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Draft it Help System
The complete Help system for Draft it is available on these pages.
Available in: Pro & Architectural
Click this button
to insert DWG or DXF file.
This feature allows a DWG or DXF file (content from other CAD systems) to be inserted into the current drawing like a
Symbol.
In the file dialog box that appears select the file to insert. Once done the file is opened in the Draft it Editor.
![Insert Symbol dialog example](../../../../V5Images/externalreferenceeditor1.png)
The drawing is automatically displayed in the window and a properties window displays information on any entity selected.
Here you can use the various zoom commands shown, measure distances, set the insertion origin,
set a scale value for the insertion, explode entities as required, turn layers on and off via a layer dialog box or by selecting an entity on a layer,
you can even set a colour using the 'mono function to convert all of the entities to a that colour.
So for example we can select the 'layers' function and switch of the layers we don't need.
![Insert Symbol dialog example](../../../../V5Images/xreflayers.png)
Click OK to update the preview.
![Insert Symbol dialog example](../../../../V5Images/externalreferenceeditor2.png)
Once all of the settings are set as required click on the 'Insert' button.
The resulting symbol can be placed and rotated just like a Draft it symbol.
Double clicking on the symbol re-opens the External Reference Editor where the settings can be adjusted if necessary.
If required the External Reference can be separated in to individual entities using the
Explode command.