finding xref

[mdsalman2003]

If in a drawing another drawing is xref at multiple locations i.e. in model space and some paper space layouts also. Is their any way to find all the locations where that xref exists in the drawing or do we need to do it manually by moving to each paper space layout and then running some object selection command to find if the xref exists there.

Thanks for all the previous replies.

[ccowgill]

I dont have any code for it, but you could write a simple lisp routine that will select all xreferences in the current space and give you a count as to how many objects are in the selection set.
use filters to select only xreferences and the sslength command to find out how many were selected. you could even use arguments to input the name. I'll see if I can some up with something and post back.

[rkmcswain]

Using a bit of autolisp code, you can find all locations.

(ssget "_X" '((0 . "INSERT")(2 . "BlockName")))
;;; iterate the result, checking DXF group 410 to find out
;;; in which layout the item resides.

If you want to stick with built in commands, the ._FILTER command can select them all to give you a total, but most commands (if not all) will only work on objects in the current space.