topic Re: Placing Drawing on Layouts in Documentation

Placing Drawing on Layouts

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2023 00:31:47 GMT

Aloha
Whenever I place a drawing on a Layout sheet, either by right clicking or dragging the drawing into the sheets title, ArchiCAD 11 changes the title of the drawing to 'First Floor Plan'.
Hopefully there is an embaressingly simple fix for this.
HELP!
mahalo
dean

Re: Placing Drawing on Layouts

Erika Epstein — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:25:37 GMT

Check what the drawing is reading as its name. In the info box look at the setting
'By View:'

Re: Placing Drawing on Layouts

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:34:03 GMT

Erika,
I am not sure what you are suggesting.

I attached a pdf of my screen / navigator.
In this view I have just dragged the selected "North Elevation' to the layout sheet Elevations, it appears at the bottom of the list as 'First Floor Plan'

thanks for any help sleuthing,
dean

Re: Placing Drawing on Layouts

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:54:36 GMT

Aloha
I think my screen print attached this time.
mahalo
dean

Re: Placing Drawing on Layouts

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:50:21 GMT

Dean

Kia Ora

Go to your layout. Select the drawing on the layout and go to "Drawing Selection Settings". In the options near the top of the dialogue there is "Drawing Name:" for which the options are "By View: Name only", "By View: ID + Name" and "Custom". It sounds like yours is set to Custom, with the custom text being "First Floor Plan". Change it to one of the By View options, then hit OK.

If you now use the syringe (ALT+click, CMD+click on Mac) to pick up the properties of the drawing (this resets the default settings), future placed drawings will take on the same properties.

HTH

Re: Placing Drawing on Layouts

Erika Epstein — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:52:37 GMT

You want the drawing to call the name of the view, see attached.
Select the drawing(s) on the layout and in the info box (see attached) or in the Drawing's Settings Box ctrl/cmd+T set what you want the name to be.