RE: How to batch replace reference files in a bunch of drawings.

Jon Summers — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:46:19 GMT

[quote user="Robin Viebrock"]I have tried "RefRename.mvba" and it was unsuccessful[/quote]

If you can write VBA, or have a colleague who can, then RefRename would be a great place to start to develop your own version.

Lorys — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:00:38 GMT

[quote user="Robin Viebrock"]

Before i begin please be aware that i have tried "RefRename.mvba" and it was unsuccessful.

Here is what i am trying to do.

I have a set of drawings (D1-D10), who each reference a drawing (R1) twice and have logical names TOP and BOT in all 10 dwgs.

refrename.mvba does not like when the same file is reference twice.

What i am looking for is a script / batch processes to replace R1 with R2 for both TOP and BOT in all drawings D1-D10.

extra info: D1-D10 are all in the same directory A and R1 and R2 are both in the same directory B

Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thank you

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Just on first glance I think I have a work flow you could you nested files and rename them to fool the ref manager?

Create a nested holding file Called R2 Nest which has R2 top and Bottom set in it how you want

now with Batch process ref attach R2 Nest and detach R1 both descriptions, the clipping depends on how you set up your drawings

But without some examples its not too easy to work out how you make this work over multiple sheets or drawings

for 10 drgs only you could use the batch processor as above and then open each drg and reclip if need be... manually... its only 10 plans..

Next time use nested files, easy to replace with the vba macro...