x-refs

[Juice]

Hello everyone,

This is a strange one, i just installed Autocad 2000 on my computer. I still have 14 on my computer aswell.

Now i tried to open up a drawing in 2000. It opened up fine but my external refence does not show up. I go to my x-ref manager and it says it is unresolved. i even tried to reload and it says invalid function. But when i go back to 14 and open it up the x-ref shows up. Why is that?

Thanks for the help
Juice

 

[CDH]

I'm not positive on this, but it is worth a shot.
Could the fact that it is an r14 drawing be causing to do this. (loads fine in 14, not 2000)
I think this happened on occasion with us as well.
Try saving the xref drawing in 2000, and then see if it works.

 

[Juice]

hey thanks for the suggestion
but still says it is unresolved. this is so strange. i can open the actual xref in 2000, but not as a xref.

craziness

juice

 

[CDH]

Here's another one for ya.
Try totally detaching the xref, and then attach it again.

I know I have had an unresolved xref before, but I can't remember what the solution was.
I'll keep thinking about it and maybe I will remember.

 

[PlayaStatus]

you also might want to audit and recover the xref to remove any entity errors the xref might have. then you should detach the xref completley save it, and re attach the xref.

i have had this problem plenty of times.

 

[CADpaul]

Here is another consideration. If you go to "OPTIONS" in 2000, (it used to be "PREFERENCES" in R14) and expand the Search Path Directories catagory. Make sure that the directory that contains your X-ref drawing is listed there. The Search Path Directory tells Autocad where it is allowed to look for whatever files you request when you open a drawing.

Give it a try,

Paul