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Great thread and a tool with some mileage for me...

Say I create 50 different slots and these are done from some lists of standard slot sizes from different sheet metal suppliers. Its these guys who do cnc 'punching' where a slot is a standard tool.

What would be best way of organising a library of these 'objects'
(ideally by supplier) so they could be pulled into any drawing?

I presume using object libraries (e.g via max's customui script) might be the way to go. They seem to be externally referenced but I am not sure if I can create sub folders (by supplier) or search for these ¿

Hi Stefano, you can store them in whatever directory structure you like and when you want to insert one if you use the ImportPart command (right-click on File > Import), that will allow you to pick the filename and also let you position it immediately as well.

- Michael

Thanks Michael will get some object folders organised to start with.
For a few minutes was thinking maxs 'object library' became core functionality in v4, then realised, previously put stuff in %apps/. Must have been future proofing :0). Anyway understood all that now.
Good to be onboard...

Tested V4 DxF layers on import, its great great.
Stefano

Hi Stefano, also the next beta adds read and write of dimensions for DXF format as well.

- Michael

Sounds very promising.

If i have a specific feature request re: dimensions
do you want it on that on the pinned "v4" thread?

Hi Stefano, you can post it either here or over there, either is fine.

- Michael