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Cad64
26th Mar 2009, 04:17 am
So I got an amusing error message today while trying to Refedit an xref.
The message at the command line read: AcDbZombieEntity objects cannot be edited in place.
After doing a little reading, I found out that Zombie Entities are what proxy objects used to be called in R13.
I'm not really sure how this relates to the xref I was trying to edit, but I had to laugh when I saw that message. I mean, come on, Zombie Entity. :lol:

So I opened the xref, ran an Audit and found 903 errors. :?
I deleted hundreds of layer filters and Purged 5 or 6 times to get rid of all the junk in the drawing. Reloaded the xref but still could not Refedit. I ended up just opening the xref and editing directly.

Has anyone else ever encountered these Zombie Entities? :unsure: This was a first for me. :|

Tiger
26th Mar 2009, 08:40 am
AutoCAD has zombies? No wonder things go hay-wire once inna while! :lol:

BUt sorry Cad64, never seen it before - I just get the normal boring error message with ProxyEntities..

ReMark
26th Mar 2009, 10:55 am
Found this explanation at the discussion forums for AcDbZombieEntity:

"That's an ancient (R13) name for a proxy object."

Not to be confused with AC/DC which was a zombie-like rock band.

lpseifert
26th Mar 2009, 12:35 pm
Thread jack


Not to be confused with ACDC which was a zombie-like rock band.
I don't know what band you're thinking of but there's nothing zombie-like about the still vibrant Aussie band AC/DC.