Set up layer for new objects
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2011-02-11 08:25 AM
Now I can't find any such possibility in the parameterlist.
All my new objects seem to be put on the Archicad Layer.
Are there a way to give the spesific object I make a default layer of my choice ?
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2011-02-11 02:34 PM
No. Objects are placed on the default layer of the Object Tool.
David
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2011-02-12 03:37 AM
David wrote:I'm not sure if I understand whether this issue is about placing objects or creating objects with a specific default layer coded in.
Anne:
No. Objects are placed on the default layer of the Object Tool.
David
David - do you mean that objects are assigned a default layer according to Model Element Subtype?
Anne - I, too, would like to be able to assign a default layer to objects we create, but if the question is about placing objects, my experience is a bit different than what both you and David report. In my AC, the default layer is the last layer I placed an object on, not the Archicad layer. For example, I created an object and placed it on the A-CLNG layer, the next time I tried to place an object we had created previously, the default layer was A-CLNG.
I don't understand how this is meant to work.
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2011-02-12 03:53 AM
Paul wrote:The default layers are limited to the tools available in the tool palette. Thus lights, stairs and chairs can each have their own distinct default layers, but chairs and tables and sinks and toilets cannot since they all use the same tool. This is one of the things that favorites are good for.David wrote:I'm not sure if I understand whether this issue is about placing objects or creating objects with a specific default layer coded in.
Anne:
No. Objects are placed on the default layer of the Object Tool.
David
David - do you mean that objects are assigned a default layer according to Model Element Subtype?
Anne - I, too, would like to be able to assign a default layer to objects we create, but if the question is about placing objects, my experience is a bit different than what both you and David report. In my AC, the default layer is the last layer I placed an object on, not the Archicad layer. For example, I created an object and placed it on the A-CLNG layer, the next time I tried to place an object we had created previously, the default layer was A-CLNG.
I don't understand how this is meant to work.
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2011-02-12 04:56 AM
Matthew wrote:Thank youPaul wrote:The default layers are limited to the tools available in the tool palette. Thus lights, stairs and chairs can each have their own distinct default layers, but chairs and tables and sinks and toilets cannot since they all use the same tool. This is one of the things that favorites are good for.David wrote:I'm not sure if I understand whether this issue is about placing objects or creating objects with a specific default layer coded in.
Anne:
No. Objects are placed on the default layer of the Object Tool.
David
David - do you mean that objects are assigned a default layer according to Model Element Subtype?
Anne - I, too, would like to be able to assign a default layer to objects we create, but if the question is about placing objects, my experience is a bit different than what both you and David report. In my AC, the default layer is the last layer I placed an object on, not the Archicad layer. For example, I created an object and placed it on the A-CLNG layer, the next time I tried to place an object we had created previously, the default layer was A-CLNG.
I don't understand how this is meant to work.
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2011-02-12 01:31 PM
Paul wrote:To be clear, there is no way via GDL to assign a layer to an object.
David - do you mean that objects are assigned a default layer according to Model Element Subtype?
Paul: Your description of default layer assignment is correct. As Matthew pointed out, Favorites can be used for predetermining layer assignment for objects (and other elements).
David
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2011-02-13 02:02 PM
I have created my own layers like CustomFurniture, CustomInterior a.s.o.
When I make an object that looks like a chair I would like to assign it to the CustomFurniture-layer, if I make an object that looks like a lamp, I would assign it to CustomInterior-layer.
So every time I use this object in my model(floorplan), the object is automatically put on the layer I assigned to it.
I hoped the layer could be an attribute in the Model Element or one of its subtypes. But it is not so ?
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2011-02-13 02:15 PM
Anne wrote:Correct, there is no way to do this via GDL.
I hoped the layer could be an attribute in the Model Element or one of its subtypes. But it is not so ?
David
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2011-02-14 06:18 AM
But it is possible to add a parameter to and object that can be set as the prefered layer.
Then a warning message can be scripted into the object so that if the actual layer does not match the preferred layer the warning message will appear.
Otherwise setting up favourites is the closest you can get to automating it.
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2011-02-14 09:48 AM