x-ref error!!

[flopinator2000]

i'm trying to refedit the xref i interted into the dwg. it will not let me, i get this error-
"Errors found in references to other objects:
** Object reference missing: AcDbLayerTableRecord, to AcDbPlaceHolder."

any ideas, please help!!!!

[R.K. McSwain]

"flopinator2000" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote...

i'm trying to refedit the xref i interted into the dwg. it will not let me, i get this error-
"Errors found in references to other objects:
** Object reference missing: AcDbLayerTableRecord, to AcDbPlaceHolder."

Search http://support.autodesk.com <- your answer awaits you.

[flopinator2000]

unless i was looking in the wrong spot, i had no luck with that link

[RTR]

avoid nested xrefs and maybe try purging unnecessary items in the drawing to
be referenced


"flopinator2000" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
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i'm trying to refedit the xref i interted into the dwg. it will not let
me, i get this error-
"Errors found in references to other objects:
** Object reference missing: AcDbLayerTableRecord, to AcDbPlaceHolder."

any ideas, please help!!!!

[flopinator2000]

no purging did not good wither, i checked the help menu and there was actually something in there, i don't really understand it says, i copied and pasted it


Issue

When you use the REFEDIT command to edit an external reference file in place, the following error message displays:



Object reference missing: AcDbLayerTableRecord, to AcDbPlaceHolder.

Solution

An application that creates extended entity data can cause this problem.


If an application has created extended entity data associated with the layers in the xref drawing, you might not be able to use the xref edit utility. To resolve the problem, you need to remove the extended entity data, which requires the use of an API in the AutoCAD® software, such as AutoLISP®. The following sample script runs some AutoLISP code, which shows how this might be done:




;;;Start of Script file ( (lambda (/ lay ent) (while (setq lay (tblnext "layer" (not lay))) (if (and (setq ent (entget (tblobjname "layer" (cdr (assoc 2 lay))) '("APPNAME"))) (assoc -3 ent) ) (entmod (subst '(-3 ("APPNAME")) (assoc -3 ent) ent)) ) ) ) ) (alert "Layer states cleared.") ;;;End of Script file



The AutoLISP code in the script goes through each layer in the current drawing and removes the extended entity data from the layer definition for the application called APPNAME.

Important: Replace the application name APPNAME, with the name of the application that created the extended entity data in your drawing.

To use the sample script:

Cut and paste the information between the start and end of script file lines into a new file in an ASCII text editor, such as Microsoft® Notepad.
Save the file with a .scr file name extension.
Run the SCR file created in the previous steps using the SCRIPT command in AutoCAD.
Note: For more information about script files, extended entity data, and AutoLISP, refer to Help in AutoCAD.

[R.K. McSwain]

"flopinator2000" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote...

unless i was looking in the wrong spot, i had no luck with that link

Works here. Found this.
http://support.autodesk.com/Getdoc.asp?ID=TS44806

[Tracy W. Lincoln]

What http://support.autodesk.com/Getdoc.asp?ID=TS44806 is saying is that an
application (typically the Express Tool's LMAN) has probably a corrupt Layer
State... if you run LMAN delete the Saved Layer States that you might
already have saved.

Also you might want to check you Layer Filters, if you do a lot of cut-paste
or copy-pasting then you might be dragging along a few unwanted layer
filters.
--
Tracy W. Lincoln
Autodesk Discussion Group Facilitator
Support: http://support.autodesk.com

"flopinator2000" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
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> unless i was looking in the wrong spot, i had no luck with that link

[flopinator2000]

if any one can tell me what the help menu is trying to tell me, that would be great, that is obviously my problem

[flopinator2000]

thanks, i actually found that in the help menu also