Link Documents

The Link Documents functionality offers the possibility to create a user defined hierarchy of ‘link worlds’, ‘link folders’ and ‘link descriptors’ in a DESI database. A ‘link world’ is a root element in the DESI database. Under a link world you can place link folders in any number of levels. A link descriptor is a ‘place holder’ or a ‘short cut’ for a drawing. The link descriptor holds a reference to the drawing but does not store the drawing itself.

This Link Documents functionality can be used to organize drawings in an alternative user defined structure that is independent of the standard storing structure.

In order to use Link Documents in Marine Drafting you must have access to a DESI database. If you also want to write to Link Documents the DESI database must be writable. You should also notice that any changes you make to Link Documents will not be saved until you do a Save Work. The Save Drawing… function will not save any Link Documents data connected to the current drawing or any other drawing.

Link Documents are accessible from a number of places within Marine Drafting:

1. In the Open Drawing… dialogue you will find an Open via Link button. This button will open the Link Documents browser and let the user select and open a drawing from the Link Documents hierarchy.

2. The Save As… dialogue has an Add to Link button. This will let the user add a new shortcut to the current drawing in the Link Documents hierarchy.

3. If you select a SHEE or a DRWG element in the Draft Explorer there is a choice Add to Link Documents in the context menu. This will do the same as (2) but for any drawing in the PADD database (not only the current one).