Embed an xref into the drawing

[CES-3B]

Hello,

I need to embed the files that are refernced in a drawing into the actual drawing. That way, if the path is broken they will still be visible.

I know this will make the drawing larger, but that really isn't an issue. The referenced file is a mrSid and I am using Autocad Map 2015 with the Carlson Civil Suite addon.

[Kent1Cooper]

XREF, Bind option.  You are aware, I hope, that once you Bind an Xref in, it will no longer update if the source drawing is changed, as it will if you don't Bind it.

[braudpat]

Hello

+1 with Kent

If the default BIND option is not OK for you,

please change the System variable BINDTYPE ...

[CES-3B]

Hello!

For some reason, I can't bind the Mr. Sid files. It is not that they don't work, but that the Bind command just isn't there.

What would I change the BINDTYPE to?

[pendean · Accepted solution]

You can't bind image files that way: you will need to clip them out inside an image viewer program first, then paste then into AutoCAD. You may lose resolution with this method. Binding mrSID files is a terrible idea for the most part due to loss of resolution.

Good luck.

[Kent1Cooper]

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@pendean wrote:
You can't bind image files that way....

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Ahhh....  I had assumed they were talking about Xrefs, but the original message isn't specific about the file type.

[CES-3B]

I did say it was a mrSid file in the original post.

[Kent1Cooper]

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@CES-3B wrote:

I did say it was a mrSid file in the original post.

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[... which I didn't recognize as a file type, being unfamiliar with the designation and whatever makes them.]

[braudpat]

Hello

Sorry I have "followed" Kent so I have not understood you were speaking only about .SID (or .ECW) raster files !

Happy New Year and THE HEALTH, Regards, Patrice

[ksextro]

I am not sure why but this happened to me and whatever xref that came in with my attachment (the references that were in the file I was trying to bind) were affecting it. After I went into the xref and detached its references I then could go back and bind.