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Archiving and xrefs

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Topic: Archiving and xrefs
Posted By: aw123
Subject: Archiving and xrefs
Date Posted: 25.Mar.2009 at 11:26
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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Posted By: msplcdykee69
Date Posted: 25.Mar.2009 at 12:56
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.

Posted By: Vladimir Michl
Date Posted: 25.Mar.2009 at 14:03
You can detect the DWG files containing xref references with our DBXscanXref batch tool.
 
See:
http://www.xanadu.cz/en/apps/DBX/ - http://www.xanadu.cz/en/apps/DBX/


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Posted By: danielito6
Date Posted: 26.Mar.2009 at 16:14

Hi msplcdykee69

Bind them?

you mean copy and paste and save?
 
 

Posted By: Vladimir Michl
Date Posted: 26.Mar.2009 at 16:38
No, there is the Xref Bind command (option).
 
But you can use eTransmit to archive DWG files including their xrefs.


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