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pdiletti-21-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 27, 2015
Question

Symbol inside another symbol

  • November 27, 2015
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Hi

I'd like to visualize a symbol inside another symbol.

I use a symbol which is a note with several variable texts inside.

It's useful for me to customize the note in each drawing .

In the middle of this text it could be fine for me insert a standard symbol

e.g. inside the annotation symbol this is the text :

     ...

     THE PART SHALL BE MARKED WITH RECYCLE SYMBOL &sym(recycle) .

     ...

But it doesn't work. ( I have the symbol in memory).

Any idea ?

Thanks Pier


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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
November 27, 2015

Hi,

your symbol == note ... why you do not save this note into text file for later import in another drawing ?

MH

pdiletti-21-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
November 27, 2015

Hi Martin

I don't understand what you mean.

Anyway let me share two pics in order to explain my need.

Thanks

Pier

pic-2475.jpgpic-2476.jpg

mender12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
November 27, 2015

Confirming we don't have symbol -> note -> symbol recursion.  One approach that might be suitable to you is including the geometry+text of the sub-symbols within the main symbol, under a grouping.  Then the user placing the symbol could select the group that includes the desired sub-symbol.  Another approach that might be useful, but seems less likely, is placing the second symbol as offset to the first.

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