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CAD Forums => CAD General => Topic started by: diarmuid on July 24, 2006, 10:33:25 AM

Title: xref path edit help needed
Post by: diarmuid on July 24, 2006, 10:33:25 AM

hi guys help sought,

i have 100+ drawings with on average 5-6 x-refs in each.  the job needs to be moved to another directory under a new job number.  which means the paths need to be changed.  is there a quick xref path edit lisp out there that i could use,  it doen't matter if it needs to run in each drawing, i have a student in for the summer who could to that for me.

thanks in advance

Diarmuid

Title: Re: xref path edit help needed
Post by: hudster on July 24, 2006, 10:34:57 AM

Autodesk reference manager will do this easily

Title: Re: xref path edit help needed
Post by: diarmuid on July 24, 2006, 11:04:23 AM

thanks for the reply,

we are using acad2002. i'm not sure if the utility that you have mentioned is available with 2002?

is reference manager a stand alone package?

thanks for the prompt reply.

Diarmuid

Title: Re: xref path edit help needed
Post by: T.Willey on July 24, 2006, 11:13:38 AM

Quote from: diarmuid on July 24, 2006, 10:33:25 AM

hi guys help sought,

i have 100+ drawings with on average 5-6 x-refs in each.  the job needs to be moved to another directory under a new job number.  which means the paths need to be changed.  is there a quick xref path edit lisp out there that i could use,  it doen't matter if it needs to run in each drawing, i have a student in for the summer who could to that for me.

thanks in advance

Diarmuid

Maybe look here. (http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=11202.0)  See if this will help you.

Title: Re: xref path edit help needed
Post by: CAB on July 24, 2006, 11:23:47 AM

Yes there is a plethora of information here just use the ADVANCED SEARCH entering  xref path.

Here is another link I found

http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=1170.msg15132#msg15132

And another
http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=2370.msg30065#msg30065

PS Tim has become a xref expert, so do check out his new routine.  :-)

Title: Re: xref path edit help needed
Post by: T.Willey on July 24, 2006, 11:35:58 AM

Quote from: CAB on July 24, 2006, 11:23:47 AM

PS Tim has become a xref expert, so do check out his new routine.  :-)

No comment. :wink:

Title: Re: xref path edit help needed
Post by: diarmuid on July 26, 2006, 06:19:27 AM

thanks for the help.