Opening Independent Details simultaneously

[Anonymous]

Is there a way, I need to copy paste in between

[David Larrew]

Yes, you can have multiple Detail Windows open simultaneously and copy-paste between them. If you are in Windows, just be sure that you don't have the Detail Windows set to "maximized".

[Anonymous]

Thanks David
How is that on a Mac

[Anonymous]

You have to set this option on first:
Options > Work Environment > More Options. Then set 'When opening view or layout from a menu or by double-clicking in Navigator:' to 'prefer to open in a new window'.

But I always draw my detail information on a worksheet. I can have my section as a trace and reference and can copy from all details. I place a detail marker over the detail in the worksheet and generate 'details'. I do not draw any new information in this detail drawing in the navigator.
So I keep my information on the worksheet, but still can generate easy detail for my layouts.

[Anonymous]

Thank you Master

[Karl Ottenstein]

Hi Albert,

See attached WE preference to get details, sections, etc in separate windows.

Some people turn this off because they get a lot of extra windows open and it can bog things down. Graphisoft helped with that starting in 12 where there is now a 'close all background windows' command. And since you're on a Mac, you have Expose which makes viewing and choosing between all open ArchiCAD windows easy.

Cheers,
Karl

Oops - see it is already answered now (did not refresh this thread), but I'll leave this here for the screenshot.

[Barry Kelly]

Master wrote:
You have to set this option on first:
Options > Work Environment > More Options. Then set 'When opening view or layout from a menu or by double-clicking in Navigator:' to 'prefer to open in a new window'.

Even if you don't change this option you can right click on your sections, elevations or details in the navigator and choose to "Open in new window".
This way you only get the extra windows you want and not one for every section, elevaton and detail regardless.
Barry.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it is much better to use the right click as Barry points out. Because otherwise you get entangled in lots of windows, which consume much of your computer-memory.

[SeaGeoff]

I prefer the right-click as well. It also works on markers in plan.

In AC 13 there is also a new command Close all Open Windows (or something like that) that will indeed close all your windows except the floor plan and the active window. Very handy. I have given it cmd-opt-w which matches the Mac convention. I try an remember to use it before I quit at day’s end so I start fresh with a single floor plan in the morning.

[Anonymous]

Thanks again for all the valuable answers.