has multiple references. Not detached
If you’ve ever seen this message in AutoCAD when trying to detach an xref, then you may have been a bit confused as to what to do next.
Tag Archive: Xref
AutoCAD Blocks 101 – Part 1
AutoCAD Blocks have been around as long as AutoCAD. What is a block? An AutoCAD block is a named collection of geometry, annotation, and essentially anything graphical you can create, including other blocks – bound together into a single unit….
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AutoCAD Xrefs and Relative Paths
C’mon AutoCAD…. why do you have so much trouble with relative xref paths? I add a DWG xref and you tell me…. So I choose Full Path and proceed to finish attaching the DWG. Then I right-click on the DWG…
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Xref fade not working on arcs and circles
In recent versions of AutoCAD, we have seen cases where the xref fade setting (XDWGFADECTL) has no effect on arcs and circles in the xref drawing while other entities are faded correctly. To fix this problem, set the system variable…
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Xref a PDF?
Have you ever needed to Xref (or reference) a PDF file? One way would be to save the PDF as a TIFF and reference the image. Of course there is the old way of inserting an OLE object referencing the PDF. Both have…
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How to find where your drawings are xref’ed
It’s easy to find what drawings are xref’ed into your drawing, but how do you find what drawings your drawing is xref’ed in to? Ellen Finkelstein has posted a great tip on www.ellenfinkelstein.com regarding how to do this. Note that…
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