Load into project and close the family file

[Nic M.]

If I press "load family into project" i would like not only to load the file but also the option to close the family file
hold "ctrl" key and press button is close file (or whatever)
Since this fantastic feature I have dozens of open windows and I have to select the right file out of it to close it.

[J. Grouchy]

If I press "load family into project" i would like not only to load the file but also the option to close the family file
hold "ctrl" key and press button is close file (or whatever)
Since this fantastic feature I have dozens of open windows and I have to select the right file out of it to close it.

what also sort of bugs me is how sometimes it asks what i wish to save it as...instead of saving it. but i agree...it would be nice to 'load and close'.

[sfaust]

I think that when it opens a family for editing that was loaded into the project pre-8.0, it doesn't have a path that the family came from, so it opens a new copy and lets you save it wherever you want (since it doesn't know where it came from). When you load a family into a project in 8.0, I believe that it saves the path, so then when you edit the family it knows where it came from and can just save it to the same spot...

Just my guess based on observation.

[aaronrumple]

...also need the prompt to name new unsaved families in case I forgot before loading.

[patricks]

What we REALLY need is a right-click menu item for RELOADING the family. That would be great! Then I could right-click on a component, open the family file and edit it, then save and close, and then right click on that compoent instance again and select "Reload Family" instead of having to go to Load from Library and browse through all my directories and find the file again to reload it.

Or does something like this exist already and I'm missing it?

*edit* oh LOL I missed the "Load Family into Project" button in the family editor... sorry we are just now moving our current projects into version 8 so I'm just now seeing this stuff.

But I think it would still be nice to have a right-click menu item for reloading a family.