Component Cross-Reference Dialog Box

Adds or updates cross-reference text on related parent and child components.

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 Command entry:  AEXREF

Cross-referencing is based upon collecting and annotating groups of components that carry the same TAG text string value (such as "101CR"). Components do not have to be of the same family to be cross-referenced; they must have the same TAG1/TAG2/TAG_*/TAG attribute values.

Cross-reference data is annotated on to attributes "XREFNO" and "XREFNC" for N.O and N.C. references respectively. Alternately, if attribute XREF is present, both N.O. and N.C. references are combined into a single cross-reference text string.

Note: Child components linked directly to the parent with the dashed link line are filtered out automatically in the cross-referencing on the parent component.

Run Cross-Reference on	Specifies to run the report on selected components, the current drawing, or the entire project.
Cross-reference	Displays the last Cross-Reference report.
Exception	Displays the last Exception/Error report.

Using other dialog boxes to set cross-reference options

• The cross-reference format is set up on the Drawing Properties Cross-Reference dialog box. It is on a per-drawing basis and can include sheet and drawing ID, line or grid-reference location, and fixed punctuation.
• Real-time cross-reference update can be turned on or off on the Project Properties Cross-References dialog box.