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Can’t bind certain xrefs

Occasionally, when you try to bind an xref to your current drawing, one or more xreffed files do not bind. Sometimes an error is reported; other times there is no error but the operation just doesn’t complete.

 

Workarounds:

  1. In each problematic child drawing, run the WBLOCK command
  2. Select ENTIRE DRAWING as the source
  3. Select the current folder as the output location
  4. Close the child drawing
  5. In windows explorer, navigate to your drawings directory
  6. Rename your original child drawing to something like originalfilename.sav
    (so you can go back to it if you have to)
  7. rename the drawing file created by wblock (from step 3) to your original child drawing’s filename
  8. open the parent drawing
  9. try binding the child drawing that you just worked with

 

First Appeared: AutoCAD 2000?
Status as of 2008: Still occurs.
Status as of 2009: (unknown)

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 5th, 2007 at 08:55 and is filed under AutoCAD - Bugs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Comment

  • klassen says:
    March 16, 2010 at 13:29

    this happens a lot to the drawings i work with
    I have found a fix to that the drawing to bind in 2008
    if the xref has disappeared but the link is still there right click it and unload then reload will bring the xref back after doing this
    - right click and open the xrefed drawing
    - save and close
    - right click reload xref (may have to unload and reload)
    - right click bind

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