Renovation Status is Hidden

[Chris Pooley]

Hi All,

I am drawing some dimensions in a view that is set to New Construction. I double click the dimension tool in my design tools menu, it wont allow me to use it, the dimension is set to To Be Demolished. I get the warning that the renovation is hidden. I go into the tool settings and the renovation status can not be changed until I have actually placed the dimension.

This is something that happens to me occasionally, sometimes with walls and other various objects, the work around I currently use is to change the renovation filter in my View Setting, draw the item (in this case a dimension), change the renovation status, then change the renovation filter back to new construction.

The other thing frustrating about this, is my favorite is set to "Existing".... When I Right Click -> Edit, it is existing.

Anyone know of a better, less annoying work-around, or better yet, a way to when I double click on my favorite it uses the renovation status that was used when I saved the favorite?

Thank you,

Operating system used: Windows 11

[Barry Kelly]

Just use the renovation palette to set the renovation status before you place the element.

Or change the current renovation filter to one that 'Shows All'.

But then you still need to be careful that you place the element with the correct status.

Barry.

[Chris Pooley]

Thanks Barry,  That is the work around I am doing at the moment.  I was only wondering if there was a way to change the tool settings before it is placed - i.e. after I double click the tool in the design tools bar, it would be good if I could open the tool selection settings and change the tool renovation status, rather than changing the views renovation status just to accommodate that one tool.

[Barry Kelly · Accepted solution]

You can set the renovation status in the tool.

I think you can only change the renovation status in the settings once you have placed the element.

Before you place the element, the option is greyed out, as you can see in the dimension settings.

You can see it says 'Use Palette to set default', so it is not a work around, it is what you must do.

Use the renovation palette.

By changing the 3 buttons at the top, you are setting the status for what ever element you place next, no matter what it is.

There is no need to change the actual renovation filter at the bottom of that palette.

Barry.

[Chris Pooley]

Oh thank you for clarifying that, I did not realise that was what the palette did, I thought it was setting the renovation filter of the view.

You are a star, thanks again.