Self Attachments not merging

another way to do this is just a fence file...fit the view all include refs

then create a fence to include the full view  now key in FF=

and hit enter it will prompt you for a file name in the active folder to save the contents of your fence then once done  place a data point  in the view to confirm  your  wish to Fence file dgn

and boom a file with all the refs merged but on level that were turned on and visible will be copied out to this file...

Or save as  xxyy.dgn

Then in the new file from the ref manger select all the refs and right mouse on selection and option to merge references is there..same result but not as fast as FenceFile

and to remember FF= is easy also

another command  SF= this is save contents of active  file to new file  also handy  for spitting data out of one file into another file...

In the Reference file dialog in the activated status column click on the checkmark, You should then get a dialog that will ask you if you want to release the write lock, say ok and it will then release it. Then try to see if the merge works

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In the Reference file dialog in the activated status column click on the checkmark, You should then get a dialog that will ask you if you want to release the write lock, say ok and it will then release it. Then try to see if the merge works

I thought you cant release the lock on Self reffed sub models, that's why Fence File is used instead..

correct this would only apply to external references , not the self references so Fence file should be used on the self references.

That's what I was saying in the first place ... the orginal poster states he has self ref attachments and cannot untick them and so they wont all merge into one file and they cannot be unticked  because they are self refed models they are in use so read only in the active file view..

so the only way for this to work is fence file which creates a new file with all the refs merged ....