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Repair Xref Paths

The fix side of xref health.

Command VDCXREFFIX · VDC Utilities tab › Drawing Tools panel
The fix side of xref health.

What it does

  • Make relative: absolute paths on the host's drive convert to the .\ / ..\ convention so the project can move.
  • Find missing: unresolved xrefs searched by filename under your search folder (shallowest hit wins), repathed, then relativized.
  • Current drawing or every DWG in a folder; CSV of every path old → new.

Good to know

  • Drawings locked by another user, and the one open in this session, are skipped, never fought over.
  • Preview reports and touches nothing; Apply writes, preserving each file's original DWG version.
  • Ribbon: VDC Utilities → Drawing Tools → Xref Fix. Companion to VDCXREFQC.

Dialog

Repair Xref Paths dialog
Repair Xref Paths, VDCXREFFIX
Settings file: %APPDATA%\VDC\XrefFix\settings.json

When to use it

  • After a project folder moves or a server letter changes and half the set opens with missing refs.
  • Before archiving or transmitting, to get every reference onto relative paths.

How to run it

  1. Run VDCXREFFIX; choose current drawing or a folder, and set the search folder for missing refs.
  2. Preview - nothing is written; read what would change.
  3. Apply; check the CSV for anything still unresolved.

Options

  • Make relative: absolute paths on the host's drive convert to .\ / ..\ form.
  • Find missing: searches by filename under your folder, shallowest hit wins, then relativizes.

Watch out for

  • Different-drive paths cannot be made relative - they are reported and left alone, not forced.
  • Drawings locked by another user (and the one open in this session) are skipped, never fought over.
  • Batch saves preserve each file's original DWG version - a 2018 drawing stays 2018.

Related: Xref QC · Clean DWG · Layer Map