Need to find and replace text in xref paths

[enthralled]

Hi,

Our manager decided to add a certain parent folder to our project path. To resolve our xrefs, we need to change "\7- Design Files\" to "\DESIGN\7- Design Files\" in the path of the xref (1 added folder step).

Can anyone help? files are too many to fix manually, or even using Reference Manager that comes with ACad.

Thanks

[Dadgad]

I am not sure if this excellent lisp by Lee Mac can help you with this or not,

but I would certainly check it out.

 

http://www.lee-mac.com/bfind.html

 

Thanks Lee!

[enthralled]

I am not sure if this excellent lisp by Lee Mac can help you with this or not,

but I would certainly check it out.

 

http://www.lee-mac.com/bfind.html

 

Thanks Lee!

 

I use his lisp. It's excellent indeed! But it doesn't help in my case, since it can't find/replace xref paths.

[mostafa badran]

Do you mean re-path xref to another path ?

[enthralled]

Did you mean re-path xref to another path ?

 

Yes, but not all xrefs are in same path (there are many subfolders with different xrefs). Only first part of the path is the same, and I need to change the first part.

For example:

I have x:\projectl01\7- Design Files\xref\01.dwg, I need to make it x:\projectl01\DESIGN\7- Design Files\xref\01.dwg (adding 1 step folder to all paths)

And i'm looking for a way to make it fast/easy because I have so many drawings.

[mostafa badran]

try this http://www.jtbworld.com/lisp/XrefRename.htm

[enthralled]

try this http://www.jtbworld.com/lisp/XrefRename.htm

 

Thanks. But this is only good for a few files. For the number of files I have, it takes much time

[mostafa badran]

I am not found best way in your case better than Reference Manager.

take look in here http://www.cad-addict.com/2009/03/autocad-muiltiple-xref-repath-reference.html

Edited February 5, 2014 by mostafa badran