data shortcut broken

[peter_thomson]

Hi Guys,

I have a problem with a data shortcut that someone may be able to help me with.

I have a series of surface data shortcuts which enabled me to build up a final design surface on a golf course subdivision.

Lets call the surface Area B created in the drawing called Area B. I have a drawing called X_bulk earthworks (an xref drawing) which has a data shortcut to Area B (amongst other surface Data shortcuts). All has been going very well until Ii edited the Area B drawing and the Area B surface.
Each time I open the X_bulk earthworks drawing, the data shortcut to Area B breaks. I have re-built the data shortcut (DS) twice now, by deleting the DS from the drawing, deleting the DS xml file and re-creating it from the Area B drawing. Still, each time I enter the X_bulk earthworks drawing, the DS is again broken. the X_bulk earthworks drawing contains all my site cross sections for the bulk earthworks contract.

Is there an easier way to repair the broken DS other than re-creating it each at instance?

I presume that the action of edting the Area B surface should not require me to re-create the data shortcut. I Ihaven't had to for other surfaces.

Any assistance will be very much appreciated.

C3D2007 SP3
All drawings audit with no errors.

cheers, Peter.

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[Anonymous]

Peter,
Based upon the assumption you are NOT using Vault. (It was not mentioned.)
When you edited the Area B drawing and/or the Area B surface did you change the names of either object? Did you delete Area B surface and create a new Area B surface?

Check out my little article on "Understanding the XML of Data Shortcuts" at http://hyaline-eng.com/articles

Joshua Modglin

[peter_thomson]

Hi, thanks for your response.
i did not mention vault because I am using data shortcuts, not a project...but you are correct, i am not using Vault. I am running Advanced Road design and the folder protection provided in vault does not sit well with the data sub-folder for ARD.

I did not change the name of the surface, however, there was a couple of times that the surface drawing required audit...it did crash a few times.

Since completing changes to the Area B surface, AND repairing the data shortcut, everytime I open the X_bulk earthworks drawing now, the DS for Area B is always broken.

Thaks for the link, I will try to understand it.
cheers, peter.

[peter_thomson]

I also saw another response that says to make the surfaces static in the section sample line group...seems that is not helping either.

So I have to re-import the data shortcut in my xref each time I open it before I can see the final surface in my sections....so I have to do this each time I want to load and plot the actual sections drawings that reference this xref file.

Has this been fixed in 2008?

Peter