Retaining Tags when importing Components
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Hi All,
I'm enjoying the new Tag Folder system and have found it very useful and helpful.
Now i'm using it more in my work flow I have an issue or has it always been this way.
If I save a component the layer I've assigned to it doesn't get remembered. so when I import the same component it goes directly onto "Untagged", all the groups within the component retain their previously assigned tags.
Is it just the top level Tag of the component thats not remembered?
Cheers in Advanced
Chris
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@cmeed said:
Is it just the top level Tag of the component thats not remembered?
Yes. The top level component tags the active tag when it is inserted into the model space. Normally you should be leaving Untagged as active at all times just as you used to leave Layer 0 active at all times. Inserting components could be a reason to make a tag active, though. Of course you want to be very careful with this because that gets you in the position of chasing the active tag. And you'll want to make sure you set Untagged as active again. I gave some thought to this long ago and decided for my work flow that it made more sense not to chase the active tag/layer. Since I always have Entity Info up, when I bring a component into the model, I immediately set its tag while it's still selected. But you can do it either way.
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You're quite welcome, Chris.
Things are fine here, all things considered. And you?
Happy New Year!
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