Topic: image managment help sought

[diarmuid]

i have two types of drawings

type 1:   has a lot of images attached to them (which i need) and these drawings also have information which i dont need.

type 2: Has all the drawing information that i need, but it does not have the images that i need.  they are contained in type 1.

everything is equal in these drawings.  i.e. co-ordinates rotation etc.  i just want to "copy" the images filenames and image paths accross.

is there a fast way to do this?

thanks in advance

Diarmuid

[ronjonp]

Why don't you xref the drawing with images in to the drawing with linework?

[diarmuid]

there are 40 drawings

each drawing contains 12 images (aerial photos)

these are all placed to national grid.  (the photos are not inserting at national grid co-ordinates)  but the are placed correctly in the first set of drawings i'm talking about.

i know that i could just xref the drwings etc, but thats not the really correct way.  i dont allow xreffing "sheet drawings" here only model drawings,  we are multidisplinary and it creates circular references etc.

Certainly it could get me out of a fix.  But i really dont just want a quick fix.  Becasue they have a habbit of biting me on the ass at a later stage.

any help would be appreciated

Diarmuid

[ronjonp]

So you want a fast way to insert 480 images into one drawing at the correct coordinates?

[diarmuid]

No, sorry let me elaborate.

type 1: (say rev 1)
40 drawings


type 2: (say rev 2)
40 drawings

the drawings are equal, but the drawing information on rev 1 is not current.
(basically rev one is all over the place from a cad point of view, its a night mare, rev 2 is "NEW AND IMPROVED")

i want to take the image information from "rev 1 dwg no 001"

and "drop them" into "rev 2 deg no 002"

thanks