restore deleted xref or block

[samifox]

hi

deleted some xref by mistake.

is there a way to restore deleted xref or block from the database?

Thanks
Shay

[pedro gonçalves]

I suggest that you simply attach that xref again.

Or if you deleted the xref file, restore it from you garbage, and then attach it again to your drawing.

[MSasu]

What method did you used to erase it? If is about the ERASE command and you din't closed yet that drawing or called again the said command, then the less known OOPS command will restore it.

[samifox]

I delete it using the del key. There must be away because all layers,block,etc of that xref are still there. I'm avoiding insert it again because of location issues.

[SLW210]

Open the External References palette and right-click the deleted file and choose attach.

[samifox]

as i explained. re-attach ask me for insertions point which i cant tell

[pedro gonçalves]

as i explained. re-attach ask me for insertions point which i cant tell

Don't you have those .bak (backup) files wich you can recover? Maybe you have one of that drawing that is precisely the backup you need with the xref yet to be erased... It will go back in time and the changes you made will not exist, but the xref will still be there attached and not erased (of course if you have that .bak file).
Besides this i don't have any more suggestions to help.

EDIT:

What method did you used to erase it? If is about the ERASE command and you din't closed yet that drawing or called again the said command, then the less known OOPS command will restore it.

I delete it using the del key. There must be away because all layers,block,etc of that xref are still there. I'm avoiding insert it again because of location issues.

And one more thing, doesn't the del key use the ERASE command? I believe that it does. And in which case you can use that OOPS command.

[RobDraw]

Good drafting practices would dictate that the XREF was inserted at a specific point, depending on the type of drawing, it might be (0,0) or something that is incremental like (500',0). If this is something of a Civil nature, there may be some sort of record that you could get the information from. You might also be able to get the insertion point from the .bak file if you haven't saved more than once since you erased it. Or possibly some other copy or reasonable facimile of that file. Barring all that, you may have enought information in your file to line it up with the geometry that is in your drawing.

[SLW210]

Like RobDraw mentioned, insertion point should be (0,0) or some similar common point as dictated by company policy.

[samifox]

It would be nice if acad will have recycle bin like feature where you can restore deleted objects.because the xref is still in the database you just can see it. I'll sure take the coordinates next time I import an xref.