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As we use symbols more and more to develop our drawings, there are two minor features that would be really helpful:

1. A way that symbols can be automatically updated (reloaded) when a drawing is opened. I see this working the same way XRefs are updated when a drawing is opened. Since there are situations where this is not desirable, so perhaps this is a per-symbol setting, similar to lock scale, fix text, etc.

2. When replacing symbols it would be helpful if the symbol name could be displayed in the information toolbar, the way it works when using the identify command.

Thanks and Happy Friday

Jim -

Probably a dumb question (been accused of much worse), but could you use an xref instead of a symbol - insert your symbol into a blank drawing, explode it, save it as an AEC and insert as an xref?

I do like your wishlist for #2 - that would be very helpful!!

Most excellent and thanks

That would be the idea - much like reference files work currently. The ability to control this on a symbol by symbol basis is the key, because there are situation where automatic updating is not desirable.

Thanks

AllRightyThen! I'm going to add this to the Symbol Tools sub-menu of the [Ctrl]+Right-click context menu. Good enough?

Dave

This works for me!