topic Re: Detail Windows in Documentation

Detail Windows

Vitruvius — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:25:01 GMT

I'm having a bit of a problem with details windows - it seems that once created they can't be renamed or deleted? It's not a fatal flaw but a real annoyance.

Am I missing something here?

Cheers, Cameron

AC8 / Mac OS X

Re: Detail Windows

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:32:33 GMT

Right click on the name in Navigator and you will have the option to rename (and renumber) the detail.

To delete a detail you must delete its source view. You may have to delete all references to it (I don't recall this for sure, but I think it's true).

Re: Detail Windows

Vitruvius — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:22:42 GMT

Thank you!!

It's something that's not described in the manual.

And for the Mac users - the command is Control - Mouse click.

Cheers, Cameron

Re: Detail Windows

Link — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:56:00 GMT

To add to Matthew's post, details cannot have the same ID (unlike a Section/Elevation, which I personally have mentioned to GS as somewhat of a downfall).

As shown in the attached image, a detail that is linked to a marker (whether the marker is in Plan or Section/Elevation) are easily identified in the Project Map, as the icons have a square border around them.

In the case of deleting a detail, you can simply right click on it (or if you're unfortunate enough to be living in a one-button-mouse world, then ctrl+click) and choose to 'Select Detail marker on the Source View and zoom to it'. Then all you need to do is hit the delete key. If you have more than one marker linked to the same detail, it will select the original. Once the original is deleted, the icon in the Navigator will appear with a circular border instead of square. [For some reason we are unable to right click again and select the non-original markers. Would be nice to select these too, preferably in order of creation IMHO].

Once all markers for a detail are deleted, the icon in the Navigator will appear with no border around it. These are invaluable for a comprehensive CAD Template!

Hope that demystifies detail manipulation for you!

Cheers,
Link.