Xref sent to back (draworder) - but still appears on top
hi all -
sending an xref (structure layout) to back via DRAWORDER, but it still appears on top of my drawing (architectural layout).
my (architectural) entities are selected/highlighted as expected - but i also need them to appear on top of the XREF background.
any suggestions ?
[ worked fine in BC V15 - current issue is in a new BC V22 ]
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check the z values of some of ihe points in your inserted xref. if they are higher than those in your dawing, they will show on top. you may have to run a flatten command on the xref or set its insertion point z value to negative 10000 or large negative value.
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thanx a lot, dfly !
it seems to have helped !@DFLY said:
check the z values of some of ihe points in your inserted xref. if they are higher than those in your dawing, they will show on top. you may have to run a flatten command on the xref or set its insertion point z value to negative 10000 or large negative value.0 -
Be aware that FLATTEN destroys associativity of Hatches.
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@Tom Foster said:
Be aware that FLATTEN destroys associativity of Hatches.Yes. Only use flatten as a last resort on a copy of the original. You will also loos all 3D height data and Get multiple versions of the same block.
Another note. When working with 3d xref underlays, turn off your Z snap so that all your new drawing stays on the 0 plane.
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Instead of FLATTEN, you can use various ways to isolate and box-select sets of elements - by layer, by group, by HIDEing etc - to examine their Z value in Properties - then when you find a set that reports Z=Various, you can maybe narrow it down to the faulty few, but anyway edit Z to 0, in Properties. Sounds complicated but you soon find the fault and can correct it harmlessly.
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thank you all !!
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You can also configure a structure browser tree configuration to group entities by Elevation. I don't think it can sort entities in XRefs, though, without opening the external reference file.
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@ScottS said:
You can also configure a structure browser tree configuration to group entities by Elevation. I don't think it can sort entities in XRefs, though, without opening the external reference file.Thanx !
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