I want to create a script for inserting an AutoCAD XREF into an empty drawing and then selecting all its layers and changing them to color 251. My question though, is there a way to insert an XREF with Dynamo? All I see is the option to insert a block. Thanks, Michael

Hi @MSchille-1994 , There isn’t a dedicated node for this yet, so I put together this Python script for you to try. It doesn’t have any error checking, so it’s more of a proof of concept - use at your own risk. IN[0] = the path to the DWG (as a string) IN[1] = the name for the XREF (I just used th…

Hi that is a nice Python script! Is there a way to make it work with multiple Xref? now when i’m feeding a list of path and name it return a error. Any help will be geat! thanks

You’d need to change the path and blockName inputs to be lists and then add a loop to iterate through each item in the list.

ok thanks, unfortunately im not very good (read no expentience at all) in Python :frowning:

FYI there are nodes for this in the Camber package starting in v4.0.0. [xrefs]

did a quick image edit of the node above… the ability to insert XREF into an external document would be pretty RAD [image]

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Civil 3D

patrick.ericson December 16, 2023, 10:01am 8

Not sure if it possible to add information into external files but add this to the thread for Camber Feedback instead
Camber Feedback Thread - Civil3D - Dynamo (dynamobim.com)

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