Xref Mystery

[Chai1]

Does anyone have a clue to this mystery? Our elevations are drawn in a composite drawing that is xrefed into a sheet. )(Lets call the composite drawing Compelev and the sheet Elev).I have made modifications to Compelev and saved. Since the Elev sheet was corrupted by cutting and pasting other elevations into it rather than detaching the xrefs(I didn't do this), I used a different elevation sheet and changed the xref paths to match the new elevations (Compelev). Now when I go into the Elev drawing, it says that it has the xrefs from Compelev inserted yet it is showing the OLD elevations, ones that don't exist anymore except in a .bak file. Purging and reattaching does not solve the problem. One more piece of evidence: with the Elev drawing on screen, if I try to go directly into the Compelev, ACAD tells me that it is already open and do I want to open it as a read only file. Of course if I try to open it when I'm not in the Elev drawing, it opens fine.
If whoever reads this has seen this kind of a problem before or has a solution, it would be most helpful.

[Anonymous]

Chail,

It sounds as if a block with the same name as the x-ref (compelev) already
exists in the sheet (Elev). You said that somebody was using Copy-Paste to
insert the elevations. Then, I guess this drawing is working with the old
definition of Compelev. That is why when you try to redefine the path it
tells you that the definition already exists.

Go to the Insert menu and click on "Block.." See if on the list of blocks
there is a block with the same name of the x-ref (Compelev). If there is,
insert it. Then erase it. Then try to purge it, to get rid of the old
definition. If it doesn't get purged, there is still as list one insertion
of that block. Use the Filter command, to find it. Then erase all its
ocurrencies, and purge again. Now, type X-ref and select the offended file.
Then click on "Browse.." , find the file again. Then click on "save path".
Click o.k. This should fix the problem.

Alfredo Medina
alfmedina@hotmail.com
Moderator.

Chai1 wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a clue to this mystery? Our elevations are drawn in a
> composite drawing that is xrefed into a sheet. )(Lets call the composite
> drawing Compelev and the sheet Elev).I have made modifications to
> Compelev and saved. Since the Elev sheet was corrupted by cutting and
> pasting other elevations into it rather than detaching the xrefs(I didn't
> do this), I used a different elevation sheet and changed the xref paths
> to match the new elevations (Compelev). Now when I go into the Elev
> drawing, it says that it has the xrefs from Compelev inserted yet it is
> showing the OLD elevations, ones that don't exist anymore except in a
> .bak file. Purging and reattaching does not solve the problem. One more
> piece of evidence: with the Elev drawing on screen, if I try to go
> directly into the Compelev, ACAD tells me that it is already open and do
> I want to open it as a read only file. Of course if I try to open it when
> I'm not in the Elev drawing, it opens fine.
> If whoever reads this has seen this kind of a problem before or has a
> solution, it would be most helpful.

[KEVIN]

YOU CHANGED THE PATH BUT DID YOU CHANGE THE FILE NAMES AUTO CAD CAN BE PERTICULLARLY
STINGY ABOUT THAT.