Layouts? (sheets) - should they have their own layer combo?

[rob2218]

well..here's the question.
whenever we bounce back and forth from a "model" environment (little house on the left of the Navigator pallette) to a "layout" sheets (stacked pieces of paper graphics 3rd icon from left of the Navigator pallette) I seem to lose my "layer combo" settings.

Meaning....whatever the 'current' layer combo is.....it appears that this travels from model environment to viewmaps to sheet layouts....whereas you'd think that once you enter a layout (a sheet), THAT sheets layer combo's would take over.....so you aren't missing information when you print/publish.

So....should the layout sheets have their own "layer combo" for example named "LAYOUT"? and.....How do you lock that layer combo so that when you do enter into the sheet maps....it's always the current layer combo?

[rob2218]

no one?
wow...I thought by now someone in the world would have had ran across this one before?

[Anonymous]

Rob

What are you placing on the layouts that require specific layers?
As a rule I place all drawings and some standard notes on the Archicad Layer.
That is all that should be required in the layouts.

[Barry Kelly]

The entire layout book can have it's own layer combination active which is independent to the main model but you can't have different layer combinations for each layout page.

Personally I don't find it a problem as I never do any drawing or annotation in the layouts (except for border lines in the Master Layouts).
I do it all in the model and save views for what I want to see on the layouts.
These views save the layer combinations required so you can easily have multiple views of the same plan or elevation showing different info in each.

Barry.

[rob2218]

I always thought the layer "Archicad" was always that special layer like in autocads "defpoints" or layer "0"?

What exactly is the use of the "Archicad layer".?

I mean....it's a layer that can't be "turned off"......so just curious.

With regards to a layer combo for the layouts......we had a setup like tat in one office I consulted for. Seemed to make sense but what do I know..

[Anonymous]

"I mean....it's a layer that can't be "turned off"......so just curious."
That is exactly why I put anything and everything on a layout on Archicad layer.
One less ugly variable when printing/etc.

[rob2218]

simply trying to figure out what GS had intended with this layer.
is it for that exact use? the "anything that you don't want turned off" put it on Archicad layer use?