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What is dref in Civil 3D?

by Rhyley Bryan

What is dref in Civil 3D?

Data References (DREFs) in Autodesk Civil 3D are all about published Managed Models built inside our civil engineering and survey projects. Folks like to think that DREFs are a Civil 3D specialized (and weird) form of XREF or IREF.

How do you reference a surface in Civil 3D?

  1. Open the drawing that contains the surface reference and select the surface reference in the drawing.
  2. On the Surface Data Reference ribbon tab, click Modify panel Surface Properties drop-down Convert DREF Status Find.
  3. Press Enter to change the data reference status.

How do you update a data reference in Civil 3D?

In the file consuming the data reference created by the data shortcut…

  1. Manage tab > Data Shortcuts panel > Synchronize References. Update the reference name.
  2. The data shortcut name has been updated and synchronized.
  3. Save the file.

What are Civil 3d shortcuts?

Data shortcuts are stored in the _Shortcuts folder for the active project and are used to create data references to the source objects in other drawings. Each data shortcut is stored in a separate XML file.

How do I bring a surface to the data shortcut?

Exercise 2: Creating Data Shortcuts

  1. Click Manage tab Data Shortcuts panel Create Data Shortcuts Find. Note:
  2. In the Create Data Shortcuts dialog box, select the following check boxes: Surfaces.
  3. Click OK. Now that the data shortcuts have been created, the current drawing is associated with the data shortcuts project.

What are Civil 3D shortcuts?

How do data shortcuts work?

Data shortcuts are stored in the _Shortcuts folder for the active project and are used to create data references to the source objects in other drawings. Each data shortcut is stored in a separate XML file. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click Data Shortcuts Create Data Shortcuts.

What is a data shortcut AutoCAD?

The data shortcut is used only for the creation of data references. A data reference is a read-only copy of a source object, inserted into another drawing, often called a consumer drawing. From the Prospector tab, you can select a shortcut for an object and create a reference to that object in the active drawing.

What is data shortcut?

What is the shortcut to delete data?

Removing a Data Shortcut

  1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the Data Shortcuts collection to find the shortcut you want to remove.
  2. Right-click the object and click Remove.

What is a data shortcut Autocad?