Is there any way we can get a feature to ‘Reference’ an object, instead of a (brute force) Import? This way, complex models could be broken out into component pieces into separate files, and any Reference to these separate files would be automatically updated if the component piece files were modified. This is how I’m building some of the things I’m working on, but I keep needing to delete/re-import whenever I make changes to a component.
thanks,
david
Have you tried ‘Insert’ to add a file as a ‘linked block’ to an open model? You can then use BlockManager to update the block definition once you’ve saved over a change to it in another open document. I just tested this quickly in 5A751 and it appears to be working well.
These are generally called “Blocks”. Blocks can be inserted as external references. For more info on working with blocks, see this wiki page. I do not think the in-place block editor is working on Mac…
Very cool - I will look at this now. Thank you!