I received a civil dwg drawing which included a swimming pool. When the file is x-ref'd into my drawing, the pool shape changes. Opening the civil file, the pool is a free-form design but in my drawing the pool appears as a formal shaped "Roman". I have only one (1) civil drawing for the project so I haven't accidently attached the wrong file. I'm confused. Has this type of behavior happened to anyone else?
Strange x-ref behavior
Feb 20, 2004
3 Replies
Yes and no. Check the layers on the original to see if there are several shapes included on different layers. It might be a simple matter of the wrong layers --and therefore the wrong shape- being shown.
What's "formal"? Do you see a shape different from the "free-form" one? What type of entity is that we are talking about?
To answer 2 questions at once.
- All layers are "On" in civil files.
- The 2 most well know "classic" pools shapes are the rectangle and Roman. Roman is simply a rectangle with radius centered on each end creating 4 outside corners & 4 inside corners.
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