Attach an Xref with relative/Nopath option

Is any body knowswhether it is possible to attach an external reference through API with the following option or not
No Path/Relative path.

This options are available from the AutoCAd UI.

Thanks In advance

 

There's not an option while attaching, but you can change the Path
property immediately after to remove the path or make it relative.

HTH,
Danny Polkinhorn
WATG
Honolulu

 

I tried your option and it is working fine. But my problem is as follows.

I have created a drawing with Xref option and has been saved on a particular location.
The Xref has been inserted using absolute path method.
Now I copied the drawing and its dependent file to a new location/ drive in a single folder. When I open the drawing which contains the xRef, it resolves the xreferences from the original location instead of from the current folder. But I need that whenever the file is opened it should open from the current folder.
For achieving this I tried to read the Xreferences and trying to detach the XReferences and attach from the new location with no path option. But while doing it I found that, If there is a nested XReference then the detach method of block not only fails but it crashes the AutoCAD. So this method too is not going to serve my purpose.

So can you advice what I should doo.

Thanks

Manoj

 

Don't detach in the copy of the drawing. Simply created a filtered selection
set of the inserted XRefs, and change the Path property of each
ExternalReference object.

--
R. Robert Bell


I tried your option and it is working fine. But my problem is as follows.

I have created a drawing with Xref option and has been saved on a particular
location.
The Xref has been inserted using absolute path method.
Now I copied the drawing and its dependent file to a new location/ drive in
a single folder. When I open the drawing which contains the xRef, it
resolves the xreferences from the original location instead of from the
current folder. But I need that whenever the file is opened it should open
from the current folder.
For achieving this I tried to read the Xreferences and trying to detach the
XReferences and attach from the new location with no path option. But while
doing it I found that, If there is a nested XReference then the detach
method of block not only fails but it crashes the AutoCAD. So this method
too is not going to serve my purpose.

So can you advice what I should doo.

Thanks

Manoj

 

Thanks for your input. I tried the same but the problem is that even after changing the path property the document is refering the drawing from the original location only. For refering it from the current location I need to save the drawing after changing the path property. Close the document and again re-open it. Closing and re-opening is some thing iritating. So I don't want that. So it it possible that the drawing is refering from the current location without re-opening it?

Thanks once again

Manoj

 

Thanks for your input. I tried the same but the problem is that even after changing the path property the document is refering the drawing from the original location only. For refering it from the current location I need to save the drawing after changing the path property. Close the document and again re-open it. Closing and re-opening is some thing iritating. So I don't want that. So it it possible that the drawing is refering from the current location without re-opening it?

Thanks once again

Manoj

 

Sorry I posted my response twice because my server was not responding and hence I clicked twice.

 

This sample assumes only one object in model space, an XRef named "Det" with
an absolute path. It replaces the path with just the drawing's filename
which is also saved in the current folder of the test drawing.

Sub Test()
Dim myXRef As AcadExternalReference
Set myXRef = ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.Item(0)
Debug.Print "Old path=" & myXRef.Path
myXRef.Path = "Det.dwg"
Debug.Print "New path=" & myXRef.Path

Set myXRef = Nothing

Dim xrDef As AcadBlock
Set xrDef = ThisDrawing.Blocks.Item("Det")
xrDef.Reload

AcadApplication.ZoomExtents
Set xrDef = Nothing
End Sub


--
R. Robert Bell


Thanks for your input. I tried the same but the problem is that even after
changing the path property the document is refering the drawing from the
original location only. For refering it from the current location I need to
save the drawing after changing the path property. Close the document and
again re-open it. Closing and re-opening is some thing iritating. So I don't
want that. So it it possible that the drawing is refering from the current
location without re-opening it?

Thanks once again

Manoj

 

Robert,

Thanks for your help, Now it is working greate inside AutoCAD. The only problem I am having that I am unable to either dettach or reload the external references inside Mechanical AutoCAD. I don't know why?

Thanks once again?

 

For MDT/Mechanical you might need to check out its object model (I haven't
had MDT since v4, so I don't have a way to help you there.)

--
R. Robert Bell


Robert,

Thanks for your help, Now it is working greate inside AutoCAD. The only
problem I am having that I am unable to either dettach or reload the
external references inside Mechanical AutoCAD. I don't know why?

Thanks once again?