Open Drawing

Description

Lookup of drawings using the "Open Drawing" dialog can be slow in projects with a large number of drawings. This functionality has been improved using a type index.

This means that from this release it is often preferable to have the "Search all departments" option checked. The initial value of this option is controlled via the Marine Drafting default keyword "SEARCH_ALL_DEPTS".

It is also advisable to give one or more initial characters before a wild card since it speeds up the search significantly.

Note:
If the search string starts with a wild card and "Search all departments" is not checked, the performance will be as in previous release.

Benefits

Lookup drawing view name and type in the "Open Drawing" dialog is much faster.

Compatibility Constraints

None

For More Information

Only noted here.

Affected Programs

Hull Design, Marine Drafting