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Robb

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What are .xlg files?
« on: July 18, 2006, 04:54:39 PM »
I have a ton of them in my project folders. Looks like every dwg file has an .xlg file. But hte .xlg files are wayyyyy larger than the dwg's. I want to get rid of them but wnat to know if deleting them will affect any of my drawing files. Anyone know?

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MP

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Re: What are .xlg files?
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2006, 04:57:09 PM »
They are xref logs, you can nuke 'em if you want. See the xrefctl system variable in the help.

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Bob Wahr

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Re: What are .xlg files?
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2006, 04:59:21 PM »
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Robb

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Re: What are .xlg files?
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2006, 05:09:22 PM »
Yes, I searched for the file extension and found out what they are but what is the purpose of haviing a log file thats 2-3x larger than my original dwg file? Btw, what version of AutoCAD is creating this .xlg file? I have mixed versions in the office and if I can filter out what version is doing it that would help me fix this issue faster.

Anyone actually use the xref log files?

Thanks for the help guys!
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drizzt

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Re: What are .xlg files?
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2006, 05:42:05 PM »
I use CAD 2000 and have no xlg files
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Robb

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Re: What are .xlg files?
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2006, 05:45:23 PM »
Quote from: drizzt on July 18, 2006, 05:42:05 PM
I use CAD 2000 and have no xlg files

I dont think 2000 creates xlg files. That is what I use and never saw it till now. I know I setup a few users on our network with 2006 and 2007 so I was assuming it was their program creating it. I already corrected their settings.

MP: The xrefctl sys. variable... 1 is enabled and 0 is disabled correct?

Thanks guys!
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Jeff_M

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Re: What are .xlg files?
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2006, 08:46:03 PM »
From the trusty help:
Quote from: XREFCTL
Controls whether AutoCAD writes external reference log (XLG) files.

0   Does not write log files
1   Writes log files
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