[cad-linux-dev] Re: uber-converter layer names
- From: Bruno Postle <bruno@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: CAD linux development <cad-linux-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:28:09 +0100
On Thu 19-Aug-2004 at 14:27 -0500, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
> With that said, we are still going to have to have a "name:"
> attribute (which will appear as the layer name in autocad,
> pythoncad, etc.) And, to be able to rename layers without messing
> with the entities, we must use a numeric ID for the layer (which,
> yes, is related to the layer filename) where that numeric ID is
> stored in each entity.
Are you sure about this? It is a 'layer of indirection' that is
sometimes useful, but not always. Won't it be confusing having a
layer with "ID: 5" but "name: 6"?
The renaming a layer problem can be solved by editing all the
entities and changing the name there - Just the same as moving a
bunch of entities or changing their colour.
--
Bruno
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