App::Link: the big merge

[vocx]

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Can we now post bug-reports and feature requests ?
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There was never a timeframe for the merge. People have been reporting problems introduced by App::Link, and wishes, since the day it was merged.

Maybe to deal with completely new functionality you should use the big Assembly3 thread, as that is basically a long running story.

[triplus]

Working on another example:



https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 88#p391488

I noticed that if a linked file gets renamed (Save As...), the link association will get broken. Don't know if this was already discussed and if it could be considered for improvements. Hence i will just mention it here.

Any opinion on this?

[kisolre]

Any opinion on this?

I think this should be expected. Maybe adding some unique ID to each file or using already existing one if such exists shod help to introduce an Auto heal option. Or manually select the file if the link is broken.

[triplus]

On the long run likely this is not something to be expected. Likely it should just work seamlessly.

[realthunder]

I noticed that if a linked file gets renamed (Save As...), the link association will get broken. Don't know if this was already discussed and if it could be considered for improvements. Hence i will just mention it here.

This is actually a bug. Nice catch. PR is here.

[triplus]

Thanks!