Farv Cad Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) Hey all, I am new to this Forum, but have been using Cad since 2000. I have been using this Forum as a reference for years and finally decided to join in and participate. Thought I would start off with a current issue I have. Simply, I have Xrefs showing up in my Drawing correctly, but they are not listed in my Xref Manager. ? If it makes a difference, I did move the Host Job Folder into an Archive. So normally my XRef links are broken but still they show up in my Xref Manager and not in the Drawing until I re-path to the new location. This is because I didn't use Relative Paths, which I am starting to use now. Am I overlooking something? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Edited February 16, 2012 by Tiger removed link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Are you sure they are not blocks or have been inserted with BIND? Select one and check properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farv Cad Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Are you sure they are not blocks or have been inserted with BIND? Select one and check properties. Hey there, I checked the Properties and it is listed as an External Reference. How would I check if I Binded them? I might have done something like that when I moved it into the Archive Folder so that I could see the attached Xrefs without re-pathing them all. I honestly can't remember, it was a while ago. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Is the XREF manager working for other files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farv Cad Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Is the XREF manager working for other files? Yes... I think I might have bound them. I am looking into how to 'un-bind'.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 If you did bind them, they would be blocks now. There are a few ways to get them back to XREFs. If there are multiple XREFs and you need to do this over many files, there are routines called "UNBIND", google it. If it's a one shot deal, you can reattach the XREFs but first you will need to erase the bound XREFs, which are now blocks, and purge the drawing before you can insert the XREFs. Make sure to note the insertion points of the blocks before erasing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farv Cad Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 If you did bind them, they would be blocks now. There are a few ways to get them back to XREFs. If there are multiple XREFs and you need to do this over many files, there are routines called "UNBIND", google it. If it's a one shot deal, you can reattach the XREFs but first you will need to erase the bound XREFs, which are now blocks, and purge the drawing before you can insert the XREFs. Make sure to note the insertion points of the blocks before erasing them. I tried to convert from Block to Xref using my Express Menu, but it does not recognize the entities as blocks. Furthermore, when I highlight one of them, they are still labeled as External References in the Properties Panel, yet not listed in the Xref Manager... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Can you post one here for further examination? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 What happens if you try to attach another XREF? Does it show up in the XREF manager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Can you post a screen shot of your XREF manager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farv Cad Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 Can you post one here for further examination? What happens if you try to attach another XREF? Does it show up in the XREF manager? I did that and it showed up in the Manager like normal. Can you post a screen shot of your XREF manager? See attached image. It shows the Xref highlighted in the Drawing and listed in the Properties Box as an External Reference, but does not show in the Xref Manager. This is just 1 of about 10 Xrefs in this Drawing. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I haven't seen that before. I'm guessing that somehow the file is corrupt. I would create a new file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 What about when you type CLASSICXREF to bring up the old school XREF manager? Anything show in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farv Cad Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 What about when you type CLASSICXREF to bring up the old school XREF manager? Anything show in there? Cool... They are shown there... Weird... I wonder why there and not in the regular Manager... Hmm.. I wonder if there is a way to now make them visible in the regular Manager... I would simply reload all the Xrefs, but there are 16 and all have specific Layers on, off and frozen... Anyway, I can see them now at the very least.... Thanks StykFacE... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I would simply reload all the Xrefs, but there are 16 and all have specific Layers on, off and frozen... Would Layer States save your settings while you reinserted them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farv Cad Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 I could never get Layer States to work well for me, so I stopped using it many versions ago... I know that it can be a very good time saving tool, but I have done without... Can you give me the Cliff's Notes on how I would use Layer States to save my Settings..? Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I'll leave that for someone else as I only use them when I get drawings that require switching them and would have to fumble my way through setting them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farv Cad Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 I'll leave that for someone else as I only use them when I get drawings that require switching them and would have to fumble my way through setting them up. Understood.. Thanks for the suggestion though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farv Cad Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Anyone able to tell me a quick way to use Layer States to save my weird Xref Settings whilst I re-insert the root Xrefs..? Also, what is the difference between Bind and Insert when Binding? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Read THIS for difference between Bind and Insert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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