samifox Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 hi i have very lazzy xref that i want to redraw, is there a way to turn off snapping to that xref? its dwg Thanks S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Not without turning off OSnaps entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 If you have a command active F3 suppresses object snaps. It's the best i've been able to come up with. You can press and hold F3 while cursoring over the xref with an active command, like Pline, then let it go when you're ready to snap, but that can be a bit tedious. Now, if your attachment is a pdf, then there is a button on the xref ribbon to turn snaps on or off in the pdf, but there is not one for an attached dwg. The button may not be there at all in 2010, don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I wouldn't typically recommend doing this, but if you want to disable snapping to your xref, put it on layer Defpoints and then freeze layer 0. This will make the xref unselectable and you won't be able to snap to it. It is not good practice to put anything on layer Defpoints though, so I only mention this as a temporary workaround. Once you're finished, thaw layer 0 and move your xref off the Defpoints layer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 It's not bad practice if the effects are intended. It's only not recommended now, because there is another way to have non-plot layers, it once was standard operating procedure. I still run across lots of drawings with Viewports on Defpoints, some aren't that old, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samifox Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 10/25/2017 at 8:03 AM, Cad64 said: I wouldn't typically recommend doing this, but if you want to disable snapping to your xref, put it on layer Defpoints and then freeze layer 0. This will make the xref unselectable and you won't be able to snap to it. It is not good practice to put anything on layer Defpoints though, so I only mention this as a temporary workaround. Once you're finished, thaw layer 0 and move your xref off the Defpoints layer. thats not works for me thanks. so autocad is not perfect after all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 51 minutes ago, samifox said: thats not works for me thanks. so autocad is not perfect after all Who said Autocad is perfect? Also, I'm not sure why my suggestion isn't working for you? It has always worked for me. Did you do exactly as I described? Put your xref on layer Defpoints and then Freeze layer 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 You could plot it to PDF and use it as an underlay. You can toggle osnap to an underlay. I've used this to recreate portions of drawings we only had as PDF's before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieJ Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 On 10/24/2017 at 11:03 PM, Cad64 said: I wouldn't typically recommend doing this, but if you want to disable snapping to your xref, put it on layer Defpoints and then freeze layer 0. This will make the xref unselectable and you won't be able to snap to it. It is not good practice to put anything on layer Defpoints though, so I only mention this as a temporary workaround. Once you're finished, thaw layer 0 and move your xref off the Defpoints layer. This is AWESOME!!! I've been using AutoCAD for 30+ years, and I'm an Autodesk Ceritified Instructor and do a ton of customization. I've been looking for a solution to this for eons. It works like a charm. Only thing is that it's a bit glitchy as my xref disappears on occasion, but all I have to do for that is unfreeze 0 and then freeze it again & it's back up. Thank you so much for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieJ Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 On 4/21/2020 at 11:13 AM, samifox said: thats not works for me thanks. so autocad is not perfect after all I reiterate @Cad64's comment - I love AutoCad, but it is far from perfect - there's no such thing as a 'perfect' CAD software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Check out BlackBox's reply to this as a wish list item in this thread https://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?172701-Disabling-OSNAPs-for-XREFS&p=1339005&viewfull=1#post1339005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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