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Surfer Question- possible to "goto" a 2nd window

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pmccutcheon
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Surfer Question- possible to "goto" a 2nd window

Question about the surfer:

Is it possible for the "goto" function to open a 2nd window, so you could have the SRC and DST open side-by-side in different windows?

Re-phrase: get surfer to open a 2nd dwg, so both SRC and DST dwgs are open?

(Normally "goto" opens the selected target in the current window)

 

Wondering if there is a CTRL or SHIFT option, a feature I don't know about

 

Suppose dwg "A" has a SRC 

Open surfer

The surfer shows me there is a DST in dwg "B"

Looking for a way to have surfer open "B" while keeping "A" open

 

 

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chris.downing
in reply to: pmccutcheon

The way that AutoCAD Electrical works it is not advisable to have more than one drawing open from a project at a time, that is why the surf tool closes the current drawing and opens the new destination drawing. 


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pmccutcheon
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chris.downing
in reply to: pmccutcheon

Very good, I did not know this, however, it still doesn't invalidate what I said. Having too many drawings open even just more than one can be trouble and may lead to a corrupt database. I would advise against it myself.


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jseefdrumr
in reply to: chris.downing

I meant to just click reply, but hit 'accept as solution' by accident - any mods out there, please fix that.



Jim Seefeldt
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rhesusminus
in reply to: jseefdrumr

Fixed

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