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- 8.1 OPEN DRAWING
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- The OPEN DRAWING command is used to recall an existing drawing and make it
- active.
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- If the drawing was previously closed or saved using the NOGRAPHICS modifier,
- a message
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- "Graphics data not found, regenerating graphics."
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- will appear. If this message appears, then there will be a short delay as
- the graphics data is rebuilt from the drawing database.
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- When the command is used, a requester will appear asking if a backup of the
- specified drawing is required. If the OK gadget is clicked, the named
- drawing will be copied to "XDRBACK:backup". This file can then be used to
- recover the drawing if required.
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- MODIFIERS
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- NAME The name of the drawing to open. This should be in standard
- AmigaDos format consisting of not more than 80 characters.
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- .AS If an existing drawing is opened, the AS modifier can be
- used to specify an alternative filename which will be used
- when the drawing is SAVEd or CLOSEd.
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- This modifier can be used to recall a standard blank sheet
- containing drawing sheet graphics and predefined text,
- dimension and colour parameters etc. In this way a standard
- sheet can be set up and used as a template for a new drawing.
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- Example:
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- #OPEN DRAWING NAME standard/sheet AS drawing/1-007a
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- The previously saved drawing "standard/sheet" will be
- recalled. But when this drawing is saved or closed, it
- will be filed under the name "drawing/1-007a".
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