Blow Away Those Pesky In-Context External References

What do I like about In-Context External References? Absolutely nothing! They're like spilled pancake syrup, they leave a sticky residue.

So, here is the Systems Options setting I use for external references.

What happens if you Check-In files with in-context external references into your PDM Vault? It goes nuclear, blows you into a worm hole and you reappear 30 years in the past. 30 years ago, cavemen used AutoCAD 13 to draw petroglyphs.

I like to phaser any in-context external references (try to say that 5 times fast while eating a Rolo) using one of my favorite anti-AutoCAD tools, 2008 SolidWorks Explorer. Use the file Explorer, your secret decoder ring, and the arrow key to cycle up and down the tree. Set the Explorer View to References and the Warp Factor to 10. If you find one of the little buggers, RMB, Open the file in SolidWorks and begin smashing the pesky buggers into the forth dimension.

Cheers,
Devon T. Sowell
http://www.3-ddesignsolutions.com