A while back, I had discussed with you the idea providing the asterisk (*)
or similar notation to denote ALL for the "LayersOff" parameter, as you can
do in AutoCAD. This would provide significant load time savings for turning
all layers off at initial load and would provide greater precision in
targeting layer display. An example case would be one where a had a DWF
with 100 or more layers, but for a particular web page I only wanted to see
4 or 5 of those layers. By default, all layers are turned on at load, and
then one-by-one they are turned off based on the layers that are
individually specified in the "LayersOff" parameter.
In the example case, I submit that inital rendering time, and overall
session performance, could be greatly reduced if you specify all layers off
at load and just the 4 or 5 layers to turn on. The replies I got back from
Autodesk some months ago had said that is was a good idea and that they
would see what could be done for this release. I downloaded the latest
version, but I can't see that this has been added.
Some questions:
1) Is this feature included in this release?
2) If not, does it look promising to be added as a feature at some point?
If not, why not?
TIA,
:Pete