I'm currently working on a large residential project. We have the project set up so that all the floor plans are in a single file, layered one on top of the other. This plan is then xreffed to the structural and electrical plans to be used as a background. The structural plans are also xreffed back into the floor plans, so that we can coordinate the locations of structural posts. To further complicate matters, the garage doesn't fit on the plan sheet, so it has its own file as well, which is xreffed into all the plan files. Needless to say, I deal with many 'Warning! File 'x' contains a circular reference!' messages daily.
My problem is that as the files get more packed with 'stuff', the time it takes to load any one of the files is increasing dramatically, to the point where it takes 10 minutes to open a file. My suspiscions are that the multiple circular reference files are causing DataCAD to have a stroke. I was wondering if anyone else has run into this problem, and, if so, what they've done to correct it. I really like the drawing file system we have set up, and I'd hate to have to change it. Thanks.
joebag
My problem is that as the files get more packed with 'stuff', the time it takes to load any one of the files is increasing dramatically, to the point where it takes 10 minutes to open a file. My suspiscions are that the multiple circular reference files are causing DataCAD to have a stroke. I was wondering if anyone else has run into this problem, and, if so, what they've done to correct it. I really like the drawing file system we have set up, and I'd hate to have to change it. Thanks.
joebag