rjbrittain11 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Take a look at the below image. Its a partial of a floor plan and those circles with the "X" in them shouldn't be there. They are all over the xref (after attaching) at every intersection. Here's the kicker, they scale depending on how zoomed in you are. The further you are zoomed in, the smaller they are, the further out you are zoomed, the bigger they are (after refresh of course). These don't show up when i open the xref as a drawing. They are also part of the layer that is associated with the lines that are intersecting. Anyone know how to get rid of them without going through and manually deleting thousands of these? Better yet, why are they there?? Sorry for the crappy picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 They almost look to be points. What is the variable PDMODE set to? While you are checking what is PDSIZE set to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamCAD Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 They almost look to be points. I can guarantee that with that behaviour they are :-) Anyone know how to get rid of them without going through and manually deleting thousands of these? Change the variables as ReMark suggested OR better yet use the ddptype command to change how the points are displayed. Hint you can also choose not to display them at all, they are still there but won't be displayed. This is essentially the same as Remarks suggestion but it uses a dialogue box that allows you to see what all the display options are rather than trying to guess what the variables should be set to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I agree. They look like POINTS PDMODE in the xref is probably set to the default value of "0" which makes a "point" appear as a single pixel on the screen. If that "point" coincides with other objects (ie an intersection of two objects) you'd likely never notice them. In your working drawing, PDMODE is probably "35" which makes POINTS appear as a "X" figure with a circular shape surrounding the point. I believe the simple solution is to change PDMODE = 0 at the command line or via the Point Style dialog box (DDPTYPE command) Of course, if you don't need the "points", QSELECT them in the xref drawing and delete them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjbrittain11 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Thank you ReMark, JamCAD and nestly. The problem was PDMODE was 35. Set it to 0 and all is well again. Curious, what are these "POINTS" for, and why would someone use them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 What type of drawing are you working on? Architectural, civil, structural, other? I used to use them for marking survey points at one time. Points are used as a division marker when one invokes the Measure or Divide commands. Points can be snapped to by enabling the OSnap "node" setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 The only use I have for "points" are those that come from survey data to represent the xyz location of measured points 3D space. I have no idea why there would be any need to have a "point" at every intersection between lines in a drawing, and it's kinda the reason I hinted how to deleted them in the xref files if not needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjbrittain11 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 The drawing is just an Architectural floor plan. Thanks for the info! What type of drawing are you working on? Architectural, civil, structural, other? I used to use them for marking survey points at one time. Points are used as a division marker when one invokes the Measure or Divide commands. Points can be snapped to by enabling the OSnap "node" setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjbrittain11 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Gotcha. I believe I had seen them before on another Arch. drawing, but got rid of them somehow....just didn't remember how. Or maybe I'm losing it and I've never seen them before and just thought I did HAHA The only use I have for "points" are those that come from survey data to represent the xyz location of measured points 3D space. I have no idea why there would be any need to have a "point" at every intersection between lines in a drawing, and it's kinda the reason I hinted how to deleted them in the xref files if not needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 A floor plan with that many points. Hmmmmm......interesting. Not sure what they could have been originally used for (laying out utilities?). Maybe someone else here can provide an answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Curious, what are these "POINTS" for, and why would someone use them? From your description, I'm guessing that the drawing has had AEC Objects exploded either on purpose or through an export. Those points would be used to defining walls, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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