Best practice for RCPs, Framing plans, etc.

[SeaGeoff]

Good day all,
I’m surveying the best way to produce those plans where primary floor plan elements are secondary to the specific systems which the plan is intended to show. Typical examples are RCPs, Framing and Electrical plans. Common practice has the walls and other floor plan elements either grayed or dashed thus highlighting the primary objects and symbols.

I’d like to hear what people are currently doing as well as discuss the best way to make these common plans easier and more automatic in future releases.

Thanks in advance for all your great ideas.

[__archiben]

Geoff wrote:
Good points. I'm coming out as a strong advocate for, "PlotMaker could work as nothing more than a way to organize the views onto sheets" for several reasons.

something i wrote in another topic, probably a bit off topic here too, however:
http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=12547&highlight=debate#12547

. . . which i believe also "inspired" the dusting off and posting of the wish for the magic black box.

~/archiben