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ACAD 2009 - Match properties from xref

ACAD 2009 - Match properties from xref

ACAD 2009 - Match properties from xref

(OP)
Is it possible to match properties from a specific layer in an xref drawing to your current drawing. The xref is 5 minute opening time heavy so that its a real pain to open and copy object (or Ncopy).
 

Cheers. Sean.

RE: ACAD 2009 - Match properties from xref

Hi Sean,

DesignCenter?

L.

ADT 2004

RE: ACAD 2009 - Match properties from xref

(OP)
Its a touch long winded but if it takes me 1 minute rather than the 5 it takes to open the drawing then got to be a bonus.

Cheers. Sean.

RE: ACAD 2009 - Match properties from xref

What properties were you hoping to match? Try typing (entget (car (nentsel))) and picking an entity in the xref. This should give you a list of the entity's properties, which can be stripped and assigned to another entity that belongs in the dwg. I'd be glad to help more if you know what properties you want to match.

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Civil 3D 2008, Terramodel

RE: ACAD 2009 - Match properties from xref

(OP)
The properties I am after are the same as if you are using matchprop command, ie. colour, linetype, layer global width and so on, some of which I can get directly from a copy of the layer (through design center as suggested by Exxit, but not all).

Basicly I'm after a way to replicate matchprop but taking those properties from an object in Xref rather than an object in current drawing.

Cheers. Sean.

RE: ACAD 2009 - Match properties from xref

(OP)
Hi Lpseifert
Loaded but get this message

Select source entity: ; error: no function definition: VLAX-ENAME->VLA-OBJECT

Any ideas?

Cheers. Sean.

RE: ACAD 2009 - Match properties from xref

(OP)
Hi again
It seems to work partially by moving the entity to the layer I have created, but doesn't change the properties of the object or the layer (so doesn't change dashed to dash dot for example) and the layer which you have to make yourself also has to be set up with the correct properties, such as bylayer, colour etc.

But thanks all the same.   

Cheers. Sean.

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