topic Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table in AutoCAD Electrical Forum

Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 06:04:37 GMT

Hi Team,

In need of a little help with this one please;

(Acade 2018) :

When I use the "SCHEMATIC>COMPONENT CROSS-REFERENCE"

Select "PROJECT"

Select "ALL"

Select "OK"

It updates the Parent/Child XREF's OK and the TABLE on the CURRENT OPEN dwg only, but does not update the Tables associated with other drawings Components -(though it physically updates the XREF against the Components in all other Project dwgs -just not their Tables!).

If I manually open each individual dwg (*sigh*), and select

"SCHEMATIC>COMPONENT CROSS-REFERENCE"

Select "ACTIVE DRAWING"

"OK"

-- It then updates the Table for the Components on the Active dwg fine.

Or/

If I manually select

SCHEMATIC>COMPONENT CROSS-REFERENCE "HIDE/UNHIDE CROSS-REFERENCING"

Select "ALL"

Hit "ENTER"

It sorts out the Xref Tables on the current open Dwg only.

I just cant seem to get it to update 50x dwgs Xref Tables using the PROJECT WIDE methods..

Any ideas? I spent hours on researching a fix for this but to no avail.

I look forward to any suggestions.

Thanks.

-Steve.

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

metal_pro2 — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 12:33:41 GMT

I have the same intermittent problem in 2016. Very frustrating. Had to do the Update manually on each drawing one at a time.

Try using the API autolisp function "ace_projwide_util_dbx"

It will basically run the x-ref update on all project drawings and seems to work better for me.

I usually do a full project rebuild then run the update

This is the command to run with parameters

(c:ace_projwide_util_dbx nil (list 0 0 1) (list nil nil) nil)

Let me know if it works for you

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 05:08:45 GMT

Thank you for the reply.

Glad to know I'm not the only one affected then.

It was doing it on version 2017 and now on 2018. Not sure if it's a compatibility issue with Windows or a known issue with AcadE.

I will try your recommendation and post how it goes.

Regards.

Steve.

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 23:04:52 GMT

Hi Metal,

Forgot to update you:

Basically: it ran the command and I can see in the Command log it appeared to be "inserting Cross References" for each dwg... but when I check the drawings individually, they still looked like they hadn't updated. So I hit the "update xref - active dwg only" and sure enough it updated that dwg properly. It just wont work on the "project-wide" method.

I literally have to open up 200x dwgs and run the xref individual command each time. It's super frustrating. Surely this is an Issue with ACADE2017/18?

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

testsubject — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:47:15 GMT

I know that this does not fix the problem but did you try creating a script and running it from the utilities app project wide?

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 23:44:03 GMT

Greetings Bob,

I have tried but I get stuck on the 'script writing' as I'm not familiar with the syntax and have wasted many hours on it.

My manual 'work around' process is to;

1. Open each drawing;

2. Click Schematic>'Component Cross Reference';

3. "Run Cross reference on:" > Active Drawing (all);

4. (select) 'OK'

[ -Let it run and complete by clicking "Close" on the error Exception report.]

5. Select 'Next Drawing' and repeat processes 1-4. 😞

If there is a script or some astute script-writer out there who could bang this together in the time it takes me to pour a coffee (I know you guys exist!!) then that would be hugely appreciated! 😃

In other news; I uninstalled ACADE, restarted, reinstalled ACADE, it behaved perfectly until the next day and back to the same ol' problem. Doh!

-Regards, Steve.

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 04:53:15 GMT

I have the same issue in both 2018 & 2019 ACADE still not sort it out! Any help from ACADE team?

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

rhesusminus — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:00:26 GMT

Quick question Moe.

Will it work on the demo-projects that comes with AutoCAD Electrical?
If so, it's related to your project, and it's not much we can do without having a look.

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 20:58:43 GMT

Thanks. Work well in IEC_SIMPLE. Obviously my drawing component ( which we create our own might have issue ).

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

rhesusminus — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:13:42 GMT

Do you want us to have a look at your drawings?

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:42:14 GMT

Yes if you can, I'm trying many ways but still not sort it out yet! I just change the page no. 110,400 and 200. And check the component cross ref: update or not. Updated the project database and updated the component Cross ref: by project. Not updated but if I updated from drawing it is updated.

Thanks for your help!

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

rhesusminus — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 21:57:46 GMT

I tried to open the project, and run the Cross-referencing command. First "Active Drawing (All)" and it updates as expected (See video here: https://autode.sk/32eTef4 )
Then undo'ed, and ran it for the project, and it still worked as expected.

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 22:09:00 GMT

Do you mind to close all the pages and open only cover page and do Component Cross - Reference - Run Cross-reference on: Project please? I got a issue at when I add page and unable to update component cross refence whole project automatically. I need to update page by page.

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

moeaung31 — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 19:55:06 GMT

Please see attached file.

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

rhesusminus — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 06:15:14 GMT

Vacation time...

I tried that, and you're right. It won't update if you're on a different sheet...
@Anonymous might have some insight on this?

I spent too much time not figuring anything out 🙂

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

moeaung31 — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:35:39 GMT

Yes I try many ways but I could not sort it out yet! Even I reset to default setting still has same issue. Hopefully we can sort it out soon otherwise I always update page by page after insert page.

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

PatMurnen_Adsk — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:27:03 GMT

Hi, I am trying to reproduce a problem with project-wide cross-referencing with your project but so far I wasn't able to. Here is what I tried using AutoCAD Electrical 2018.

So I would know what to look for specifically, I opened drawing Zone 01 Motor Power Distribution - A.dwg and using plain AutoCAD I deleted one of the child contacts for SZ11_KM1. This way it would make the parent for that out of date and when running cross-referencing I should see that one updated.

I then closed all drawings except for the cover page. I ran cross-referencing and picked Project-wide and processed all drawings. I opened SAFETY CIRCUIT - FLEXISOFT SM1 & 2 ( XTIO ) OUTPUT.DWG and noted that the cross-referencing for SZ11_KM1 parent had updated correctly, removing the reference for the contact I deleted.

As another test, I changed the Sheet value for Zone 01 Motor Power Distribution - A.dwg from 110 to P110. Again, I closed all drawings except the cover page and ran project-wide cross-referencing. Then I opened SAFETY CIRCUIT - FLEXISOFT SM1 & 2 ( XTIO ) OUTPUT.DWG and checked the cross-referencing and saw that the cross-reference had updated correctly.

Do you have other steps I should try? If you can provide a video that would also help so I know I am trying the same thing.

Regards,

Pat Murnen

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

metal_pro2 — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:17:17 GMT

I was just wondering if moeaung31 is using single line symbols in his project?

I have the same problem when running project wide cross reference that sometimes it doesn't work.

I have narrowed it down to components that have a single line symbol as well as a schematic symbol causing the issue.

I get this message at the command prompt when processing a schematic drawing

Cross-reference

Extracting parent tags. . . inserting cross-references

Error: bad argument type: stringp (nil nil nil (("S TRIGGER" "B1")) (("" "15" "18" "16")) nil nil)

if I delete the single line symbol (or mark the single line drawing as "for Reference Only) rebuild the project and run cross reference it works fine

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

PatMurnen_Adsk — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:25:47 GMT

Hi,

Have you reported this issue specifically with 1-line symbols to support? You can do that through this link -

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/contact-support

Regards,

Pat

Re: Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

rhesusminus — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:17:01 GMT

Pat, I did the "change sheet number" also, and was able to replicate the behaviour. AcadE 2020.