I have been playing around with importing dwg details. On the premise of not creating a config file for the occasional detail, I have come up with the following. Each has its pros and cons.
For all I must set scale to 1:1. then resize text. Dimensions I will replace with AC ones so not a problem. I also set display to hairlines. I use edit selection set to change layers and pens.
Perhaps someone has a better way?
1. Copy and paste: easy and have the option to put all directly on ArchiCAD layer so I do not bring in their [nasty] layers. Copy & Paste between 2 open Archicad layers easy on windows
where one can easily have multiple copies of AC open. On mac must use BGAC or keep switching files.2. Merge. Brings in their layers. I use lowercase for my layer names so it is relatively easy to see which ones to delete. Is there a way to merge putting all their layers on one of mine or default ArchiCAD layer?
3. XREF using OVERLAY: I then drag a copy change layers and pens etc. Big problem when unloading as it leaves a text line that references the unattached file. Handy,but does it print? And I can't find a way to get rid of this. It is on the default ArchiCAD layer and is seems to be irrevocably locked. If I accidently overlayed the wrong dwg am I really stuck with this in my file for eternity? I drag acopy as the original will disappear.
4. XREF using ATTACH and DETACH: Again with those nasty layers to get rid of. After draggin a copy and changing layers and pens I am at least not left with the reference line as in 3 above.
My conclusion is that it is easiest to do bring in dwgs in another file, changes pens and colors and then copy and paste or merge that (after deleting their layers) into my main file.
I looked through some of the recent posts on this topic. Does someone have a better solution?
Thank you.
Mathew,
It's actually a gif that is 24 KB
It's actually a gif that is 24 KB
Erika wrote:Is it 500x500 or less pixels?
Mathew,
It's actually a gif that is 24 KB
Matthew wrote:Actually, this is something quite irritating. I'll post to the responsible parties offline.
Perhaps it's too large. There is a file size limit of 256KB, but more onerous is the image size limit (undocumented as far as I can see) of 500x500 pixels. I have been unable to attach larger images unless they are zipped or converted to PDF.
Until this unannounced change, we were able to post much larger images ... I mean, who cares what the pixel count is, as long as the file size doesn't impact the GS server? Take a look at one of my old posts with large images:
Granted, there my original image was TOO large and had to be split up, but the two images posted there are 929 x 682 and 906 x 1066 pixels respectively. The file size for each is barely over 31k - insignificant.
The impact on reading the thread is minimal, because only thumbnails are posted ... you have to click on the image to get a browser window containing the full image.
I cannot recall what the old limit was - something like 1000 x 1300 pixels I think ... but this new limit of 500 x 500 is much too constraining. If you click the attach button after browsing to a file name while composing a message, you do get a warning box at the top of the screen about it exceeding 500 x 500 pixels.
Karl
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