I can do this in autocad (as of v.2004), it lets you set freeze/thaw by viewport. the uber-converter, tho, just translates between file formats, so I'm not sure this functionality can be built in. On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:53:50 -0700 (PDT), phrostie <pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've been asking(from a number of different projects) for this for a while. > i always tried to describe it as having multipule coordinate systems/axis. > just as you can segregate geometry by layer, by also segregating geometry that > belongs to a given "view" you add a number of different functionalities. > > > > --- Bruno Postle <bruno@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon 23-Aug-2004 at 14:26 -0500, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > > > > > > We haven't even touch on acad's "paper space" yet, and pythoncad > > > is just starting to get printing. Maybe "geometry/" should be > > > "model/", and then we have "layout-1/", etc. (or layouts/1/, > > > layouts/2/ ?) > > > > "paperspaces" are drawings-within-drawings much like an unreferenced > > block/symbol - So they would naturally become subdirectories with a > > specialised "viewport" element that references the parent directory. > > > > The problem would be distinguishing them from any other > > subdirectories. > > > > -- > > Bruno > > > > > > > ===== > phrostie > Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS > and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. > http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ > //www.freelists.org/webpage/cad-linux > //www.freelists.org/webpage/cad-linux-dev > //www.freelists.org/webpage/snafuu > >