XBIND — Bind Reference Symbols

Binds layers, linetypes, styles and blocks of an external reference to the drawing.

• Command: XBIND · Global name: _XBIND · Alias: XB
• Ribbon: Insert › Reference

Binds single symbols of an external reference (blocks, dimension styles, layers, linetypes and text styles) to the drawing, like AutoCAD XBIND: the symbol REF|name is renamed REF$0$name and no longer depends on the reference, which stays attached. To bind the whole reference, use Bind in XREF.

Usage

1. Enter XBIND (or XB). In the Xbind dialog box, tick the symbols of each type and click OK.

In scripts, SCRIPT and AutoLISP there is no dialog box: it asks as in -XBIND.

Notes

• A layer also binds its dependent linetype. If the name REF$0$name already exists, $1$, $2$... are used.
• When the reference is reloaded, its dependent symbols appear again as REF|name. The dialog box cannot be scripted in the AutoCAD console: it has a unit test.

See also

-XBIND · XREF · XATTACH