Problem with xref and point 0 0

[itacad]

Good morning, I'll tell you something strange that has never happened to me

I received two drawings that:
- They use the same construction xref
- They loaded the xref at the same point 0.0 which is also correctly the point 0.0 of the construction file used as xref

 

Let's call FILE1 the file where the systems (electrical cable ways) are drawn and FILE2 the file where the systems are drawn.

 

At this point I would like to load FILE1 as an XREF in FILE2 and I expect a perfect overlap, but instead it is as if the two files were offset.

 

Do we need to redefine the 0 0 point in one of these files? how you do it?

 

Greetings

[CyberAngel]

Did you check the system variable INSBASE? It redefines the insertion point. In other words, if the base point in the xref is not (0,0,0), it will be inserted at the point specified by INSBASE. Well, it does that too when INSBASE is (0,0,0), but you don't notice.

 

I can't find another reason for this to happen. Let us know if the problem persists.

[itacad]

actually insbase that I read is different from 0,0,0 but still the same among the drawings with this problem...
1214-LO-600.05 = INSBASE <388.8732,316.8604,0.0000>:
1214-LO-625.01 = INSBASE <388.8732,316.8604,0.0000>:

 

I attach two drawings as an example

- Both use the SLBI.dwg construction file as an xref

- I would like to load as on 1214-LO-625.01.dwg, the 1214-LO-600.05 file as an xref and get the perfect overlay.

 

in case I'll move it manually if I don't solve it, but I'd like to understand why

 

Thanks in advance if anyone solves this puzzle

insbase.zip

[CyberAngel]

My guess is that file 1 and file 2 need to be xrefed into the main drawing, one at a time. What you seem to be describing in the first post is File 1 xrefed into File 2, then File 2 xrefed into the main drawing. In that case, File 1 got inserted into File 2's UCS when it should have gotten inserted into the main file's UCS. In other words, the translation happened twice for File 1.

[itacad]

I solved! I modified the UCS point 0 0 0 in drawing 1214-LO-625.01 (FILE2) where for load control as XREF 1214-LO-600.05 (FILE1).
I didn't succeed on the first try because strangely the UCS keyboard command didn't offer me the SP (sposta) choice, even though I tried it and it was available.