[cad-linux-dev] Re: Addressability of drawing elements
- From: Bruno Postle <bruno@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: CAD linux development <cad-linux-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:02:30 +0100
On Tue 24-Aug-2004 at 12:08 -0500, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
>
> > "Elements" can be referenced by pointing to files (eg. the
> > address of a layer definition is the location of a file
> > containing that definition).
>
> Okay, but if I import a dwg into an existing directory and want to
> use it's style (e.g. layer color, etc) definitions, but the
> existing style object with that name points to a global location
> and my user has permission to alter that file, what happens? Does
> the global definition get over-written?
Nope, the existing definition is a file not a symlink. Before the
import it may reference external data, but after it gets clobbered
by the import process it is only going to contain local information
derived from the dwg.
--
Bruno
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