Creating and Removing File References

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• Creating References
  

  You can create references between files. When you work on the parent file, its references are displayed automatically in the preview or in the bill of materials.

• Create File References Dialog Box
  

  Use the Create File References dialog box to paste copied files as references to a selected file.

• Changing or Removing References
  

• Edit User-Defined File References Dialog Box
  

  Use the Edit User-Defined File References dialog box to change or remove references you have added to a file.

• Quantity Specification for Manually Created File References
  

  When you create file references manually by using the Paste as Reference command, you can specify a quantity for the referenced files. This quantity is used in the Bill of Materials, Contains, and Where Used tabs when you enable Show in Bill of Materials for the reference.

• Copying a File with References
  

  You can copy a parent file with all its references to create a second instance unrelated to the original.

• Moving a File Structure to Multiple Folders
  

  You can move a file structure to multiple folders using the Move Tree functionality.