutually exclusive with continuous rows or columns, below. See Configuring sheet number referencing for more details. |
| Columns = Numbers | Column number starting from 1. |
| Columns = Letters | Column letter starting from A. |
| Rows = Numbers | Row number starting from 1. |
| Rows = Letters | Row letter starting from A. |
| Columns = Continuous Numbers |
Column number starting from the startref block value. This option is mutually exclusive with the continuous row options below and the sheet number above. See Continuous Referencing for details. |
| Columns = Continuous Letters |
Column letter starting from the startref block value. This option is mutually exclusive with the continuous row options below and the sheet number above. See Continuous Referencing for details. |
| Rows = Continuous Numbers |
Rows number starting from the startref block value. This option is mutually exclusive with the continuous column options above and the sheet number above. See Continuous Referencing for details. |
| Rows = Continuous Letters |
Row letter starting from the startref block value. This option is mutually exclusive with the continuous column options above and the sheet number above. See Continuous Referencing for details. |
TitleBlock:DRAWINGNO TitleBlock:TITLE1 ... |
Fields from the title blocks of the drawings as they appear in the drawing index report. |
Adding and Removing Items from the Reference Text
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To add an item from the reference text, select the item you wish to add in the list of available items and click on the [<] button between the lists. The selected item will be added to the list of items in the reference text.
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To remove items from the reference text, select the items you wish to remove and click on the [>] button between the lists. The items will be removed from the reference text.
Changing the Order of the Items in the Reference Text
To change the order of the items in the reference text, select the item you wish to change and click on the move up or move down buttons to the left of the list of items in the reference text.
Changing the Delimiter
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You can configure what character you wish to use for a delimiter. Change this in the delimiter box shown below.
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When you add a delimiter item to the reference text it will use the character currently set.