In AutoCAD, making good use of \"references\" can double the efficiency

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How many people use “reference” frequently? Or rather, it is engineering companies or design firms that use the original version of AutoCAD; they hardly ever use plugins such as Tianhe or VCAD. When copying or inserting a title block as a block, one has to be prepared for every possibility. What if, after all the drawings have been completed, the client or for some other reason needs to change the content in the title block—such as the project name, project code, electronic signature, etc.? If references are not used, one has to open each drawing individually to make the changes, and each time the same information has to be altered ； At this point, if there are only a dozen or twenty sheets in the entire set of drawings, it’s not a problem. But what if there are two or three sets with hundreds of sheets each? Every sheet has to be opened, and the changes required are still the same; it would be insane in such a situation! ! ! If you use “Reference,” you simply need to modify the ‘Reference.dwg’ file. As long as this file with the parameters is used, everything else will change automatically; there’s no need to open each file individually and make the same changes... Really, you should give it a try – click to see how CAD’s “Reference” function works