LDCad 1.6 suggestions/plans

[Jaco van der Molen]

Hope you know what I mean?

Hi Jaco,

one possible approach is to name of the sub-models with some form of numeric prefix. I put a two-part numeric prefix as part of my models' name and my main model is always numbered 0. For example;

000-00-main
010-00-foundation
010-10-foundation_01
010-20-foundation_02
010-30-transfer_shaft
...
050-00-input_box
050-10-input_wall_left
...

This allows me to control the sequence and group "like" sub-models together. Where a sub-model is formed by a group of other smaller sub-models, I name the top of the sub-model group with a "-00-" (e.g. 010-00-foundation) and the smaller related sub-models in increments of 10 (e.g. 010-10-foundation_01). I use increments of 10 for the sub-models as it provides an allowance in the numbering if a sub-model is subsequently split (e.g. I can add sub-models with prefixes of 010-12- and 010-14 without requiring any renumbering).

Regards,

David

OK, good suggestion. Nice approach. I will give this some thought. Thanks.