Nested Xref to regular xref?

I've got several drawings that have nested xrefs which i want to change to
regular xrefs.

Is there a way to take the nested xref and detach it from the drawing that
it is nested into and reattach it at the same level as the original xref?

I know this sounds confusing. So i'll provide and example.

FROM THIS:

+---CONTRACT.DWG
| +---XREF1.DWG
| +---XREF2.DWG (NESTED)

TO THIS:
+---CONTRACT.DWG
| +---XREF1.DWG
| +---XREF2.DWG (NOT NESTED)

OR... can I do this?

+---CONTRACT.DWG
| +---XREF1.DWG
| +---XREF2.DWG (NESTED)

AND CHANGE TO:

+---CONTRACT.DWG
| +---XREF1.DWG
| | +---XREF2.DWG (NESTED)
| +---XREF2.DWG (NOT NESTED)
(copies the nested xref with same scale and orientation as the nested xref)

 

Only if you detach it from the source xref, or change it to OVERLAY in that file.

 

See below...

For what you are describing, this would seem to me to be the better
solution.
R Culp's suggested use of OVERLAY in XREF1 would facilitate this (and still
allow XREF2 to be available therein).

I don't know if ObjectDBX can be called upon to modify XREF1 that way, IIRC
some have mentioned a lack of access for making that type of change. I hope
I'm wrong, though, since that would be a good way to go programmatically, if
this is truly worthy of a programming effort. If ObjectDBX is out of the
question, a script could conceivably accomplish this via perhaps the -xref
CL command and its options or DXF manipulation? (just thinking out loud
here)...

xref)

This is a much worse solution than above, IMO, since (if previous experience
holds) you will then not be able to detach XREF2 afterwards without a lot of
hoop jumping... IOW, this is a good first step in tying your drawing up in
a royal xreffed knot. :-/

FWIW,
David Kozina

 

Thanks for the feedback.

My intention is to overlay the nested xrefs to get rid of them, but the
attaching and orienting and scaling of the same xref within the main drawing
is what i think would be time consuming. I was looking for a way to take the
properties of the nested xref and apply it to the same xref..

I can easily run a routine to detach or overlay all the nested xrefs after
i've duplicated the xref into the the contract.dwg file.