topic Re: layout view issue in Project data & BIM

layout view issue

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:50:08 GMT

Not really a problem.. just an annoying issue that might have a work around I don’t know of.

In your project map you freeze and thaw all your relevant layers to set a view and save it to the view map.

Now u take that view and drop it in your layout book… happy days until u realized u forgot a particular layer or you want to add another layer and see it in that view.. its ther another way to do it other then delete the view and start over.??

Like maybe “activate” that view in your layout or even view map and add the additional layer(s) into its view settings??

Hope that makes sense? Lol
Cheers
Gene

Re: layout view issue

Barry Kelly — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:17:18 GMT

GeNOS wrote:
Not really a problem.. just an annoying issue that might have a work around I don’t know of.

In your project map you freeze and thaw all your relevant layers to set a view and save it to the view map.

Now u take that view and drop it in your layout book… happy days until u realized u forgot a particular layer or you want to add another layer and see it in that view.. its ther another way to do it other then delete the view and start over.??

Like maybe “activate” that view in your layout or even view map and add the additional layer(s) into its view settings??

Hope that makes sense? Lol
Cheers
Gene

You just need to amend the veiw in the view map.
The layout knows it is using that view so it will update automatically.

No need to delete the view.
Just open it and make the changes you want and then in the view settings press the "Get current window's settings" button.

Even better still is to use a layer combination rather than just turning layers on and off and letting the view use "Custom" layers.
If you use a layer combination then all you have to do is update that combination and the job is done.
All views using that layer combination are updated and hence all the layouts also.

Barry.

Re: layout view issue

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:11:28 GMT

sweet that worked perfect.
yeah i do use combinations.. but some times i wanna show a couple extra things or new layers that arnt in my normal sets..

thanks
Gene