Drawing Context Menu -

Access the drawing context menu by right clicking anywhere in the image area. If you click on an image that is not selected it becomes the single selection otherwise the current selection is maintained.

• Insert - Insert the selected drawing(s) into the current drawing.
• Insert (Overwrite Existing) - Insert the selected drawing(s) from the file on disk and update all previous insertions to reflect any changes.
• Insert Exploded - Insert the selected drawing(s) and explode them.   Any entities on Layer 0 will take on the layer used to insert them as they would if the block was inserted without exploding.   Entities on layers other than 0 retain their layers.
• Xref Attach - Attach the selected drawing(s) as xref's into the current drawing.
• Xref Overlay - Attach the selected drawing(s) as 'Overlay' 'xref's into the current drawing.  See the AutoCAD help files for more information on the differences between 'attach' and 'overlay' with respect to xref's
• Open - Open the selected drawing(s) for viewing/editing.

• Cut - Copy the selected drawing(s) to the clipboard and delete them upon pasting elsewhere.
• Copy - Copy the selected drawing(s) to the clipboard.
• Paste - Paste drawing(s) on the clipboard to the relevant folder.


NOTE: See the clipboard preferences for global clipboard behavior in other applications.

• Delete - Deletes the selected drawing(s). Because this action is not reversible, you will be prompted for confirmation.
• Rename - Renames the selected drawing and/or any other files with the same name.





• Description - Edit the description for the selected drawing.

• Windows Bitmap (.bmp) - Saves the dwg thumbnail(s) for the selected drawing(s) out to .bmp file(s)
• JPEG (.jpg) - Saves the dwg thumbnail(s) for the selected drawing(s) out to .jpg file(s). This is the preferred file format for viewing Photographic images on the internet, probably not appropriate for dwg thumbnails.
• Portable Network Graphic (.png) - Saves the dwg thumbnail(s) for the selected drawing(s) out to .png file(s). This is the preferred file format for viewing non-photographic images on the internet.
• TIFF (.tif) - Saves the dwg thumbnail(s) for the selected drawing(s) out to .tif file(s)
• Targa (.tga) - Saves the dwg thumbnail(s) for the selected drawing(s) out to .tga file(s)

• Thumbnail - Launches a Thumbnail (.dwg) view dialog.
• Slide - Launches an AutoCAD Slide (.sld) view dialog.
• Dwf - Launches an AutoCAD Dwf (.dwf) view dialog.
• Pdf - Launches Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader to view the pdf file.


Note: These menu items are only enabled when a file with the associated extension exists.

• Redraw Thumbnail - Redraws the dwg thumbnail bitmap(s) for the selected drawing(s) by zooming to extents (uses the Library settings for Thumbnail views)

• Commands are inserted in this area by any installed plugins that implement drawing context commands.  Refer to the Plugin help for more information.