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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Tip Date:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Nov. 24, 2005&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td align="left" valign="top"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange into reference, keep the current view, and don&amp;#39;t update it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"&gt;With many thanks to &lt;em&gt;Rudi Wells&lt;/em&gt; for sharing this tip!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the beginning of time you&amp;#39;ve been able to exchange the active file for a reference by using the keyin &lt;em&gt;exchangefile [file-name]&lt;/em&gt;. This keyin will close the active file and open the selected reference and keeps your current view settings!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See also:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/Communities/Other_Communities/AskInga/w/AskInga/to-quickly-open-an-attached-reference.aspx"&gt;To Quickly Open An Attached Reference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, depending upon your graphical data, you might loose track of the elements since the display of the elements of the active file are eliminated. If that&amp;#39;s the case, use the keyin &lt;em&gt;exchangefile noupdate [file-name]&lt;/em&gt; instead. In this version of the keyin - the view retains the display of the previous graphics until such a time that you do a view update. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just take a look at the follwing video where the roads are in the active file (roads.dgn) and the monuments are in an attached reference (gps.dgn). By doing an &lt;em&gt;exchangefile&lt;/em&gt; into the file containing the monuments, you loose the display of the roads and may not be able to locate specific elements. However, adding the &lt;em&gt;noupdate&lt;/em&gt; option, the roads remain on the screen until you refresh the view. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Exchange Into Reference Keep The Current View And Dont Update It</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/822/exchange-into-reference-keep-the-current-view-and-don-t-update-it/revision/1</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:17:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:61c2ee3b-3ef6-46e9-9b9c-be141260fe9e</guid><dc:creator>JStierly</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/822/exchange-into-reference-keep-the-current-view-and-don-t-update-it#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by JStierly on 6/18/2008 8:17:12 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Original Tip Date:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Nov. 24, 2005&lt;/em&gt;
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			&lt;td align="left" valign="top"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange into reference, keep the current view, and don't update it&lt;br /&gt;
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			&lt;td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"&gt;With many thanks to &lt;em&gt;Rudi Wells&lt;/em&gt; for sharing this tip!&lt;br /&gt;
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			Since the beginning of time you've been able to exchange the active file for a reference by using the keyin &lt;em&gt;exchangefile [file-name]&lt;/em&gt;. This keyin will close the active file and open the selected reference and keeps your current view settings!&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;br /&gt;
			See also:&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href="/Communities/Other_Communities/AskInga/w/AskInga/to-quickly-open-an-attached-reference.aspx"&gt;To Quickly Open An Attached Reference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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			However, depending upon your graphical data, you might loose track of the elements since the display of the elements of the active file are eliminated. If that's the case, use the keyin &lt;em&gt;exchangefile noupdate [file-name]&lt;/em&gt; instead. In this version of the keyin - the view retains the display of the previous graphics until such a time that you do a view update. &lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;br /&gt;
			Just take a look at the follwing video where the roads are in the active file (roads.dgn) and the monuments are in an attached reference (gps.dgn). By doing an &lt;em&gt;exchangefile&lt;/em&gt; into the file containing the monuments, you loose the display of the roads and may not be able to locate specific elements. However, adding the &lt;em&gt;noupdate&lt;/em&gt; option, the roads remain on the screen until you refresh the view. &lt;br /&gt;
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AskInga Tip #561
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