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insert some blocks- why does it place an "X" ?

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Topic: insert some blocks- why does it place an "X" ?
Posted By: spg
Subject: insert some blocks- why does it place an "X" ?
Date Posted: 04.Sep.2013 at 22:06
ADT 2012.  some blocks when inserted also insert an "X" large scale . im guessing this is the insertion point, but how do i minimize it? or get rid of it when i insert a block?


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Posted By: Kent Cooper
Date Posted: 04.Sep.2013 at 23:17
A couple of possibilities:
 
1.  It's not really an X, but the beginning of an Xref placeholder for an Xref that's not available.  Zoom out to see whether there are more characters.  Does the Block contain any Xrefs?
 
2.  It's a Point entity in the Block, with the PDMODE System Variable set to 3, which displays Points with an X.  Its size would be determined by the PDSIZE System Variable setting.  Set PDMODE to 0 to have it displayed only as a Point.

Posted By: spg
Date Posted: 04.Sep.2013 at 23:31
thanks!  much appreciated.


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