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Enter new value for INSBASE <-466723854.4800,-3322011897.0287,0.

0000>: 0,0,0

Some topics for xref placement (you probably are aware of but worth stating): This is assuming the drawings are created be placed on top of eachother at the same coordinates. Make sure you're all using the same coordinate system and insertion base point. Typcally the insertion base point is 0,0 while in the WCS. I always have my UCS Icon turned "on" and make sure I'm in the World Coordinate System before checking these variables. (command) UCSICON = ON (turn on your icon to see where you are in the world (command) UCS = W (puts you in the WCS) (command) INSBASE = insertion base point, by default is 0.000,0.000 as it should be IMHO. Check this for each file, the xref file(s) and the file(s) you're placing xrefs in.

Just some things to consider if applicable.

Received an AutoCAD support query from a client who was having a problem locating geometry within an XREF drawing. When he referenced this dwg into another container drawing at 0,0,0, the geometry in the XREF was shown offset from its true position. The AutoCAD system variable INSBASE contains the insertion base point of a drawing. The base point is expressed as coordinates in the current UCS. When you insert or externally reference the current drawing into other drawings, this base point is used as the insertion base point. This may be used to enable the use of relatively small local coordinates within a drawing, but still have the drawing insert or xref in the correct location relative to a much larger coordinate system. In my clients dwg, the value of INSBASE had been changed from 0,0,0. Using the BASE command, he reset the insertion base point back to 0,0,0. This time when he referenced his dwg into the container drawing at 0,0,0, the geometry in the XREF was shown at its true position.

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