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CADdancer
2004-10-07, 09:56 PM
Hello to All at AUGI:

I have large numbers of drawings with x-reference files attached to host drawings. Is there a way to change the status of these x-refs form "Attachment" to "Overlay" in a batch mode.

The only way I know of is to open each drawing individually, change the status, and then save that drawing. It would be great if I could choose all of the files and change their status to overlay in one operation.

Any direction would be appreciated.

Regards,
Vince
rkmcswain
2007-08-01, 01:20 PM
Hello to All at AUGI:

I have large numbers of drawings with x-reference files attached to host drawings. Is there a way to change the status of these x-refs form "Attachment" to "Overlay" in a batch mode.

The only way I know of is to open each drawing individually, change the status, and then save that drawing. It would be great if I could choose all of the files and change their status to overlay in one operation.

Any direction would be appreciated.

Regards,
Vince


This thread (http://discussion1.autodesk.com/thread.jspa?threadID=427269) contains a LISP example to change an xref from attach to overlay. You could use this as a starting point and put this in a loop with ObjectDBX to change a large number of drawings without having to open them.