topic Re: Automatically updating pen sets in Project data & BIM

Automatically updating pen sets

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:15:36 GMT

in 18 is there i way i can set pensets to automatically update when you open a file, like the libraries do?

so - if I change the ConDoc 1/4" pen set- it will change in all of the projects that are using that?

Re: Automatically updating pen sets

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:40:21 GMT

Not that I know of.

Re: Automatically updating pen sets

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:43:02 GMT

ok - i didn't really think so, just checking.

Thanks.

Re: Automatically updating pen sets

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:45:29 GMT

Though now you can use Attribute Manager to "Overwrite" the Pen set and avoid having to fix the "missing pen set" on all of the drawings.

Re: Automatically updating pen sets

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:48:49 GMT

yeah - i think thats what i'll do.
is there a way i can post a memo or something through the BIM manager that universally appears automatically when someone signs into a project that I could say to update the pen sets or anything like that?

Re: Automatically updating pen sets

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:31:59 GMT

Jesikuh123 wrote:
yeah - i think thats what i'll do.
is there a way i can post a memo or something through the BIM manager that universally appears automatically when someone signs into a project that I could say to update the pen sets or anything like that?

Attribute update is the only way. Since it only needs to be done once as part of migration, whoever migrates the project should just do it (BIM Manager)? Posting a message would take as long as just doing it (almost) ... and then confuse users who would have to read more messages to see if it was done by someone else or not.

If it is a new share of an old project, then update the pen set in attribute manager on the solo project as part of the entire migration before sharing.