Xref Path

[wherestheanykey]

How do you put the correct path to an xref, so that no matter where the drawing file and xref are, it will always find the xref in the same folder as the drawing.

We work with the drawings in a general network server. Sometimes I copy the drawings and xrefs into a temp folder in my stand-alone computer (connected to the network/ server) for printing older versions of the project, but the xref path always goes to the current folder in the server.

Thanks

[profcad]

When you attach the XREF, change the path type to "No Path".

AutoCAD also comes with a program named "Reference Manager". (See your windows start menu). It will globally change the path of xrefs and images in a group of drawings.

[hazardman]

if the xref already exist in the drawing you can change the path, from what i called "absolute", to "relative" (ie in the same folder) by doing the following...

type in xref, select the xref file...in the "xref found at" highlight the path, ie all except the file name, hit backspace or delete, and then hit the "save path button"...now when autocad loads the xref drawing it will only look in the current folder...

[wherestheanykey]

Thanks very much for the info.