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Hi,

In the latest version of v15, is there a setting/toggle/INI edit to get a GTV to automatically control the layers that are shown in an XRef? I thought this was the default.

Also, the trouble we've had in the past with this feature, is that if someone opens the drawing in an older version of DataCAD (that may or may not support this feature?) all the GTV's that use the single XRef -- all get switched to a single set of layers. Which is a bit of a nightmare to fix.

Can someone enlighten me as to the state of this feature? We cannot use this until it works smoothly, and unfortunately, once bitten twice shy!

I thought there was an INI line to completely disable it but I can't find a reference to it. I think it's just done per xref now via the ref manager's GTV radio buttons. As for sending to older versions, can't speak to that but I think it was supported as far back as version v14. We are just getting ready to implement it now on v.16 for our office, but as far as I recall it was working as expected when I last tested it.

Josh is correct, the GTV Link is now on a per-XRef basis. It is controlled either via the XRef Manager or the XRef Tools context menu. Its default is Off. As for saving back to previous versions: If the previous version didn't support it, it's not guaranteed to make the round-trip. There's really no way for me to make new features backwards-compatible without issuing updates to historical versions, and that just ain't gonna happen.

[rant]Why is someone attempting to open your drawing in an "older" version? IMHO, we price our updates such that keeping current should be a no-brainer. The cost of an upgrade is less than the cost of a cup of coffee/day. The cost of a Subscription is even less! Come-on, even us lowly programmers have to eat.[/rant]

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Dave

Josh is correct, the GTV Link is now on a per-XRef basis. It is controlled either via the XRef Manager or the XRef Tools context menu. Its default is Off. As for saving back to previous versions: If the previous version didn't support it, it's not guaranteed to make the round-trip. There's really no way for me to make new features backwards-compatible without issuing updates to historical versions, and that just ain't gonna happen.

[rant]Why is someone attempting to open your drawing in an "older" version? IMHO, we price our updates such that keeping current should be a no-brainer. The cost of an upgrade is less than the cost of a cup of coffee/day. The cost of a Subscription is even less! Come-on, even us lowly programmers have to eat.[/rant]

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Dave

Dave is right here. We need to back them. The alternatives arent much chop (believe me, I have been there) in terms of bang for buck.

Thanks Walter, I truly appreciate the support!

Cheers!
Dave

Dave,

The office I'm working in owns the SE and they own v16, but some people are cautious, and are still using v15. The trouble first arose a couple of years ago, when I was using v14 (I think?) and they owned v14 as well, but were still using v13. If it was up to me, sure, we'd all be using v16 - and we will be, soon.

Dave,
We use this feature quite a bit, and its great. My only problem with it doesn't seem to work with multilevel xrefs. Meaning an xref inside an xref. I doubt this is fixable, but on the off chance that it is, put that high on my wish list.

Dave,

The office I'm working in owns the SE and they own v16, but some people are cautious, and are still using v15. The trouble first arose a couple of years ago, when I was using v14 (I think?) and they owned v14 as well, but were still using v13. If it was up to me, sure, we'd all be using v16 - and we will be, soon.

If I am not mistaken, the final version of 15 has the same features and capabilities as the initial version of 16.

Jim,
If I remember correctly, I read that the only difference between the final version of 15 and 16 was that 16 could read newer versions of Autocad files.

Paul: Between the two of us, I think we have remembered correctly

I will try this feature on a job when we can test that it works consistently. It certainly helps files open more quickly.