Referencing with V8

to follow up on my problem with referencing on SE, of course I could use V8,
there are no restrictions there, but most of the firms we work with use SE
so if I send them the dgns with their references, what will happen to them
when they are opened on another machine? Will the references be gone?

 

James ...

The preferred way of working, is to use configuration variables (CfgVars) to
specify the location of reference files.

For example, given a directory structure:
N:\projects\project01\dgn\
N:\projects\project01\refs\

You can specify these CfgVars in one of your configuration files:
PROJECT_ROOT = N:/projects/project01/
MS_DEF = $(PROJECT_ROOT)dgn/
MS_RFDIR = $(PROJECT_ROOT)refs/

When attaching a reference file, use this syntax for the file name:
MS_RFDIR:ref1.dgn

When your contractor works with your project, give him a copy of your
configuration file. All he must do is to change the PROJECT_ROOT to point
to the project location on his network. The references will be located and
attached correctly.