If you click the symbol button at the far right of the Attributes window, the Placed Files window appears. The window shows the names of the placed files for the current Arbortext IsoDraw CADprocess file with their path to the storage location and the file format.

Double clicking the entry or selecting the Edit command (click on the arrow in the top right-hand corner of the window) calls up the following dialog box.

This allows you to specify whether the link to the 3D data is to be preserved and how the data is to be updated.

On opening the dialog you will see information on the file name, format and size, the date the file was last updated and the status of the original file. You cannot select the OK button. Clicking Cancel exits the dialog box without any changes being made. If you have changed any settings, you can only confirm these with OK. The Cancel button is no longer active.

If the file cannot be accessed at the current time, you will see a corresponding entry in the Status field. Clicking the File button opens a dialog box where you can search for the file. You can also select another file, which is to replace the existing one.

If you click this button, the file will immediately be updated.

Clicking this button breaks the link to the original file. The data is imported into the current illustration. The link cannot be restored.

With some data formats, clicking Options displays the dialog box for the options of the format for the placed file. With a number of formats such as IGES, VRML, and Wavefront, the first dialog box for format options appears. You can use this dialog box to influence the structured import of the data. This is illustrated below by the dialog box for format IGES:

This dialog box is described in the Open. Further information on the setting options can also be found in the Arbortext IsoDraw Data Exchange Reference. Clicking OK implements the changes, clicking Cancel discards the changes.

Click OK if you have completed the settings for the placed file.