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where you can change your settings in the Basic
and Advanced panels.
Note: You cannot change the sorting or layer
optionswhenreloadingadrawing.
3. Click OK to reload the file.
Inter face
The File Lin k Manager dialog contains three
panels for listing linked files:
• Attach (page 3–424)
• Files (page 3–425)
• Presets (page 3–426)
These panels let you attach files, update
attachments and settings, and change presets used
by File Link. The terminolog y is similar to the
terminology for managing AutoCAD external
references, or xrefs (page 3–1036).
Note: An xref is an AutoCAD external reference.
This is different f rom a 3ds Max Xref (page
3–1037), which is an externally referenced file that
can be a 3ds Max object or scene.
Attach panel
File—Displays an Open dialog that you can use
thebrowseforDWGandDXFfilesthatyouwant
to link. When a file is selected, its path and name
appears in the File list.
File list—Thefiletobeattachedtoyourscene.You
canenterthefilelocation,oryoucanexpandthe
list to display a history of the last ten attached files.
Note: You can resize the File Link Manager dialog
by dragging any corner or edge. This is useful for
viewing a file path if it’s too long to fit in the file
list field.
Preset—Displaysalistofpresetsettingsyoucan
choose to use when attaching the f ile. Each list
entry in this list represents a unique collection
ofattachandreloadsettings. Youcancreate
additional presets in t he Presets panel of the File
Link Manager dialog.
Rescale—Altersthescaleofthegeometryfrom
alinkedfiletomatchthesystem unit scale (page
3–850) in 3ds Max. When Rescale is on, you
can specify w hat the base units should be for the
geometry in the linked file. For example, if the
length of a line in the linked file is 2 units, you can
specify that these units be considered as any of
the units listed under File Units (below), such as
inches, millimeters, or parsecs.
When Rescale is on, and the units you specif y are
different from the system units cur rently set in the
3ds Max scene, the incoming objects are scaled
appropriately. For example, if a door measures 914
units in the linked file, and you specify millimeters
to convert from, the door will measure 36 inches
in the 3ds Max scene.
Note: You can’t change units when you reload a
linked file.
Note: By default, system units are inches in
3ds Max. Consider carefully b efore changing the
default system units. For more information, see
Using Units (page 2–2).
Incoming File Units—Displays the unit of measure
found in the original dr aw ing file and lists the units