Draworder

[Wozza]

Guys,

Some people here have Acad 2006LT and we have a problem in that sometimes the xref plots over items that have been inserted into the drawing. It looks like the sort of problem that Draworder would solve.

In fact, when that command is initiated and the xref is told to behave itself and get back into the background, it does so. However, when the drawing is plotted, the walls etc on the architectural xref plot up front and obscure the inserted items.

I don't think that it's a problem with any plotter setting as we all run off the same pc3 on the network.

It doesn't happen with the full version of Autocad (2005 and 2008). Anyone with any ideas?

That last version was two thousand and eight. Not sure where the smiley came from...

[Alan Cullen]

It doesn't happen with the full version of Autocad (2005 and 2008). Anyone with any ideas?

That last version was two thousand and eight. Not sure where the smiley came from...


Put a space between the 8 and the bracket....... (2005 and 2008 ) . That should get rid of the smiley..... (it all has to do with the code for smileys, which include brackets):)

Can't help you with the other problem....I've never used LT and I never use xrefs.....

[sldennis]

Does anyone now how to insert a scaled view into a different scaled drawing with out having to explode the dimensions so the scaled view is not effected by the current drawing scale?

[Alan Cullen]

Yeah......

Before you insert the drawing (lets call it insert drawing).....you draw a line (known as a reference line) between two known points, that line would obviously be a known length (not that it matters)

Then you insert that drawing...the insert drawing.......then you move it (the insert drawing) so that one end of the reference line sits on top of the corresponding point on the main drawing...then use the SCALE command (using reference instead of a scale factor) to rescale the insert drawing to fit to the new scale in the new drawing......

Hell....I hope that all makes sense......:lol: