https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Scale-Retention-In-Cloned-Folders/m-p/3880#M1548 <BLOCKQUOTE>jamesm wrote:<BR />As I understand cloned folders, the idea is to have a complete, dynamic view set folder containing, for example, all the Section/Elevations, so as you create new windows you don't have to manually create views.</BLOCKQUOTE> Quite so; BUT, if you want something different, you have to redefine ...<BR /> <BLOCKQUOTE>I should be able to clone the SE folder at scale 1:48 to output building sections. I should be able to clone the SE folder again at 1:24 to output interior elevations. These folders should be identical except for the scale. I use the ID of the SE element to distinguish between the two types.</BLOCKQUOTE> Just open the view that you want at a different scale, change the scale, redefine (with appropriate view renaming or other way of referencing the view)<BR /> <BLOCKQUOTE>Newly placed windows take the scale properly from the clone.</BLOCKQUOTE> That is because they are CLONES - identical to the original. Fri, 05 Dec 2003 07:11:30 GMT Djordje 2003-12-05T07:11:30Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Scale-Retention-In-Cloned-Folders/m-p/3879#M1547 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>Some investigation...<BR /> <BR /> As I understand cloned folders, the idea is to have a complete, dynamic view set folder containing, for example, all the Section/Elevations, so as you create new windows you don't have to manually create views.<BR /> <BR /> I should be able to clone the SE folder at scale 1:48 to output building sections. I should be able to clone the SE folder again at 1:24 to output interior elevations. These folders should be identical except for the scale. I use the ID of the SE element to distinguish between the two types.<BR /> <BR /> I tried this in my template project, which has several placed SE elements of different scales. I found that regardless of the scale set in the clone, the existing windows retain the scale they had when the clone was created. I can open a given window from with either clone and the scale is the same. Disappointment.<BR /> <BR /> Newly placed windows take the scale properly from the clone.<BR /> <BR /> I decided to go ahead and replace the SE elements in the template in the name of progress. I didn't want to delete them wholesale because they contain some template elements of their own. After some experimentation I discovered that I could delete the SE element, then undo, and the window would be treated as new with respect to the clones, with the scale correct.<BR /> <BR /> I'd say the clone routine needs some patching, but at least it can be worked around.</T></DIV> Fri, 26 May 2023 13:30:01 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Scale-Retention-In-Cloned-Folders/m-p/3879#M1547 James Murray 2023-05-26T13:30:01Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Scale-Retention-In-Cloned-Folders/m-p/3880#M1548 <BLOCKQUOTE>jamesm wrote:<BR />As I understand cloned folders, the idea is to have a complete, dynamic view set folder containing, for example, all the Section/Elevations, so as you create new windows you don't have to manually create views.</BLOCKQUOTE> Quite so; BUT, if you want something different, you have to redefine ...<BR /> <BLOCKQUOTE>I should be able to clone the SE folder at scale 1:48 to output building sections. I should be able to clone the SE folder again at 1:24 to output interior elevations. These folders should be identical except for the scale. I use the ID of the SE element to distinguish between the two types.</BLOCKQUOTE> Just open the view that you want at a different scale, change the scale, redefine (with appropriate view renaming or other way of referencing the view)<BR /> <BLOCKQUOTE>Newly placed windows take the scale properly from the clone.</BLOCKQUOTE> That is because they are CLONES - identical to the original. Fri, 05 Dec 2003 07:11:30 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/Scale-Retention-In-Cloned-Folders/m-p/3880#M1548 Djordje 2003-12-05T07:11:30Z