Autocad shape files missing

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Missing Shape Files Aeccland. Back to Topic Listing Previous Next. Filter by Lables. Message 1 of I am aware that I do not have it. I don't particularly care that I don't have it.

AutoCAD, on the other hand, is very concerned. So concerned, in fact, that it will ask me for this file every time I open projects that involve baseplans shapes from this file. I would like to allay AutoCAD's concerns, and inform it that aeccland. I would like to do this very much, as I am currently working on a project with 60 or more separate files I must pull information from to compile baseplans I can use.

Does anyone know how to tell AutoCAD not to ask for missing shape files any more? Thanks for any help, Aaron Solved! Message 2 of Ask the file creators to send you this file, along with their DWG files, and be done with it. Otherwise there is no fix: to stop the prompt you need to replace it, to replace it you need to tick off the file creators. Message 3 of There is another, but still extremely painful tiresome annoying, way to avoid this.

This should free up the shape file for purging if it was referenced in a linetype. If you do not have access to the required SHX file, it probably will not do much good to ask someone for it. Many times we see people in various CAD forums asking for a certain shape file name. The chances of this working are very slim. Anyone can create a shape file and give it this name. Shape files contain shapes referenced by number. If so, you can select and delete them even though they are not visible.

Lastly, try this lisp file. This will search for three things. Still stuck? As always, whether you are doing this manually, with the attached lisp, or with a product like SuperPurge, work on a backup of your drawing until you are sure what you are doing. To translate this article, select a language. View Original Translate. English Original X. View Original X. By: Support. Support 0 contributions. Issue: Every time you open a drawing in AutoCAD that references shape files that are not on your system, a dialog box is displayed and you are prompted to locate missing shape SHX files.