Index: trunk/src/data.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/data.c	(revision 710)
+++ trunk/src/data.c	(revision 711)
@@ -59,10 +59,31 @@
 	return res;
 }
 
+void camv_group_load_begin(camv_design_t *camv)
+{
+	camv->grp_load = 1;
+	camv->grp_idx_last = -1;
+}
+
+void camv_group_load_end(camv_design_t *camv)
+{
+	camv->grp_load = 0;
+}
+
+
 void camv_layer_append_to_design(camv_design_t *camv, camv_layer_t *layer)
 {
 	assert(layer->parent == NULL);
-	vtp0_append(&camv->layers, layer);
+	if (camv->grp_load) {
+		if (camv->grp_idx_last < 0) {
+			camv->grp_idx_last = camv->layers.used;
+			vtp0_append(&camv->layers, layer);
+		}
+		else
+			vtp0_insert_len(&camv->layers, camv->grp_idx_last, &layer, 1);
+	}
+	else
+		vtp0_append(&camv->layers, layer);
 	layer->parent = camv;
 }
 
Index: trunk/src/data.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/data.h	(revision 710)
+++ trunk/src/data.h	(revision 711)
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 
 	/* UI states */
 	rnd_coord_t crosshair_x, crosshair_y;
+	unsigned grp_load:1;  /* if 1, we are loading a group */
+	long grp_idx_last;
 
 	/* data */
 	vtp0_t layers; /* to camv_layer_t */
@@ -96,7 +98,12 @@
 /* Change layer selection. -1 means none selected */
 void camv_layer_select(camv_design_t *camv, int idx);
 
+/* reverse order of layers loaded within a group but place the whole group on
+   top (at the end of the vector) */
+void camv_group_load_begin(camv_design_t *camv);
+void camv_group_load_end(camv_design_t *camv);
 
+
 #define camv_hid_redraw(camv) rnd_render->invalidate_all(rnd_render)
 
 extern char camv_measurement_layer_name[];