Ever experience working with an Xref file which does not follow its properties after making some changes to it? Even after reloading the Xref file, it does not update the properties. The problem lies within the settings of the drawing. Ever heard of the command visretain? Depending on the values set for this command, it will determine the visibility, color, linetype, lineweight, and plot styles.
There are only two values that you are able to set when using the command visretain is either “0” or “1”.
Basically when visretain is set to “1”, whatever changes you make on the Xref file will only be visible when you open the xref file but no changes will be seen in your main drawing.
However when visretain is set to “0”, whatever changes you make on the Xref file will be visible in your main drawing.
The images I have uploaded below will hopefully give you a clearer picture on the command visretain.
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