{"id":2143,"date":"2019-03-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camilion.dms3labs.cat\/2019\/03\/17\/autocad-bind-mode-explained\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T17:02:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T16:02:01","slug":"autocad-bind-mode-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/2019\/03\/17\/autocad-bind-mode-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoCAD: bind mode explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

As expert users of Autodesk\u00ae<\/a> software like AutoCAD\u00ae<\/a>,
\nwe sometimes receive very specific questions or requests from our clients.<\/p>\n

One of the most recent ones has been related to external reference management and
\nthe differences between the bind<\/code> modes in AutoCAD<\/a> software, particularly,
\nhow one of our apps<\/a>: RefMan<\/a> interacts with that.<\/p>\n

When we discovered that the problem of our client came from a lack of understanding of the process,
\nwe decided to document it and explain it for whoever is interested.<\/p>\n

What is bind<\/code>?<\/h2>\n

When working with AutoCAD<\/a> software in major projects, using external references is mandatory for correct workload distribution and to avoid information duplication.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, even to this day external references are frowned upon for several reasons.
\nFor example: the drawing has to be exported to a software that doesn’t support external references, the project’s contractual terms specifies that external references may not be used, contractors ask for a single file, etc.<\/p>\n

To get the best of both worlds, it’s possible to work with external references and prior to handing the work over to the next phase we can perform a bind<\/code> of all external references in order to have all the graphical information in one single DWG file.<\/p>\n

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RefMan<\/a> can handle this process seamlessly for
\nhundreds or thousands DWG files.
\nTo know more about this process, read this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Graphical example<\/h2>\n

To aid us in the explanation, we are going to generate a fairly easy example. The working files can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this example, there are two references (Ref1<\/code> y Ref2<\/code>) and a drawing (Dibuix<\/code>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ref1<\/th>\nRef2<\/th>\nMontaje<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\"Referencia<\/td>\n\"Referencia<\/td>\n\"Montaje<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Layers structure<\/h3>\n

In the drawing the two references are inserted, each reference has a Layer<\/code> with different visibility and colour properties.<\/p>\n

\"Dibuix_layers\"<\/p>\n

It’s worth mentioning that AutoCAD<\/a> uses the |<\/code> symbol to differentiate the layers that belong to an external reference. This way, in the list of layers we see:<\/p>\n