EntDraught Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Hi Guys, I have a situation where it would be expedient for me to be able to bind only one instance of an xref and leaving the others intact. I have to do this for several different x-refs. Is this possible in Autocad 2008? If I use the xref manager I can only see an option to bind the entire reference. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Not possible the way you describe. You can however have the same XREF with different names and bind just one. You would have to erase the one that you want to bind. Rename the other ones and then insert and bind the desired file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EntDraught Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Hmmm. I guess I could always re-insert as a block and mess around some more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 You will still need to do some renaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EntDraught Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Okay, was trying it out and realize I'm not sure how to rename an x-ref when it's already inserted.... Thanks for the input so far Rob... I appreciate it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EntDraught Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 I ended up just doing a temporary fix to get this project out... saving a backup copy of the master drawing then binding all the xrefs and cutting and pasting the portion I need back into the main drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 In your XREF manager, go down to the details section and you can change it where it has the name of the XREF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EntDraught Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Ah! Okay! Thanks - I was trying it from the properties box... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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