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Attached PDF Files that do not remain in a relocated drawing?


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I attached 3 pdf files to a single drawing then I moved the single drawing with

the pdf files to a USB drive from a network. The pdf files was in the

same directory as the drawing file. When I pulled up the drawing on a

different system I only saw two pdf files in the drawing. Is there a reason

for this? Why did the third drawing not remain with the drawing? Is in the

way I attached the pdf's?

What does Full Path, No Path and Relative Path mean in the pdf attach menu?

 

Thank you,

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The attached files don't physically move with the drawing unless you explicitly move them yourself. You don't mention that you moved the PDFs along with the drawing.

 

AutoCAD has a procedure for finding attached files. Full Path means the attached file is in a specific folder, typically on a network; if it isn't there, it won't show up. No Path means the attached file is in the same folder as the drawing or in one of the folders it checks after that (there's a sequence but I forget). Relative Path means AutoCAD looks in a folder that can be reached from the drawing's folder the same way as when the file was first attached. If that folder is a subfolder of the drawing's folder named PDF, that's where it looks. If that folder is three folders up and four down from the drawing's folder, that's where it looks.

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Yes, I did mvoe the pdf files with the drawing file. I guess using "Relative Path" might be the best choice.

Thank you,

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So did you get the PDF to appear? How did you attach them originally? We like to get some closure in case someone else has the same problem.

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Yes, I did mvoe the pdf files with the drawing file. I guess using "Relative Path" might be the best choice.

Thank you,

Never mind, I pasted something from a prior thread, exqueeze me please.

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