topic Re: Reference Manager and renaming Xref files in AutoCAD Forum

topic Re: Reference Manager and renaming Xref files in AutoCAD Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/reference-manager-and-renaming-xref-files/m-p/5473144#M343172 Try with the free <A href="http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/ACD/en/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3abatch-in-database%3aen" target="_self">BatchInDatabase</A> tool to repath to renamed xref files without opening the drawings which is avaiable to download from Autodesk Exchange App store Below is from the help file Xref - Redirect:Redirect references, xref, Image, PDF underlay and DWF underlay will be redirected to new location. Use this command to redirect all references to new location:Enter * in old path which means all selected reference type will be redirected to new locationAlternatively use this command to find and replace a part of path with new path valuesEach reference file which is going to be changed will be checked for the existence in the new location; if the reference file does not exist in the destination location then the path of that file will not be updated  <IMG title="Xref-Redirect.PNG" src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/149445iC49111CBB424C5BC/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1" border="0" alt="Xref-Redirect.PNG" /><UL><LI> Search in sub-folders: Enabling this option will search for the new references in the current folder value given in the new path and its sub-folders.</LI></UL>If there are two or more same file names exist in current and sub-folders, the first one from the current folder will be taken<UL><LI>Search Path type: There are two options Found At Path/Saved Path, if mixed path are used then Found At Path will handle these multiple path types and the Saved path will work only with Full path xrefs</LI></UL> Usage:Example-1You have an image "Test.jpg" which has been referenced in multiple filesYou create another image with same name but different image type,  let us say "Test.png"Since we are changing only the extension , the path will remain same, so both images should be in the same folder, the command checks the file first for its location, if found then replace the name, thus the reference is changed to new image type. <IMG title="Xref-Redirect-1.PNG" src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/149446i6D3896C0B49F330C/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1" border="0" alt="Xref-Redirect-1.PNG" /> Example-2You have an image "P:\ABC-123\DD\Iamges\Test.jpg" which has been referenced in multiple filesYou have another image which is located in different directory "P:\ABC-123\WD\Images\Test.jpg" Here we have a part of image path is different, the command parameter will be as below <IMG title="Xref-Redirect-2.PNG" src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/149447i06E26EFEB007671F/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1" border="0" alt="Xref-Redirect-2.PNG" /> Example-3You have an image "P:\ABC-123\DD\Iamges\Test.jpg" which has been referenced in multiple filesYou have another image which is located in different directory "P:\ABC-123\WD\Images\NEW.png" Here we have a different path, file name and image type, the command parameter will be as below <IMG title="Xref-Redirect-3.PNG" src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/149448i8AB283984D789878/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1" border="0" alt="Xref-Redirect-3.PNG" />  Hope this will help Sat, 17 Jan 2015 10:12:59 GMT Anonymous 2015-01-17T10:12:59Z