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Jeff H
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Updating text in multiple drawings using FIND
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May 15, 2019, 05:18:11 PM »
Here is something I just tried and it worked, we had a bunch of drawings that had mleaders that called out “CAT 6 in ¾” CONDUIT” and needed to remove the “in ¾” CONDUIT”.
I did the following
Open new empty drawing
Used XA(XREF ATTCH) command(you can attach more than one drawing at a time)
Selected all 60 sheets
Unchecked all “Specify On-Screen” checkboxes so it would not prompt me for insertion point, etc… for each drawing.
Used FIND command(Made sure I had search xrefs option checked)
Did a Replace and it updated text and saved drawings.
Charged job 4 hours
Plan on spending next 4 hours watching cat videos on you tube
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ronjonp
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Re: Updating text in multiple drawings using FIND
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May 16, 2019, 09:36:24 AM »
Nice .. glad it worked for you
.. I've had CAD crash more often than not when doing a find and replace within xrefs.
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Re: Updating text in multiple drawings using FIND
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May 16, 2019, 11:33:43 AM »
I would have never tried that. Thanks Jeff.
And definitely no cat videos. LOL
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May 16, 2019, 12:13:57 PM »
DUDE!
That is a great trick! gotta try it.
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densan
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Re: Updating text in multiple drawings using FIND
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June 12, 2019, 01:28:38 PM »
I am creating a file just to try it, great tip.
Thank you for sharing.
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June 12, 2019, 01:48:18 PM »
Wow that is a cool trick I would never have thought of, thanks!
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lol ...Nice!
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Excellent idea Jeff!
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