To Substitute a Proxy Object for an XRef Object

With proxy objects, you can avoid loading your detailed model in memory, and speed up the time of test renderings.

1. Select an XRef object.
2. Go to the Modify panel. Make sure you are at the XRef Object level of the stack.
3. On the Proxy rollout, click Browse, and use the File Open dialog to choose the file that contains the proxy.

   The XRef Merge dialog appears.

4. Pick the object to use as a proxy.

   When you have picked the proxy object, the Enable/Use Local checkbox should turn on.

   You can view the original object by turning off Proxy Object rollout Use In Viewport. The right-click menus for the XRef Objects dialog Records and Entities lists also have options for controlling proxy display.

5. Turn on Use In Rendering to use the proxy object in renderings.