Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns.

Sets the insertion base point for the current drawing.

Opens the External References palette.

Closes the External References palette.

Saves back or discards changes made during in-place editing of a reference (an xref or a block).

Edits a block or an xref directly within the current drawing.

Adds or removes objects from a working set during in-place editing of a reference (an xref or a block).

Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and dimension styles.

Inserts a DWG file as an external reference (xref).

Binds one or more definitions of named objects in an xref to the current drawing.

Crops the display of a selected external reference or block reference to a specified boundary.

Starts the EXTERNALREFERENCES command.

Controls how xref names are handled when binding xrefs or editing xrefs in place.

Indicates whether the External References palette is open or closed.

Controls whether layer and spatial indexes are created and saved in drawing files.

Stores the insertion base point set by BASE, which gets expressed as a UCS coordinate for the current space.

Assigns a project name to the current drawing.

Controls the properties of xref-dependent layers.

Determines whether xref clipping boundaries are visible or plotted in the current drawing.

Controls whether the current drawing can be edited in-place when being referenced by another drawing.

Turns xref demand-loading on and off, and controls whether it opens the referenced drawing or a copy.

Creates a path for storing temporary copies of demand-loaded xref files.

Controls the notification for updated or missing xrefs.