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690 | Chapter 23 Reference Other Drawing Files (Xrefs)
To clear the current project
1 From the Tools menu, choose Options.
2 In the Options dialog box on the Files tab, click Project Files Search Path.
3 Choose Clear Current.
This clears the setting for the current drawing.
4 Choose OK (or Apply).
You can clear the current project at the Command prompt by entering
projectname and then entering a period (.).
Resolve External Reference Errors
If an external reference cannot be loaded when you open a drawing, an error
message is displayed.
Resolve Missing External Reference Files
AutoCAD stores the path of the drawing that is used to create the external
reference. Each time you load or plot the drawing or use the xref Reload
option in the Xref Manager to update the external reference, AutoCAD
checks this path to determine the name and location of the referenced draw-
ing file. If the name or location of the drawing file has changed, AutoCAD
cannot reload the external reference.
If AutoCAD cannot load an external reference when it is loading your draw-
ing, it displays an error message. In this example, AutoCAD can't find the xref
HOUSE:
"\acad\dwg\house.dwg": Can't open file
** Error resolving Xref HOUSE.
For each insertion of the external reference, AutoCAD displays text (at the
location, scale, and rotation angle of the original reference) that contains the
path of the missing xref. You can use the
XREF Path option to update or
correct the path.
One way to avoid these errors is to be sure that when you give other people
files that have xrefs attached, you also give them all the referenced files.
Change Nested Xref Paths
When the drawing is reopened and the nested xref is loaded, AutoCAD
attempts to find the xref in the original xref path first. If the xref is not found,
AutoCAD searches the path saved in the current drawing and then searches