I work with AutoCAD mechanical 2014, and this problem has been happening frequently now. The blocks for handrails, brackets, and bolts are perfectly fine when I PDF the first time but after closing the file and reopening the blocks ghost; appear out of place but indicate that it is in place.
The only way that seems to return the blocks back to normal is to Xplode and move back to the original position it was at. It happens to most of my DWGs and it has become a hassle on bigger drawings and projects.
I have attached a DWG. If anyone can help to where it stops doing this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Firstly, the forum says nothing was attached, are these blocks you created or blocks that you've downloaded?
They are blocks we have created and stored in our library.
Sorry, I attached a swivel bracket DWG showing the problem.
thank you for the reply.
Alright, I can't exaclty pin point what you did but it looks like when the object went from being a 3D model to a block it was base pointed off of the 0 on the z axis while it's creation point was on the 0 of axis Z. To fix this I used the "write block" command I'll write it in steps below:
Step1: click "write block" command button
the menu will pop up and it will look similar to the create block command prompt
step2: click the "select object" button then select the object (the ghost will come along but will not stay). Then strike the Enter key
Step 3: Now click the "Pick point" button and select the bottom center of either hole in the bracket or whatever "end point" like entity of your choice that is connected to the bottom of the bracket.
Step 4: Save this "write block" over the current block.
then open a new project and insert that block. the ghost should be gone, But on a side note try to edit the block that has a ghost and align its base point with the models base point. The command for this task is in the fold down menu of the "Block Definition" tab.
I hope this helped!