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Title: plotting a large file - annotation scale vs. plot scale comes up
Post by: GISDUDE on February 26, 2014, 12:57:56 PM

Hi all. I have a problem plotting a very big file (36x94). I can plot the layers that I've created, HOWEVER, the 2 XREFS I have in the drawing are not plotting. I had the issue of annotation scale and plot scale come up, but, it went away, for some odd reason. I suspect that the XREF'S have some kind of annotation scale that won't allow me to plot this in model space. I don't know for sure.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

Title: Re: plotting a large file - annotation scale vs. plot scale comes up
Post by: Rob... on February 26, 2014, 12:59:30 PM

Check the layer that the XREFs are on and make sure it is set to plot.

Title: Re: plotting a large file - annotation scale vs. plot scale comes up
Post by: GISDUDE on February 26, 2014, 01:32:39 PM

I looked in the property window and ALL the layers for the XREF's are greyed out. hmmm....

Title: Re: plotting a large file - annotation scale vs. plot scale comes up
Post by: Krushert on February 26, 2014, 01:56:37 PM

Question 1, are the xrefs nested?  Could be that the xrefs in the host xref are on a non-plot layer

Question 2, are you using a viewport?  And can you see the xref through the viewport?   

Title: Re: plotting a large file - annotation scale vs. plot scale comes up
Post by: GISDUDE on February 26, 2014, 02:18:16 PM

Q1. NOT NESTED
Q2. NO VIEWPORTS - I'm ONLY IN MODELS SPACE.

Very tricky. I noticed that there may be a filter in the layer manager...

Title: Re: plotting a large file - annotation scale vs. plot scale comes up
Post by: Rob... on February 26, 2014, 02:29:11 PM

Please post files exhibiting this. Make sure to include the XREF with the base plan. You can strip them of "sensitive" and extraneous information if necessary for your place of work and file size.

Title: Re: plotting a large file - annotation scale vs. plot scale comes up
Post by: GISDUDE on February 26, 2014, 03:42:00 PM

i'm pretty sure this is related to the "unreconciled layer" pop-up. I cant seem to plot even when I turn off the "layereval" variable.

Title: Re: plotting a large file - annotation scale vs. plot scale comes up
Post by: Rob... on February 26, 2014, 04:27:56 PM

It does not have anything to do with that.

Have you verified that the layer the XREF is on is plottable?
Are you going to post the files?

Title: Re: plotting a large file - annotation scale vs. plot scale comes up
Post by: GISDUDE on February 28, 2014, 09:37:12 AM

Ok guys. It does look like the XREF wasn't plottable. But, it also doesn't help that there are wipeouts in the XREF. That was confusing.