Sorry Late night last night.
Question is if you have a DWG that has a Pipe Network in it with a Data Shortcut / Referenced Surface into it. Then Xref that file into a sheet file, and then RE-DATA REF the Pipe Network and Surface into the same sheet file "To Cut Plan and Profiles".?
I have seen this here at our office a few times. Personally I think its bad practice, but just curious what you guys think...
No worries; thankfully I've not seen that before.
My Profile drawing has the Surface, Alignment, Pipe Network(s) (not as DREF, actually IN this drawing), and Profile Views for the given Alignment. I layout the Pipe Networks in plan, and draw/label in Profile View, so that the Profile Views are 'complete'.
If I DREF the Pipe Network(s) into this drawing, then I can only draw/label them in Profile View, and cannot 'edit' their layout/elevations for conflicts... Which means that I end up needing a second drawing with all of the same things in it, just so I can do all of the plan & profile design, just to DREF elsewhere, which doesn't make any sense to me. For this reason, I consolidate the C3D Objects into the drawing(s) where I can.
My 'master' plan drawing does NOT have the Pipe Networks DREF. When I need them for design changes, I XREF the Profile drawing as underlay.
In the 'cut sheets', I XREF the master plan, and profile drawings - ONE instance of each Pipe Network, and ONE instance of the Surface - since the Profile drawing is already 'complete', I then merely need to label the plan view, and done.
If someone else knows a more efficient way to work, please jump in.
Cheers