topic Re: import master layout in Documentation

import master layout

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 00:34:32 GMT

can i import a master layout from another .pln file?

Re: import master layout

David Maudlin — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:11:03 GMT

aggie463:

Yes: Open the Organizer and click on button at the upper left hand corner, select Browse... to open another pln file, select the Layout button at the top of both panes, and than drag and drop the master layouts from the left pane to the right pane.

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HTH

David

Re: import master layout

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:53:59 GMT

Great..THANKS!!

Re: import master layout

Chazz — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:03:41 GMT

The gospel I preach is to have the master data originate in the model area of a separate, dedicated pln. Give it a view name (like Office Standard Title Block) and import this into all of your relevant projects masters via "Import Drawing"

Re: import master layout

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:36:42 GMT

Hey that is a GREAT IDEA Chazz!!! I'm working on that right now. Works on everything too... I almost stumbled there myself in the last week, creating more than enough layouts and thinking *...hmmm, there MUST be a shorter method to this madness than a master template I have to keep updating...*

YUP!
Make a master plan and import the elements as you need them to your layouts, etc!
YAY!

Re: import master layout

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:27:47 GMT

I have it in the template file in a worksheet so that it resides within the project file. Before it resided in a Detail Window, and before that it was a PMK.

Re: import master layout

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:31:04 GMT

What I want to do is to import specific drawing and modeling elements from a certain Story in one ArchiCAD PLN into another PLN so that they are fully editable in the new PLN. I want to be able to edit the imported drawing and modeling elements without opening the old PLN where the drawing elements were originally created.

The way that I've been doing this for years it to simply select, cut and paste the actual drawing and modeling elements from the old PLN into the new PLN.

Is there a more streamlined way to get drawing elements from one PLN to another?

Re: import master layout

Steve Jepson — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:32:53 GMT

John,
Have you explored the use of Modules and Hotlinks for this ?

If we could see a thumbnail of the details, drawings, modules, etc... when we explor a folder we would all do things a little different.

ArchiCAD needs a file previewer like AutoCAD.

Re: import master layout

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 10:25:29 GMT

David wrote:
aggie463:

Yes: Open the Organizer and click on button at the upper left hand corner, select Browse... to open another pln file, select the Layout button at the top of both panes, and than drag and drop the master layouts from the left pane to the right pane.

David

Has this changed in AC17? I remember doing this in earlier AC, but I'm not seeing the "browse" option in my organiser???

Re: import master layout

Eduardo Rolon — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:23:38 GMT

Still there.

Re: import master layout

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 05:01:05 GMT

It only seems to have that option on a mac. Or possibly not available on SE? Are there any windows users who know if this option is located somewhere different?

Re: import master layout

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:53:49 GMT

I am afraid it is not available.
In the full version you have the Browse Project command in that little list you show on your screenshot. With that command you can open another Project and show its project structure in the left pane of the Organizer, then drag-and-drop items from it to the active Project, shown in the right pane of the Organizer. This way you can import Master Layouts as well from other Projects.
However, it seems that this is not available in your ARCHICAD version. Must be a limitation in the Start Edition (If I recall correctly collaboration features are not available in the Start Edition):

http://www.graphisoft.com/archicad/start-edition/

Re: import master layout

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:40:28 GMT

I have a related issue.

We have all our master layouts contained in the template, and this template gets updated, usually with each new issue of Archicad.

If opening an older drawing, and discovering that the master layouts are in the 'old style', we then use Merge to bring in the 'new style' masters from the latest template.

What you would expect to happen is that the new masters would overwrite the old ones, and all the layouts would update seamlessly. But no! We end up with two versions of each master, and there's no way of telling which is new and which old. As a workaround, you can rename all the old ones first, and then laboriously reassign each layout to a new master.

But wouldn't an over-write option make life easier?

Re: import master layout

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:46:09 GMT

I don't think those Masters are identified by name.
They probably have some internal identifier. (Like attributes: they are identified by ARCHICAD by index number, not by name - name is just one of their settings).
I think this is the reason you get duplicates and not the imported Master overwriting the existing one with the same name.

However, this could be a wish, if you would like to make one: the ability to overwrite an existing Master Layout with the same name when importing Master Layouts. (In the Attribute Manager you can import Attributes this way.)

Re: import master layout

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 07:46:02 GMT

Thanks Laszio

Will make a wish!

Re: import master layout

Erwin Edel — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 08:58:48 GMT

For this reason I use a worksheet that contains our different master layout lineworks and texts that are standard. Save the worksheet as views, place the views on the master layouts.

When updating masters for some reason, now all you have to do is edit these worksheets.

A typical project for us has maybe 3 or 4 of such worksheets needed, as they repeat on different sized sheets generally.

Re: import master layout

David Maudlin — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:57:38 GMT

Keith wrote:
As a workaround, you can rename all the old ones first, and then laboriously reassign each layout to a new master.

Another option: open the other ArchiCAD file and copy & paste from one Master Layout to the other Master Layout.

Also: you can select multiple Layouts in the Navigator and change their Master Layout assignment at once via the Master Layout pop-up under Properties.

HTH,

David