how to delete not found xref?

[Anonymous]

I am not able to remove the NOT FOUND xref. It leads to I am not able to bind files because this phantom xref. I appreciate any help. Thanks!

[pendean · Accepted solution]

It might be an XREF inside another XREF in your file: open all of those and check.
Or replace the source file, attach it, then detach it.

[scot-65]

Stubborn, huh?
Not nested: Have you tried Unload then Detach?

???

[imadHabash]

Hi,

Sometimes you have to close the CAD file itself and reopen it again to resolve it . 

[Moshe-A]

@Anonymous  hi,

if you just want to get rid of 'not found xref' (and you do not know where is the source xref) you can link the xref to a dummy dwg then just detach it?!

moshe

[BrianBenton]

Can you post the file so we can look at it?

Sometimes I've seen xrefs that were "stuck" in a paper space tab. Deleting the tab allows you to detach the xref.

[jwilliamsZRQUC]

surprised everyone responding to this doesn't understand the question.  I completely understand most, if not all, of my "unfound references" have been deleted or moved from their original location.  What's frustrating is that C3D won't let you detach the reference - it will forever stay in the palette and you will get a message every time you open the dwg telling you there is unreferenced xrefs

[pendean]

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@jwilliamsZRQUC wrote:

surprised everyone responding to this doesn't understand the question. What's frustrating is that C3D won't let you detach the reference

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Click on the XREF name in the XREF Palette, PATH another XREF to it. Attached it. 

Now remove it from the XREF Palette list.

If you still find it to be a challenge to remove, WBLOCK the content you wish to keep to a new file and use that instead.

OR

share this difficult DWG file here for someone else to do it all for you.

it's not rocket science, it's just a process you have to make an effort to work through.

TIA

[ВeekeeCZ]

Reference Manager won't help?

[Valentin-WSP]

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@jwilliamsZRQUC wrote:

surprised everyone responding to this doesn't understand the question.  I completely understand most, if not all, of my "unfound references" have been deleted or moved from their original location.  What's frustrating is that C3D won't let you detach the reference - it will forever stay in the palette and you will get a message every time you open the dwg telling you there is unreferenced xrefs

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If you are having a similar issue, consider the suggestion from these links:

• Unable to bind an XREF in AutoCAD
• External reference (xref) file is missing or unresolved in AutoCAD
• External reference (Xref) will not detach in AutoCAD

[jwilliamsZRQUC]

how do you W-block data that has been deleted?

[RSomppi]

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@jwilliamsZRQUC wrote:
how do you W-block data that has been deleted?

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That's not what he said...

You WBlock what is left so that the XREF is no longer present.

[sathish.kumarMFTQH]

STEP 1: Purge the drawing.

STEP 2: Unload the Specific X-REF in X-REF palette.

STEP 3: Detach the Specific X-REF in X-REF palette.

[mc5fan]

None of your "procedures"work. There is no way to do anything to get rid of this old, nonexidstant X-REF. 

[pendean]

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@mc5fan wrote:

None of your "procedures"work. There is no way to do anything to get rid of this old, nonexidstant X-REF. 

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Bet one of them does work: share your problem DWG file here when you get a chance.

[RSomppi]

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@mc5fan wrote:

There is no way to do anything to get rid of this old, nonexidstant X-REF. 

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Where there is a will, there is a way.

[jwilliamsZRQUC]

What helped me most in getting rid of "non-existent xrefs" was to click Tree View on the Xref.  Many times there is an attached or overlaid xref in an xref.  You may need to go into another xref and "detach"  the non existent xref to get rid of it from your current drawing.

[mc5fan]

This is what I get in treeview., Nested reference selected: Cannot change path, name or type. Is this nested within the FMC FOODTECH LOGO? I do not have access to the actual file location itself as we are using WindChill Product Lifecycle Management software. If I open the copy in my workspace, there is no indication of an xref, at all.

[jwilliamsZRQUC]

so now right-click on "FMC FOODTECH LOGO" - the xref with the missing xref - open that drawing and detach the xref from that drawing and save it, do the same thing with the one below, then come back to this drawing and reload the xrefs >>> problem is most likely solved.

[mc5fan]

It turns out that this is a "ghost xref" caused by an internal "drive remapping" acheived by using a batch file to reamap internal drives as corresponding network drives for when we work remotely. It greatly reduces time since it does not have to communicate with the server onsite. It was necessary to duplicate the offending XREF onto the other drive. Now the unreferenced xref no longer shows up.

I discovered this by observing that this issue did not present itself when at the worksite, without the drives remapped. I then ran the batchfile to remap the drives and the issue reappeared. This was never a "legitimate" issue since the drive remapping incited it!

The batch file coding:

@Anonymous_off
echo REM ECHO THIS COMMAND TRANFORM A SINGLE FOLDER IN NETWORK DRIVE LETTER C:\SANDUSKY IN DRIVE E: REM
echo REM ECHO THIS COMMAND TRANFORM A SINGLE FOLDER IN NETWORK DRIVE LETTER C:\SANDUSKY\ACADE\BLOCK EM DRIVE I: TO LOAD ALLLIBRARY BLOCKS REM

net use E: /d /y
subst /d E:
net use I: /d /y
subst /d I:

subst E: C:\SANDUSKY
REM \\san1eng1\electrical REM

subst I: C:\SANDUSKY
REM \\san1eng1\library REM

PAUSE