Merge Files. Is it even possible?

[arquitextonica]

Hello!
I´ve been working with two seemingly big files I referenced into a layout file.
Now the size and updating of the files is becomming a problem and we would like to merge both files into a single one...
The thing is that when I erase the reference, the design layers are imported with a -1 at the end, so they don´t collide with the existing... this is solvable but a real pain to do...
Is there a way to actually merge the files like other programs do?
Thanks in advance!

[bjoerka]

i always do it the way you described.

reference - delete and import the geometry.

after that i use the "batch rename..." command from the tools menu...

[arquitextonica]

This would produce naming conflicts, aber by chance, I have found in Extras in the design layer manager, there is an option to bulk send objects to a different design layer. That would-should solve the problem swiftly...

[bjoerka]

right. i forgot about this tool. wasn´t in my workspace .-)

[Jonathan Pickup]

another way to do this is to create a new layer and copy the contents of a layer from the other file, then use the Layer and Class Mapping to merge the layers together. 

 

I made a Youtube movie to show this...