https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/nested-xrefs-are-overriding-original-xrefs/m-p/12305552#M27214 <P>This is how <STRONG>AutoCAD</STRONG> deals with Xrefs with matching names.</P><P>One way to get around it is before referencing your consultant's drawing, rename your <STRONG>Baseplan</STRONG> xref to something different and <STRONG>AutoCAD</STRONG> will no longer treat your Baseplan xref as the same.</P><P>So using the <STRONG>External References</STRONG> palette doubleclick on <STRONG>Baseplan</STRONG> and it'll highlight for you to give it a new name:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="paullimapa_0-1697251586314.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1279218iEBB97C654C207932/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="paullimapa_0-1697251586314.png" alt="paullimapa_0-1697251586314.png" /></span></P><P>Now when you reference in the Consultant drawing your <STRONG>Baseplan</STRONG> xref will be separate &amp; not nested.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 02:48:27 GMT paullimapa 2023-10-14T02:48:27Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/nested-xrefs-are-overriding-original-xrefs/m-p/12305152#M27213 <P>I have three dwg files: Sheet, BasePlan, and ConsultantPlan.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In the Sheet file, I attach the BasePlan. So, Sheet is the host file, BasePlan is the xref. So far so good.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In the ConsultantPlan file, our consultant has already attached the BasePlan file. So, when I then attach ConsultantPlan to the Sheet file, the BasePlan is a nested xref within the ConsultantPlan.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>For some reason, when this happens, the original BasePlan xref that I attached to the Sheet no longer appears as an independent xref in the Xref Palette. Something called "BasePlan" appears there, but when I select it, it is only the nested xref within the ConsultantPlan.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It's as if having a nested xref with the same name as a 'normal' xref causes the normal xref to be replaced by the nested one? Or something? Has anyone else encountered this problem?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'm aware that there are ways around this by setting the nested xref to an overlay, or binding the xrefs, but what I didn't mention in my description is that there are actually many "ConsultantPlan" files, so I was hoping to see if there's a setting or something I can change so this doesn't happen anymore?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This also just doesn't seem like useful behavior from AutoCAD. It almost seems like a bug. Or can someone explain why this happens?</P> Fri, 13 Oct 2023 20:30:47 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/nested-xrefs-are-overriding-original-xrefs/m-p/12305152#M27213 rsmarrelli 2023-10-13T20:30:47Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/nested-xrefs-are-overriding-original-xrefs/m-p/12305552#M27214 <P>This is how <STRONG>AutoCAD</STRONG> deals with Xrefs with matching names.</P><P>One way to get around it is before referencing your consultant's drawing, rename your <STRONG>Baseplan</STRONG> xref to something different and <STRONG>AutoCAD</STRONG> will no longer treat your Baseplan xref as the same.</P><P>So using the <STRONG>External References</STRONG> palette doubleclick on <STRONG>Baseplan</STRONG> and it'll highlight for you to give it a new name:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="paullimapa_0-1697251586314.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1279218iEBB97C654C207932/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="paullimapa_0-1697251586314.png" alt="paullimapa_0-1697251586314.png" /></span></P><P>Now when you reference in the Consultant drawing your <STRONG>Baseplan</STRONG> xref will be separate &amp; not nested.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 02:48:27 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/nested-xrefs-are-overriding-original-xrefs/m-p/12305552#M27214 paullimapa 2023-10-14T02:48:27Z