Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn To Externalize a Local Annotation View of an Xref Component, Back to Source (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset) In the mechanical browser, right-click the local annotation view of the xref component and select Externalize to source_filename. Related Concepts About Annotation Views (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset) Related Tasks To Insert an Annotation View From Another Drawing (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)To Change the Scale of an Annotation View (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)To Create a Local Annotation View of an Xref Component, in Model Space (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)To Create a Local Annotation View of an Xref Component, in a Layout (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)To Localize an Xref Annotation View (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset) Related Reference Commands for Working With Mechanical Structure (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)