Points appearing in xref

[zacharymoore]

Hi,

Points began showing up in my xref'd file. When I click them, they select the xref, so they are objects and not artifacts. I can XLIST the points in the xref and turn on/off those layers but in the base file, these points do not exist anywhere.

This is the only article I could find on the mystery dots: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?69338-Can-t-get-rid-of-dots

I tried the solution to COPYBASE, delete all, and purge, but they persist. It is happening on at least two layers.

Thanks for the help!
Zach

[hwalker]

Is it the line style dots, or are they individual points?

Can you post the offending xref drawing so we can have a look?

If possible can you also post the drawing that you call the xref from so we can see if we can recreate the problem?

[dmfrazier]

I wonder if this could be a PDMODE issue.  (Set differently in the two DWGs?)

[zacharymoore]

You got it!

Wow and thanks so much for the solution. I was just about to post file showing it in action but PDMODE solved it.

Take care,

Zach

[dmfrazier]

Happy to help.

You take care, too.

[lwcovach]

I have over 35 years of experience with AutoCAD! This is the 1st time I had this happen to a drawing. Who in the world would set PDMODE to 1? I could easily delete the points by editing the xref but couldn't see the points in the xref.

Thanks!

Fixed the problem.

Lou

[RobDraw]

"Who in the world would set PDMODE to 1?"

Someone that didn't want to see the points?