Copy Named Objects from Xrefs

AutoCAD LT 2012 introduced the NCOPY command, which lets you bring objects from referenced files into the host drawing.

But what if you just want to grab a dimension style (not a dimension object) from an xref? Try a much older command: XBIND!

XBIND (which is not the same as BIND) is most easily available at the command line. It lets you import named objects—layers, dimensions styles, text styles, blocks, linetypes—from a referenced DWG into the current file.

Bound items bring in their drawing prefix; the layer imported above would become “MapBuildings$0$_EDIFICIOS”. If you want to get rid of that, you can always use the RENAME command.