AutoCAD MEP

[#1]

OBJRELUPDATE is required each time we open a drawing in order to display hidden lines where ductwork crosses.  This glitch really impacts Publishing, since we cannot include drawings with MEP objects when using Publish to print or create PDFs.  Those drawings have to the printed separately.

Can this be corrected without customizing lisp routines?  A post from 2002 mentions that OBJRELUPDATE should only be required infrequently.  It also mentions a registry setting that eliminates the need to OBJRELUPDATE.  What is that registry setting?!

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Architectural-Desktop/objrelupdate/td-p/541227

If this cannot be corrected, can someone from Autodesk explain why there is not a setting to apply an OBJRELUPDATE automatically when a drawing is opened or published?

Thank you in advance.

[#2]

We are also having this problem; I draw all services in a model, then Xref that model into the respective M, E & P drawings. Each drawing has all the services not required switched off, but, as you say, everytime I reopen the drawing I have to run OBJRELUPDATE and often a regen as well to lose hidden lines. It is incredibly frustrating and I've had the problem since 2009. If anybody has a solution I'd be very interested to hear it!

Stu

[#3]

Show us some examples.  That would help to socialize out the issue you describe.  I remember this being an issue back in the 2009 days, but it was resolved in 2010 and later releases.  Can you make us a video on the current 2013 release indicating when and under what workflows it occurs?

Thanks,

Joshua

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[#4]

Joshua,

I'd like to send you a file and attachments which have this issue.  I can't post it here because the file size is 4.3MB.   The file is ready to be sent, I just need an email address.  Please reach out to me at ctindall /at/ mcparlane /dot/ com or call me at the office. 

Thanks!

Chris Tindall

[#5]

This is an update to the forum... Joshua has received a drawing that experiences this issue.  The same thing happened on this end, so he has esclated this to some development managers.  He is going to advocate to get this changed.  Thanks Joshua!

[#6]

As a side note that will need investigating....I mentioned that everytime we open a drawing that has layers that are not required switched off, we have to do an OBJRELUPDATE on that drawing to make it display correctly.

I've found that if I then bind the drawing in order to send it out, all the gaps, hidden lines etc reappear and OBJRELUPDATE no longer works. I'm having to send out the final drawing and the model instead, and it's leading to confusion with those 'less CAD-savvy' than ourselves.

Also, Joshua, if I bind the drawing I sent you over a few weeks ago then every light in the drawing goes missing.

Have you come up with any workarounds that could fix this? It's starting to get very frustrating.

Thanks.,

Stu

[#7]

We sense your frustration and understand.  We don't want to make it worse by trying to make it better in a rush.  No workarounds at the moment.  The workaround IS to use OBJRELUPDATE before printing.  This may be too deep to be fixed safely in a current release.  Would not want to take two steps forward and five back. We are working to address this issue in a future release where we can thoroughly test.  No promises and no timetable can be given.

Thank you,

Joshua

[#8]

Hi All,

Just wanted to catch up on this issue; has this been resolved in 2014, or even in 2013? I'm still running 2012 at the moment and wondered if I could sort this problem by upgrading to 2014. We're forever printing off drawings where all services have gaps, bits of line, etc missing and we're finding it very frustrating.

Ta

Stu

[#9]

The plotting "missing line" aspect of issue was resolved in 2013 (Actually 2012 SP-2).  Just set the system variable HIDEPRECISION to 1.  (Not sure this HIDEPRECISION sysvar defaults to 1 just yet.  I'll mention it to the developers.)

The OBJRELUPDATE aspect of this issue was resolved in 2014.  We trigger a model update a lot more frequently and after a file open, file save, switching layout tabs, xreffing in files, changing a property on the Layer Manager, etc.  I'm hoping the changes we made in 2014 eliminate this once and for all.

For those that have 2014, give it a shot and report back here.

Thanks!

Joshua

[#10]

If it works I will be one happy camper! I'm loading 2014 on this week, will report back when I get to give it a try.

Ta!

Stu