topic Re: Importing Layouts in Documentation

Importing Layouts

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2023 22:07:24 GMT

Is there a way to bring mutiple views from my viewsets eg.(all 4 elevations) into a single layout in Plotmaker9? The way I'm doing it now I have to manually group the layouts that I want printed on the same page. Thanks Doug

Re: Importing Layouts

TomWaltz — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:48:27 GMT

You can pick as many elevations (or whatever views you want) as you want from the Import dialog.

Re: Importing Layouts

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:01:02 GMT

Correct Tom. I use Append new layouts..... The problem is that they are put into the navigator in seperate layouts. Then I have to click the + in front of each one of them. Then drag the contents of each into a single layout to get them all one one page. I would have to do this for Elevations, Sections, Details etc. It would be easier to group them as they come in.

Re: Importing Layouts

TomWaltz — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:38:11 GMT

4thorns wrote:
Correct Tom. I use Append new layouts..... The problem is that they are put into the navigator in seperate layouts. Then I have to click the + in front of each one of them. Then drag the contents of each into a single layout to get them all one one page. I would have to do this for Elevations, Sections, Details etc. It would be easier to group them as they come in.

When you pick more than one, there is an option to place them all in one or to add (append) new layouts for each drawing.

From the sound of it, you are picking "Append new layouts" which (surprise!!) is appending new layouts. It's doing exactly what you are telling it to.

Re: Importing Layouts

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:09:40 GMT

APPEND: TRANSITIVE VERB:
ap·pend·ed , ap·pend·ing , ap·pends
To add as a supplement or appendix: appended a list of errors to the report.
To fix to; attach: append a charm to the bracelet.

OK I'm a putz!! I didn' see what was going on there. So I guess the easiest (Best?) way to do it is to have the layouts that I want in the navigator, set one current, then import just what I want in that layout. Then set the next one current yada yada yada until I have everything?