To Work with Placement Help in iFeatures

You can embed or link a document as placement help, add or replace a web page as placement help, and use the help when inserting an iFeature.

Embed or Link a Document as Placement Help

1. Click File Open.
2. Browse to the iFeature (.ide) file in which you want to embed a document, and then click Open.
3. On the ribbon, click Tools tab Insert panel Insert Object.
4. In the Insert Object dialog box, do one of the following:
   • Click Create New to insert a new document, and then select the file type from the Object Type list.
   • Click Create from File to insert an existing document, and then click Browse to locate the file. Optionally, click Link; if not, it is embedded.
5. Click OK.
6. In the browser, expand the 3rd Party icon. Right-click the document, and click Placement Help.
   Note: When you select the Create New option and embed a document, its name is the same as the name of the iFeature, with the extension used by its application.

Add Web Page as Placement Help

1. In Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, drag the icon to the left of the URL (such as http://www.autodesk.com) onto your desktop or a Windows folder.
2. Drag the shortcut onto an iFeature.
3. In the browser, expand the 3rd Party icon, right-click the document, and then click Placement Help.

Avoid Losing Links to Related Files

1. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, click File Open and browse to the HTML file, and then click OK.
2. Click File Save As.
3. On the Save as Type drop-down list, click Web Archive for E-mail (*.mht).
4. Click Save to embed the resulting .mht file in the iFeature.

Replace a Web Page

1. In the browser, expand the 3rd Party icon and delete the Web page icon.
2. Drag a new shortcut to the graphics window. Editing the link text does not change the URL.

Use Placement Help When Inserting an iFeature

1. Open the part file to which you want to add an iFeature.
2. On the ribbon, click Manage tab Insert panel Insert iFeature .
3. Browse to a folder, and double-click an iFeature to select it.
4. In the Insert iFeature dialog box, click Information to open the placement help document in its original application.
5. Follow the instructions in the document to place the iFeature.