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Archiving and xrefs
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aw123 
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Joined: 09.Jun.2008 Status: Offline Points: 1 |
 Topic: Archiving and xrefsPosted: 25.Mar.2009 at 11:26 |
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Morning guys,
One of the guys in the office here is in charge or archiving all our old jobs and has been moaning about xrefs. We rarely use them in our drawings but every now and then need to.
My question is, is there a way of telling whether a drawing contains an xref before opening it from the saved location?
I believe there isnt and can only be done once the file is open.
Many thanks
Adam
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msplcdykee69
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Joined: 15.Dec.2008 Location: United States Using: Civil 3D, Map, Inventor, Mechanical, & Electrical Status: Offline Points: 163 |
Posted: 25.Mar.2009 at 12:56 |
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If you do not use x-ref's much. then why not bind them before archiving the drawing. this way no matter where you open it the xref will alwasy be part of the dwg.
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Vladimir Michl
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Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2121 |
Posted: 25.Mar.2009 at 14:03 |
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You can detect the DWG files containing xref references with our DBXscanXref batch tool.
See:
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Vladimir Michl (moderator)
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danielito6
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Joined: 24.Oct.2008 Status: Offline Points: 17 |
Posted: 26.Mar.2009 at 16:14 |
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Hi msplcdykee69 Bind them? you mean copy and paste and save?
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Vladimir Michl
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Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2121 |
Posted: 26.Mar.2009 at 16:38 |
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No, there is the Xref Bind command (option).
But you can use eTransmit to archive DWG files including their xrefs.
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