Xref Frames...

[marc]

Ok, somehow I've unset or mis set a setting. The Frames from clipping my xrefs won't go away.

I go to the insert menu and click "hide frames" and then save the drawing...if I go to another drawing and come back to the one I just saved the "hide frames" in...THE FREAKIN' FRAMES ARE BACK!!!

What am I missing?

[atobiasz · Accepted solution]

try using the command XCLIPFRAME (altternative the  the command FRAME will change all frame settings including IMAGEFRAME, OLEFRAME and what else there is)

setting:

0 = frame removed and does not plot

1 = frame visible and will plot

2 = frame visible but will not plot

[marc · Accepted solution]

perfect! Thanks!!!!

[Jwareing]

I have been haveing issues with frames as well checked my settings with the Frame command and it was set to 3 what is that

[marc]

ok, setting the xclipframe to "0" will turn them off, just like using the pull down menus do, but the file is not retaining the setting.

 When I quit out of the drawing and come back to it, the frames are back showing again. Surly there is a profile setting or something that is an "overall" setting for that set of commands.

[leothebuilder]

The Frame setting overrides all the individual settings for IMAGEFRAME, DWFFRAME, DNGFRAME, and XCLIPFRAME

The setting is saved in the drawing file, it is not a system setting.

My guess is that you have this setting override your XCLIPFRAME setting (also saved in the drawing)

I would change these settings in your template file to what you want, so you'll never have to worry about them again.

[David_W_Koch]

The FRAME command is capable of resetting all of the *FRAME variables, except SPLFRAME:  DGNFRAME, DWFFRAME, OLEFRAME, PDFFRAME, XCLIPFRAME and IMAGEFRAME.  The values you can set are as given previously, 0, 1 or 2.  If the values of all of the system variables linked to FRAME are the same, then FRAME will report that value.  If they are not all the same, FRAME will report a value of 3 to indicate that they are not the same, but you cannot set FRAME to 3 directly.

SPLFRAME remained unchanged when using FRAME, in ACA 2011.  I am not sure if that remains true in other versions.

[marc]

I understand all that, and it works...ONE TIME...but does not retain the settings if I quit out of the drawing (saving first of course) and then come back to it, the frames are back again.

[leothebuilder]

If it does not retain the settings for XCLIPFRAME, do you have some kind of start up routine that sets (or resets) all your variables?

The XCLIPFRAME settings are saved with the drawing.

[doroneshel]

If you save the DWG to a version earlier than 2004 it will not retain your frame settings.

[juan]

XCLIPFRAME will not override IMAGEFRAME in AUTOCADLT2017

[David_W_Koch · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the community!

XCLIPFRAME will not override IMAGEFRAME in any version.  The FRAME command can be used to change the IMAGEFRAME, DWFFRAME, PDFFRAME, DGNFRAME, XCLIPFRAME, and WIPEOUTFRAME settings to the same setting as the new value for the FRAME system variable.  Values you can input are

• 0 - The frame is not visible and it is not plotted.  The frame temporarily reappears during selection preview or object selection.
• 1 - Displays and plots the frame.
• 2 - Displays but does not plot the frame.

The FRAME system variable can also show a current value of 3, which means that the six System Variables it controls do not all have the same value.  You cannot set a value of 3 directly, but you can make the value be 3 by changing at least one of the System Variables shown above to a value that is different from at least one of the others.

[thanujap]

to the point!! thanks.