Topic: reinvent the wheel

[David Hall]

Glenn, I am studying your code from the plugin, and it looks like you are writing the XRecords in the current dwg db, is that right?

[Glenn R]

Duh,

There's no other place to write them to really, or did you mean that I'm writing them to drawing objects and NOT the land of NOD?

If so, then yes, in XrefStates I wrote them to each blockTableRecord that was an xref. That way, AutoCAD handles the redundancy for me eg. when an xref is detached, the BTR is no longer there, so I don't have to update a master list somewhere else and possibly run the risk of having it get out of sync.

Make sense?

[David Hall]

makes sense, and I think you answered my question.  I need to figure out another way to store the number

[dgorsman]

For drawing-level data, I create an application-specific dictionary under the NOD.  If necessary, I add another layer or two of dictionaries under that, just to keep the XRECORDS organized.  Object-specific data works the same way, with the application-specific dictionary located under the objects extension dictionary.  This way I don't accidentally hose another applications data, reduces the chance of others buggering with mine, and it keeps my own data organized.

[David Hall]

I was thinking that either I will have to use an attribute to store the width factor, or figure out some other way.