topic Re: separate layers for Section markers in Renovation projec in Project data & BIM

separate layers for Section markers in Renovation projects

dcerezo — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:37:47 GMT

Hey all,

New to ArchiCAD and having come from Revit I'm still trying to wrap my head around this layers thing.

I have an existing building. In the EXISTING plan I want to take a section, let's say Section E1, to show something.

In the NEW plan I want to take a section, let's say Section N1, to show something else.

Do I have to have 1 layer called "Section Markers - Existing" and another called "Section Markers - New" just so I can hide one or the other when necessary?

If we could just hide things individually, not by layer, this would be so much easier.

Am I doing something wrong here?

Re: separate layers for Section markers in Renovation projec

Barry Kelly — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:36:35 GMT

dcerezo wrote:
Do I have to have 1 layer called "Section Markers - Existing" and another called "Section Markers - New" just so I can hide one or the other when necessary?

Unfortunately yes, as section and elevation markers do not have a renovation status (I'm not sure why not).

The only other work-around I can think of is to have a solid white fill over the marker - you can set the renovation status of a fill.
So you would have a 'New' fill over the existing section marker and an 'Existing' fill over the new section marker.

Barry.

Re: separate layers for Section markers in Renovation projec

dcerezo — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 17:11:17 GMT

Roger that. Thanks Barry. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something or some other way.

Re: separate layers for Section markers in Renovation projec

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:20:43 GMT

Just set up different layer combinations in conjunction with the renovation filter & views, takes a few minutes, but then once its in your template, its good to go every time.

Re: separate layers for Section markers in Renovation projec

dcerezo — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:45:44 GMT

Just out of curiosity, how many layers do you guys have? Seems like I'm going to end up with a bunch.

Re: separate layers for Section markers in Renovation projec

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:13:56 GMT

About 35 layer combinations & about 200 layers

Re: separate layers for Section markers in Renovation projec

Barry Kelly — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 01:14:28 GMT

dcerezo wrote:
Just out of curiosity, how many layers do you guys have? Seems like I'm going to end up with a bunch.

I deal with just residential buildings and our template has about 65 layers and 50 combinations.

Being a template this caters for most situations so not all are needed for every job.

Barry.