{"id":2145,"date":"2019-03-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camilion.dms3labs.cat\/2019\/03\/03\/autocad-a-thousand-binds-with-refman\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T17:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T16:02:02","slug":"autocad-a-thousand-binds-with-refman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/2019\/03\/03\/autocad-a-thousand-binds-with-refman\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoCAD: a thousand binds with RefMan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When working with <a href=\"https:\/\/autodesk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autodesk\u00ae<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/autocad\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AutoCAD\u00ae<\/a> software,<br \/>\nit still happens that sometimes you just have to get rid of External References in a project.<\/p>\n<p>Reasons vary, but there are plenty:<br \/>\nthe drawings have to be imported to a software that does not support External References,<br \/>\nthe contract specifies that delivered files can&rsquo;t contain external references,<br \/>\ncontractors ask for a single file, \u2026<\/p>\n<p>In this entry, we explain how to use <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a> to quickly <strong>Bind<\/strong> or get rid of all External References in a project, no matter how big it is; while making it easy to keep working with External References.<\/p>\n<div class=\"toc\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#a-thousand-binds-with-refman\">A thousand binds with RefMan<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#opening-refman\">Opening RefMan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#load-files-into-refman\">Load files into RefMan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#the-bind-interface\">The Bind interface<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#applying-changes\">Applying changes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"a-thousand-binds-with-refman\">A thousand binds with <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"opening-refman\">Opening <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This is done from an empty drawing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/autocad\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AutoCAD<\/a> software, by typing <code>REFMAN<\/code> in the command line interface.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"en_refman_01.png\" src=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/en_refman_01-1.png\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"load-files-into-refman\">Load files into <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Remember this works with either tenths or hundreds of files.<\/p>\n<p>Loading files into <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a> can be done by either of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drag and dropping files<\/li>\n<li>Clicking the <code>Add files<\/code> button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a> will start loading and analysing the files, meanwhile you can decide about the <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a> operation, in this case it will be <code>Bind<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"en_refman_10.png\" src=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/en_refman_10.png\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-bind-interface\">The <code>Bind<\/code> interface<\/h3>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a>&rsquo;s <code>Bind<\/code> interface, four columns appear on the right side.<\/p>\n<p>The <code>Bind<\/code> column determines whether or not a particular external reference will go through will go through the <code>Bind<\/code> process.<\/p>\n<p>Also of particular interest is the <strong>Bind method<\/strong>: <code>Insert<\/code> or <code>Merge<\/code>.<br \/>\nIf you need help understanding this, [read here][refman-bind-method] for more information.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"en_refman_06.png\" src=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/en_refman_06.png\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"applying-changes\">Applying changes<\/h3>\n<p>By clicking on <code>Process files<\/code>, <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a> will start applying any pending changes on all loaded files.<\/p>\n<p>The application creates a new directory named <code>_refman_bind<\/code> next to your source drawing files,<br \/>\nand saves the resulting DWG\u00ae files with the same name as the originals.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For each modified file, <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a> saves a backup with extension <code>.RefManBak<\/code> in the same folder.<br \/>\nIf you need to go back to before using <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a>, you can replace your <code>.dwg<\/code> files with the corresponding <code>.RefManBak<\/code>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"en_refman_12.png\" src=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/en_refman_12-1.png\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>In a quick-paced environment with regular deliveries that require files to go through a <code>Bind<\/code> process it is<br \/>\njust not possible to keep up doing things manually and it leads to all kinds of tricky mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>By using <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a> you are still able to meet deadlines while ensuring a better quality end result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When working with <a href=\"https:\/\/autodesk.com\">Autodesk\u00ae<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/autocad\/overview\">AutoCAD\u00ae<\/a> software,<br \/>\nit still happens that sometimes you just have to get rid of External References in a project.<\/p>\n<p>Reasons vary, but there are plenty:<br \/>\nthe drawings have to be imported to a software that does not support External References,<br \/>\nthe contract specifies that delivered files can&rsquo;t contain external references,<br \/>\ncontractors ask for a single file, \u2026<\/p>\n<p>In this entry, we explain how to use <a href=\"https:\/\/camilion.eu\/es\/apps\/RefMan\/\">RefMan<\/a> to quickly <strong>Bind<\/strong> or get rid of all External References in a project, no matter how big it is; while making it easy to keep working with External 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