*Warning* Multiply owned object deletes feature lines

[deanv]

Hi,

I've been looking for a solution to the multiply owned object error. I've read some other posts, but am not having any luck finding a good solution.

I've tried deleting the object using the (entget (handent "Object")) command, which then deletes 22 (of 300) feature lines and also causes AutoCAD to crash during an audit (after purging). I did a W-block of the entire drawing and the error was not removed. Running recover on the file does not show any errors in the database and also does not remove the warning.

Additionally, the (entget (handent "Object")) returns "nil". So that is not helpful at all. There was a post somewhere else that there's an ObjectARX program that you could use to identify the object type, but unfortunaly, I am running Windows Home which is not compatable.

The only thing that may work is to export the .xml file into a new template. I am hesitant to do this because I need to make additional edits to the surface, which will be more difficult without the feature lines. 

Any ideas?

[Civil3DReminders_com]

In the past to get around this I create a snapshot of the surface. This will keep the elevation data for you. I then flatten all of the feature lines to the same elevation and explode them. This will preserve the curves and turn them into polylines rather than a segmented feature line. I then make sure the error has gone away, which usually includes deleting the site. I then turn the polylines back into feature lines and sample from surface to get the elevations back. I can then add the feature lines as breaklines back to the surface after deleting the snapshot. 

Here is an old post that uses VBA to identify the object, not sure if its worth the hassle to download VBA to run it though.