Project Wide Cross-Reference Update does not update XREF Table

[Anonymous]

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.

[metal_pro2]

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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?

[testsubject]

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?

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[rhesusminus]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[rhesusminus]

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

[Anonymous]

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!

[rhesusminus]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[moeaung31]

Please see attached file. 

[rhesusminus]

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 🙂

[moeaung31]

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.

[PatMurnen_Adsk]

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

[metal_pro2]

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

[PatMurnen_Adsk]

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

[rhesusminus]

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