topic Re: Start up - Default View in Modeling

Start up - Default View

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:16:49 GMT

Hello everyone. This is my first post and happy to participate and learn more about ArchiCAD.
My question is about setting up a default view when I open a Teamwork project. Is it possible to designate a Worksheet to be the default view for everyone working on a Teamwork project? In my previous office we were able to have a home page that we were able to post our deadlines, meetings and some standards. We used Revit in my last office and I am now with a firm that works in ArchiCAD 18/19.
Thanks!

Re: Start up - Default View

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:57:07 GMT

There is not a similar feature in ARCHICAD to what Revit has where they can set a View to be the opening View whenever opening the Project.

ARCHICAD usually starts in the Viewpoint that was last active when the Project File was closed. So what you can do is you can create an independent Worksheet Viewpoint, activate it and use the Text Tool to type whatever that info you need to. Then while still in the Worksheet Viewpoint, save and close the file.
When any person opens the file, that Worksheet Viewpoint will be active.
Unfortunately, all team members need to remember this or make it a habit to always activate that Worksheet Viewpoint whenever they open a Project File.

Re: Start up - Default View

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 20:11:13 GMT

I figured that might be the case.
Thanks, laszlonagy!

Re: Start up - Default View

Erwin Edel — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:32:48 GMT

File > Info > Project Notes

Is that what you are looking for?

Re: Start up - Default View

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:09:13 GMT

Erwin wrote:
File > Info > Project Notes

Is that what you are looking for?

In Revit, there is a feature where you can set a specific View to be the opening View for whoever opens the Project.
So if we had something similar in ARCHICAD, we could, for example, specify a certain Worksheet to be this View. Let's say it is the "W-01" Worksheet.
So one guy closes a Project, he was in the 3rd Story Floor Plan. He saves and closes the project.
Whoever opens the project next, ARCHICAD takes him to the "W-01" Worksheet because that is set as the Opening View. The guys works in the project, the last View he is in is an Elevation View. He saves, closes the project.
Whoever then opens the project next, ARCHICAD again takes him to the "W-01" Worksheet.
So no matter in which View you left off, whenever you open the project you are taken to a specific View.
This is a feature Revit has, ARCHICAD does not.

Re: Start up - Default View

Josh Verran — Wed, 05 May 2021 02:43:54 GMT

This is an old post, but the query below has come up in our office several times.
Any idea if something like this has been implemented in later versions?

Re: Start up - Default View

Barry Kelly — Wed, 05 May 2021 05:23:28 GMT

Josh wrote:
This is an old post, but the query below has come up in our office several times.
Any idea if something like this has been implemented in later versions?

No, nothing has changed.
Use Project Notes to keep tabs on what is happening in a project.
Or be disciplined and make sure you open a particular view or worksheet when you open a file, if that is how you want to communicate.

Barry.