Updating backgrounds

[Anonymous]

We get several architectural updates throughout the course of a project. We have recently found it to be easier to cut and paste the new background into our existing one and then erase the existing and move the new one to it's place. The new one takes on the layers colors, linewights ect. We have noticed that if they add layers, they do not seem to get pasted in and some other minor problems. Does anyone use this method and if so have any suggestions? Other ways of updating?

[Anonymous]

I better put on a flame-resistant suit before posting this, but, yes, my
office does something similar all the time. We work with a large number
of clients, each with an entirely different approach to AutoCAD. Our
deliverables are paper plots, so we have some flexibility in what we do
internally. What works for us to to convert everything to our in-house
standard, which is model space only, with plots scaled for printing.
When we get new backgrounds we do a cleanup/conversion to our system,
but we date the new layers (BACK would become 100402BACK), and we use an
alternate color set (ie., what was red would be green in the new set)
for the new background. When the new background is inserted it's
immediately apparent what changed and what we need to address on our
electrical design. We then eliminate the old layers and change the
colors to our standar colors.

We don't have any problems with layes, new or otherwise, not pasting.

Martin

mccaleb wrote:
> We get several architectural updates throughout the course of a project.
> We have recently found it to be easier to cut and paste the new
> background into our existing one and then erase the existing and move
> the new one to it's place. The new one takes on the layers colors,
> linewights ect. We have noticed that if they add layers, they do not
> seem to get pasted in and some other minor problems. Does anyone use
> this method and if so have any suggestions? Other ways of updating?

[Anonymous]

Xref the arch. files into your dwg. Change layer settings in the main dwg. and when a new arch file (with same name) is referenced in it will look the same as the old one.

[Anonymous]

The architectural is an xref into the other trades working drawings. I want to update the new architectural into our company standards without having to go through the other trades setups to make sure the conversion worked. I was cutting and pasting the new architectural drawing into the current architectural drawing that is being used as an xref. Make sense?