Change Xref from Full Path to Relative Path

[ccowgill]

I have looked and looked, and read most of everything out there on how to change an xref from a full path to a relative path, and I can't seem to get anything to work. I have tried using reference manager, it says it can be done in the help, but doesn't tell how. Based on some of the threads I read, you replace paths with . but that doesn't seem to work either. When Eagle Point attaches an xref, it makes it the full path, I'd like to change it to relative via lisp, so I can set it up to run automatically, without user intervention. The only thing I can find that seems to be guaranteed to work is detach the xref, and reattach it, specifiing relative path.

[Yancka]

I have looked and looked, and read most of everything out there on how to change an xref from a full path to a relative path, and I can't seem to get anything to work.

Just couple hours earlier while searching about LISP that would load my other routines I blundered into Mark McDonough's site where is exactly what you are looking for called Xrp2004.lsp.

Cheers!

[irneb]

Just couple hours earlier while searching about LISP that would load my other routines I blundered into Mark McDonough's site where is exactly what you are looking for called Xrp2004.lsp.

Cheers!

It can also be found here: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.ph...=relative+path

As well as my version. Including an "automatic" relative path method, which makes all xrefs relative pathed in a drawing, no matter how the user loaded them.

[azarko]

Relative xref paths
Repath xrefs full or relative
Xref & Images paths

[johnthao714]

in order to change from full path to relative path just add a period (.) befor the folder name that your xref files lives in.

ex.
- say your xref lives in an arch folder
-c:\2009\arch\file name

change path in xref dialog box (found at) to
- .\arch\file name

this should do the fix

[irneb]

in order to change from full path to relative path just add a period (.) befor the folder name that your xref files lives in.

ex.
- say your xref lives in an arch folder
-c:\2009\arch\file name

change path in xref dialog box (found at) to
- .\arch\file name

this should do the fix

In your example, it'll only work if the current drawing (the one containing the xref) is saved in c:\2009. Say the current DWG is saved in c:\TEMP, then the relative path would be ..\2009\arch\file name. Notice the double period, indicating "previous" folder.

It gets even more complex: say the current DWG is in c:\TEMP\DWGS\ now the relative path would become: ..\..\2009\arch\file name.

So it's not a "one size fits all" solution. The relative path needs to be calculated for every instance. Either through the XRef Attach dialog or through some custom code.

[ccowgill]

It can also be found here: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.ph...=relative+path

As well as my version. Including an "automatic" relative path method, which makes all xrefs relative pathed in a drawing, no matter how the user loaded them.

I'll give that version a shot, all the ones I've tried previously displayed that the xref path did not need to be changed, and left it as the full path.