Can you change the LTscale of an X-Ref?

[echochamber]

I'm x-ref'n in a column grid to various dwgs and would like to change the ltscale of the grid lines based on what scale drawing I'm using the grid in. Is this even possible? Would it also be possible to change the LTscale for the grid from viewport to viewport? That would probably be the best option if doable.

[Guest Alan Cullen]

Another xref problem. Waiting with baited breath. :twisted:

 

Tiger wouldn't post her xref problem last night, because she knew I would add it to my reasons. :twisted:

 

Carry on everyone.

[SLW210]

What AutoCAD are you using?

[lpseifert]

Try setting Ltscale=1 and Psltscale=1 and see if that is what you want. Psltscale must be set in each viewport.

[echochamber]

What AutoCAD are you using?

 

 

I'm using 2006

[echochamber]

Try setting Ltscale=1 and Psltscale=1 and see if that is what you want. Psltscale must be set in each viewport.

 

 

Tried that and no dice.

 

The ltscale is totally fubar on this entire project. They have model & paper space LTS set to 65 (for this particular dwg) and psltscale set to 0 (for all dwgs). This is idiotic and makes no sense. Damn amateurs! This is what happens when engineers touch CAD.

[Hedgehog]

Remember that if you have visretain set to 1 in the main drawing it doesn't matter what LType changes you make in the xref'ed drawing it'll keep the originals for the layers from when it was 1st loaded into the drawing... to see how the xref would look with it's current settings (as it looks when you open it up as a dwg) switch visretain off & reload the xref... if your ltscale is the same as in the xref file & you're in the model (tilemode=1) it should now look the same... it's just it could be a pain if you have changed the look of the xref in your master 'cos you'll have to start again.

[Guest Alan Cullen]

Hedgehog,

 

It is no wonder I hate xrefs, You do not make it sound easy, You make it sound like it is, bloody difficult and hard. Thank god I'm civil, now I just gotta threaten all architects not to send me drawings with 20 xsrefs attatched, or I really will shoot you.

[Eve24]

In my construct:

 

ltscale = 500

psltscale = 0

msltscale = 0

visretain = 0

 

In my sheet file:

 

ltscale = 1

psltscale = 1

msltscale = 1

visretain = 0

 

What should I be doing so that my line types show up correctly in my plot sheet file?

 

Right now they are all solid lines.

 

THANKS!

[danellis]

Easiest way would be to set ltscale to 500 and psltscale to 0: but of course this will affect the display of any linework in your sheet file.

 

Can you move your sheet into your construct file?

 

dJE

[Eve24]

I actually realized that the metric sheet I was working on was originally an imperial sheet that was converted/rescaled. I reloaded the line types in my basefile and in my sheet file then se everything to how i had it before and it worked. go figure.