topic Layers in PlotMaker Layout Books in Documentation

Layers in PlotMaker Layout Books

Anonymous — Fri, 19 May 2023 14:05:32 GMT

I am curious how other people may be using layers in PlotMaker layout books. I have used them on rare occasions for turning guides on and off and displaying text such as "NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION", but I have generally found other means to these ends to be more fruitful.

Since the subject came up in a recent conversation, I have become interested to know if there are any creative, clever, innovative, or otherwise useful purposes out there.

TIA for sharing.

Re: Layers in PlotMaker Layout Books

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:03:58 GMT

well that makes me feel a bit daft. I didn't realize there were layers in PlotMaker other than the layer settings on imported drawings... now that I see this though, I have a feeling I will be using it, just for annotating phases, and building options for my reference.... thanks for the insight

cheers,
dan

Re: Layers in PlotMaker Layout Books

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:31:38 GMT

Daniel wrote:
well that makes me feel a bit daft. I didn't realize there were layers in PlotMaker other than the layer settings on imported drawings... now that I see this though, I have a feeling I will be using it, just for annotating phases, and building options for my reference.... thanks for the insight

cheers,
dan

Glad to be of service.

I am guessing from the outpouring of response to this topic that most people aren't using, or minimally using, or don't much care about layers in the layout book.

Re: Layers in PlotMaker Layout Books

TomWaltz — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:47:48 GMT

Our office just started using them heavily... became a really nice way to know what views were on which pages on Teamwork projects, so team members could select which details they need to work on a page (combined with a custom Title Drawing in PM)

Re: Layers in PlotMaker Layout Books

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 15:29:11 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
Our office just started using them heavily... became a really nice way to know what views were on which pages on Teamwork projects, so team members could select which details they need to work on a page (combined with a custom Title Drawing in PM)

Tom,

This is a new one to me. How is it set up?

Re: Layers in PlotMaker Layout Books

TomWaltz — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:17:41 GMT

so easy, it killed me. I just came up with this last week.

Create a Title Drawing which contains the autotext for "Drawing Name." If you attach that title to a View, Plotmaker will fill in the name of the View or PMK it came from.

I made two layer combinations, one with the layer turned on, and one turned off for submissions.