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This thread seems to have died but I'm fighting this issue right now. I'd like to echo the query as to what the value of shared layers is if you can only share non-functional components.

My group has a complex software topology to implement and we know only a handful of fixed components across four tiers of software. I'd like to put those components into a shared layer and have different canvases show multiple software design proposals with proposal-specific components connecting to the fixed components. I think this is a pretty compelling use case.

I would suggest that Omni limit the immediate redraw of connection lines for moving objects on (a shared layer in) the currently displayed canvas. You might be able to 'lazily' redraw other canvases with that shared layer in the background and light up a red dot or other warning marker if the object movement seems to disrupt another of these canvases. Then the user can go to that canvas and fix the connections.

Best,

Andrew Wolfe

Last edited by awolfe_ii; 2011-12-29 at 05:56 AM.. Reason: finish work