Trouble with an x-ref

[Siberian]

I'm having trouble with an x-ref. It apparently has multipal references (that he didn't send me), and so all of these end up as "Not found" in the external references box. When I attach it to my own drawing, I get alot of file paths here and there refering to these external references. I thought I could open the x-ref and detach these "Not found" files, but it won't let me, saying that "X-ref RS400-250 has multiple references. Not detached."

Can I solve this...?

[Hedgehog]

Yup... go into the xref .dwg file & into the XREF dialogue... this should contain a list of files similar to the one in your drawing. You'll notice that these are all ATTACHED... simply change these to OVERLAYED & it won't attempt to bring them in when you xref in this file. This is good practice unless you specifically want xrefs brought along with your file, whatever drawing you're working on.

[SLW210]

If you need the nested files you will have to have them sent to you.

[DurinsBane]

I'm having trouble with an x-ref. It apparently has multipal references (that he didn't send me), and so all of these end up as "Not found" in the external references box. When I attach it to my own drawing, I get alot of file paths here and there refering to these external references. I thought I could open the x-ref and detach these "Not found" files, but it won't let me, saying that "X-ref RS400-250 has multiple references. Not detached."

Can I solve this...?

I am having a similar problem, however the file that I am xref-ing does not have any xrefs in it and the type is overlay not attach. I can unload it and reload it, but it will not allow me to detach it and gives me the same "has multiple references. Not detached." message. Anyone have any ideas?

[Hedgehog]

I think what's happened is you have at some point copied the xref in your drawing... this was either frozen off, scaled down, exploded or deleted (instead of detached) & your drawing still thinks it's there. Try purging it out or reloading it before you detach & make sure there's not a copy of it somewhere in the file.

[DurinsBane]

I think what's happened is you have at some point copied the xref in your drawing... this was either frozen off, scaled down, exploded or deleted (instead of detached) & your drawing still thinks it's there. Try purging it out or reloading it before you detach & make sure there's not a copy of it somewhere in the file.

Thanks for the advice, Hedgehog . . . I did thaw all layers, turn all layers on, purge the dwg and reload before detaching to no avail. However, I did finally get the problem resolved (after 2 hours or more) by copying everything in model space to a new dwg, deleting it from the original dwg and purging it before it would let me detach it. Thanks again.