Interior details in 2D

[dhnguyen]

I'm drawing interior details & elevations in 2D on 1 story... let's stay story 8. They need to be at different scales for the text/arrow/dimensions to show up properly. How do you do yours so that you don't end up creating many different stories because different details need to be at different dimensions?
I am using this 1 stories for many things, like door elevation, partition schedule, etc.

[Eduardo Rolon]

One drawing in one Detail (tool not floor plan) this way AC can control Detail number and Layout ID without going crazy. User Trace/Ref to coordinate
Your workflow is not recommended for AC, it works for Autocad but it is too slow, complicated and cumbersome.

[dhnguyen]

wow, i'm glad i asked the question. I have been doing it wrong for almost a year! it was a painful process for me. Thank you.

[Barry Kelly]

dhnguyen wrote:
wow, i'm glad i asked the question. I have been doing it wrong for almost a year! it was a painful process for me. Thank you.

Model as much as you can in 3D.
Place a section or internal elevation marker and most of your internal elevations will be done already.
You may need to add just a little 2D linework and some annotation.

For enlarged floor plan details (room layouts), I use separate annotation layers for each scale.
Set up layer combinations to switch between them.
You can then save a view with the correct layer combination and scale already set for you.

Barry.