buttler15 Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 I need to move a source drawing to a new folder/location but it is Xref’d into a large number of other drawings. Is there a way I can alter the path ways on mass or do I have to alter each one individually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpseifert Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Try Reference Manager Windows Start > All Programs > Autodesk > Autocad 2010? > Reference Manager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANIEL Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 how exactly does the reference manager work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpseifert Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 The Reference Manager has an associated Help file that explains it's use fairly well. Open the Reference Manager and click on the ? icon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 how exactly does the reference manager work? Please forgive my having to ask, but could you be more specific..? Do you mean 'generally speaking' what does the reference manager do, or do you mean 'under the hood' what does the software do programmatically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANIEL Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 under the hood, I have a bunch of old projects that didnt get relative pathed properly and some of them are impossible to refer back to as a result, if i can use this to fix them in one big swoop that would be great, if you know of a tutorial or something for the reference manager that would be something i'd be interested in taking a look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Why wait for a tutorial... be proactive, and try it for yourself. If you're unsure of what steps exactly to take, open the reference manager, and hit F1 for the help file... Read through the section called 'Change Saved Reference Paths' under the 'Reference Manager Guide' node. Happy Reference Managing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANIEL Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 yeah, it dont work as i had hoped .......every reference with a different path has to be done separatly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANIEL Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 the 2007 version dont seem to work anyway, when i go back to the files and opeb them up the changed paths wernt changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaraffenmann Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 I think you will have to update each file manually. And i know that's no fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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