Why am I constantly getting unreconciled layers?

[ColinPearson]

It's been a rough CAD week for me and it's only Tuesday....

 

I've got a big drawing with a ton of information in it. To create specific layouts, I xref it into another drawing, turn layers on/off, change colors, etc to highlight some specific part of the work that that particular drawing deals with.

 

Every time I reload the xref, ALL the xref'd layers show up as unreconciled. I know that I can ctrl+a and right click and reconcile them, but any changes I have previously made to those layers (color, etc.) default back to how the layers are displayed in the original.

 

LAYEREVAL is set to 0 in both drawings. New Layer Notification is UNchecked along with all sub-boxes) in the Layer Settings dialog. I've never had this happen before unless the layer truly was new in the original drawing - this time it's every layer every time. Also, LAYEREVALCTL and LAYERNOTIFY are set to 0 in both drawings, though I'm pretty sure these are the same system variables that are manipulated in the Layer Settings dialog.

 

Any ideas? THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE

Edited January 21, 2014 by ColinPearson

[ColinPearson]

I think that VISRETAIN has fixed my life. It was in a previous thread but I overlooked it the first time. WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO

[ReMark]

Keep up the good work Colin. We really admire people who ask and answer their own questions. It saves wear and tear on our fingertips!

 

Just kidding with you.

[ColinPearson]

I get enough benefit out of this forum that I can take a little jab here and there! I really do appreciate this forum and try to contribute when I can but so far I ask more than answer. This xref issue is part of the same project that you and others responded to about my UCS and I think I finally have everything calmed down and behaving!

[Franklyn83]

Thank you for answering your own question Colin, it just saved my butt, I was having the same trouble.