topic Re: XREF DISPLACEMENT in AutoCAD Forum

XREF DISPLACEMENT

clarisa.molinaZSDRA — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:23:35 GMT

Hi!

Im having problems with XREF in several of my archives.
I had an xref placed and created my drawing over it. When I open it again the next day, my drawing and xref dont match even though no one has changed the origin point on either of the archives.

Does anyone know why this might be?

I have tried seeing the insersion point but its all out of place.

Thanks!

Re: XREF DISPLACEMENT

jamesmac1201 — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:29:20 GMT

Are you stating that your insertion point(s) are different when you reopen the drawing? Is it based on coordinate 0,0?

Re: XREF DISPLACEMENT

clarisa.molinaZSDRA — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:32:46 GMT

Yes, the insersion point is in 0,0,0 in both archives. When I reopen the file has moved.

Re: XREF DISPLACEMENT

tramber — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:40:53 GMT

Be careful in the source files. The base point may be 0,0,0 unless the INSBASE variable has changed.

Check the files and ask the command line. If INSBASE don't contain 0,0 but an arbitrary base, then change it !

Re: XREF DISPLACEMENT

clarisa.molinaZSDRA — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:42:25 GMT

ARCHIVE #1: BASE 0,0,0
the 0,0,0 is on the last plan of the column.

Archive #2: I attach archive #1 in 0,0,0 and the new archive places it like this:

So my conslusion is that somehow, the 0,0,0 póint in archive #1 is nos being recognized.

Re: XREF DISPLACEMENT

jamesmac1201 — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 14:24:25 GMT

Is it possible to share your drawings?

Re: XREF DISPLACEMENT

dmfrazier — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 17:32:53 GMT

When you attach the XRef, how is the Path Type set: Full, Relative, or No path. If it's not Full, is it possible that there is another copy of the XRef file in another location that AutoCAD is finding instead of the one you originally selected? Use the XRef palette to see where AutoCAD actually finds the XRef.

Like @jamesmac1201, I think it would be very helpful to have access to your actual drawings. (You can make copies and strip out all the juicy stuff.)

Re: XREF DISPLACEMENT

gonecrawfishin — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:11:14 GMT

If you ran SYSVDLG or SYSVARMONITOR in each drawing, are there any notable differences?