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2012-04-16 02:04 AM
2012-04-16 02:12 AM
2012-04-16 02:26 AM
s2art wrote:
Save the images to your computer (I put mine in a folder relevant to the particular project) and use either the Drawing tool or Picture tool to place them on your layout.
2012-04-16 03:54 AM
Jonathan wrote:Have a look at this article.
Don't know about the drawing tool will look for it. Can they be jpg or do they need to be a bitmap image or some other image file?
Jonathan wrote:I'm shaking my head right now!
I don't use layouts, I do all my drawings in archicad .pln file.
2012-04-16 09:16 AM
2012-04-16 11:06 PM
Barry wrote:Jonathan wrote:Have a look at this article.
Don't know about the drawing tool will look for it. Can they be jpg or do they need to be a bitmap image or some other image file?
http://www.archicadwiki.com/DifferenceBetweenDrawingAndFigureTools?highlight=%28CategoryDrawing%29
Jonathan wrote:I'm shaking my head right now!
I don't use layouts, I do all my drawings in archicad .pln file.![]()
I have no idea what type of work you do but I am guessing that you really are making life tough for yourself.
Layouts (as the name suggests) allows you to lay out your work on the page size that you desire in an arangement that suits you.
There can be multiple drawings on a layout, drawings can be different scales all on the same page and they can remain linked live with the model - make any changes and the layouts will update automatically.
How do you now place two or more elevations on a printed page? - or is this not something you do.
How do you know the extents of you prntable page size at various scales?
As I say I have no idea of the type of work you do and layouts may not be important to you - if that is so then all is good.
I have seen documentation done directly from Archicad without using layouts and it really isn't the most efficient way.
Barry.
2012-04-17 03:57 AM
Jonathan wrote:I thought this would be the case.
Without going into a lot of detail, I paste up my elevations into my elevation sheet which has a border that prints @ 1/4" per ft.
My site plan has the same border only twice as large so it prints @ 1/8"
etc. The generated sections and elevations always need work anyway so
if something major changes I just copy and paste as needed
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