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I think *some* people will be confused by the differences no matter what it's called. But then, some people are confused by such simple things as "press any key to….". Well, you get my point. >I am also not questioning your need for the functionality that you would like >XREF's to provide, I am just saying that XREF's are not the preferred vehicle >to provide that functionality. XREFS are externally defined things that can't >reference local settings. The type of beast that I'd prefer to have for this >type of externally-defined geometry that can create and reference objects in >the target drawing, is preciesely what everyone seems to be trying to use the >XREF for, and I maintain that it wasn't designed with that use in mind, and it >should not be hacked to death in order to achieve that goal. I agree that perhaps they're not the preferred vechicle to get the type of functionality us Hemmers & Hawers are after, but it's the only thing we've got to use at the moment, and a good number of people feel they should work that way now. I think you even put it best right here: "…what everyone seems to be trying to use…". Heck, if they're comfortable with it this way, then leave 'em be. Yes it wasn't designed that way, but some of the designers themselves have changed their minds (Brad, for instance). Perhaps it's even worth making it work just for R12, if you are indeed right that R13 will change the architecture significantly. If that's the case, surely changing the way (location) it works in R13 again will be a very minor change comparatively. [More]