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Accessing Xrefs on a fileserver using Mac AND PC

ayer

Greetings Everyone,

Straight to the point:

Autocad xrefs were path'd on a PC to our file server.

Since I'm using a Mac; when I open a file, the xrefs do not show up because the original path was created on the PC.

I can re-path all the Xrefs on my mac, but then when my co-worker goes to open the file on his PC, the Xrefs won't load.

Is their a workaround to this that google is hiding from me?

 

 

 
Nov 7, 11 12:28 pm
ayer

Found a fix...

... now how do I delete this thread....

Nov 7, 11 2:04 pm  · 
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Rusty!

you won't share your solution with us? I'll share with you some shrubbery blocks if you let me in on the secret.

Nov 7, 11 2:07 pm  · 
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ayer

Honestly, i'm not quite sure what I did...

I found something on the Autocad forums about adding project names.  So In the preferences panel on both our computers I added the name of our fileserver.

Nothing worked after that until I did the next step:

When adding an xref, you must make sure you are using its relative path rather than its full path. ( 3 options are given when importing )

Once again, not quite sure what I did, but the xrefs loaded on my co-workers PC when I opened the drawing file.

Sorry I'm not of much help, i'm tired and my brain hurts.

 

Nov 8, 11 11:19 pm  · 
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