topic Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS in Documentation

REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

Anonymous — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:25:18 GMT

Hello! How can I remove all unused sections, which are not placed to any sheets?

Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

Eduardo Rolon — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:23:25 GMT

Delete them or place them in a "Sections Unused" Layer and turn them off. There is no penalty for having too many sections in the model even if they are not placed in the layouts.

Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:37:28 GMT

The main problem is that it is a TeamWork file and there are too much sections, — and finding those, which are not used on the layout is essential. Is there any way to automate this?

Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

Eduardo Rolon — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:45:32 GMT

No as far as I know.
You can use the Drawing list schedule to see which ones are placed and then edit their ID by adding Prefix this will sort the sections in the Project Map and then you can select the ones that don't have them and either delete them or place them in another layer.

Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

Erwin Edel — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 12:44:40 GMT

Going forward with projects I would recommend to have a 'temp section' layer as these are very handy with drafting, but you don't want them to show up on layouts.

After that it is a matter of keeping a naming convention going and periodically checking which sections sit on which layer and adjust names as needed.

As with most things: easy solutions require disciplined drafting.

Since we typically name sections from A to Z (and rarely having more than a few of them), just calling your temp sections Temp1 to TempX will put them at the bottom of the list. (unless you somehow make it up to section T!)

Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 18:08:56 GMT

They introduced some kind of cleanup script in the AC24. It doesnt really work, though. It's sooo expected from graphisoft.

Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

schagemann — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:44:35 GMT

ejrolon wrote:
There is no penalty for having too many sections in the model even if they are not placed in the layouts.

That really depends on how many we are talking about - especially if they are set to auto-update,

In our experience large amounts (50+) sections & elevations make a huge difference in terms of file performance.

In addition to a dedicated layer for temp drawing elements, we find it also useful to add a special favourite for temp sections and elevations with a special colour so that anything that is temp can be easily identified and later removed.

Hope that helps.

Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

Eduardo Rolon — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:50:30 GMT

FWIW I had a project in AC10 with around 400-500 sections (60,000 sqft) which didn't have any issues and I have been bringing it forward since without any issues.
I also use a GO to highlight any layers that I have with the suffix TEMP so that I can coordinate quickly what is in the correct place. Moving it out to the correct layer removes the overrides without having to reapply a Favorite.

Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

schagemann — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 04:18:15 GMT

@ejrolon > presumably you are not using your MBPro with the 4-500 sections?

Interesting concept to use GO to highlight elements on TEMP layers - need to play more with them.

Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

Eduardo Rolon — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 14:59:07 GMT

Running in the MBP without issues. Originally on a MacPro G5 with 16Gb of Ram so right now it runs faster. Checking they are not Sections but around 481 Elevations but don't think that would make that much of a difference.
Did manage to crash the file in 24 by doing a Full Layout Update right after migrating instead of trying to 20 100 elevations at the time.

Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

jl_lt — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:59:51 GMT

Now we are talking about sections. Is there a way to have the section simbol, but turn off the marked distance line? which is not visible, but is selectable and its very annoying.

Re: REMOVE UNUSED SECTIONS

RandyC — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 02:25:10 GMT

make the line the same color as the background and send it to the back
it will disappear and dimension lines etc. will be selected first. you need to set it in
work environment/ on-screen options