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<\/p>\nLet\u2019s face it\u2014we all have a love-hate relationship with XREFs. We love that we can change it once, change it everywhere\u2026 but we hate those pesky broken links! AutoCAD 2018 brings with it some exciting updates to avoid and fix broken XREFs\u2014and you know what? They\u2019re WAY more intuitive now. Let\u2019s dive right in, friends.<\/p>\n
Choose your own adventure! Now, when you attach an XREF, the default path type is set to Relative (as opposed to Full path). Don\u2019t like that? Set REFPATHTYPE to 0 for No path, 1 for Relative, and 2 for Full path. This should help avoid broken XREFs in the future!<\/p>\n
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And speaking of avoiding future broken links, if you have relative references in the current drawing and you save it to a different location, AutoCAD will prompt you to update the relative paths. Let\u2019s keep everything straight!<\/p>\n
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Ever tried to assign a relative path to a reference file when the host drawing is unnamed (or not saved)? \u201cYes, and it didn\u2019t seem possible!\u201d you\u2019re probably saying. Well, it was<\/em> impossible\u2014until now!<\/p>\n Try it: If you select the XREF in the External References palette, the Saved Path column will display a full path with an asterisk (*) prefix. This indicates that a change will take place when you save the host drawing\u2014and a property in the Details pane also clues you in that it is pending a relative path. Helpful, right?<\/p>\n Now let\u2019s talk about fixing those broken links. If you right click on a reference file that is not found, you have two options now: Select New Path or Find and Replace. Clear as day!<\/p>\n Just use Select New Path to browse to a new location to find the missing XREF.<\/p>\n Bonus Tip:<\/strong> You can even apply the same new location for other missing references (fix all)! Now that\u2019s a time-saver!<\/p>\n And now it\u2019s perfectly clear when changing the path type (from absolute to relative or vice versa) from the right-click menu (or toolbar menu). The current path type is even disabled so there\u2019s no confusion!<\/p>\n Come back next week for tips on XREF child references and syntax, and don\u2019t forget to check out the full\u00a0Tuesday<\/a> Tips<\/a> With<\/a> Lynn<\/a> series<\/a>\u00a0in the meantime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s face it\u2014we all have a love-hate relationship with XREFs. We love that we can change it once, change it everywhere\u2026 but we hate those pesky broken links! AutoCAD 2018 brings with it some exciting updates to avoid and fix broken XREFs\u2014and you know what? They\u2019re WAY more intuitive now. Let\u2019s dive right in, friends. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":6868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[893],"tags":[841,842,523,665,251,372],"class_list":["post-6860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning","tag-autocad-2018","tag-autocad-lt-2018","tag-tips","tag-tuesday-tips","tag-xref","tag-xref-path-management","dhig-theme--light"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Broken](\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/03-Collaboration02_cdjak7-1024x547.png\")
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Find and Replace does exactly what it sounds like it does. It locates all references that use a specified path from the selected references\u2013and replaces them with a new path.<\/p>\n![\"Broken](\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/03-Collaboration06_xz9j3m.png?cld_params=w_auto:100:702\/q_auto,w_auto:100:702\/q_auto,w_auto:100:702\")
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