!Restored: what is the function of view map?

[Anonymous]

i am a very beginner of archicad, i've used microstation and autocad before.
i have been using archicad since september this year.

although i read the reference guide about project map and view map. but i still can not clarify with them.

is it the view map can save your design stage?
if not, what is the alternative to save your design stage?
u know, design is a development, but sometimes, u may need to look backward.

[Link]

A view is a live 'look' at your model. A view has stored settings, like layer combinations, scale, etc. It's a transition between your model and the layout (paperspace). It has been discussed many times before and most recently here.

Try doing a search, using the (lower) Search function above.

Cheers,
Link.

[Laura Yanoviak]

If you're familiar with AutoCAD, a "View" in ArchiCAD is comparable to a "Viewport" in AutoCAD.

[Djordje]

Laura wrote:
If you're familiar with AutoCAD, a "View" in ArchiCAD is comparable to a "Viewport" in AutoCAD.

Ummmm ... not really.

A viewpoint is just a plan, section, elevation, 3D view, whatever point in the virtual space that you are viewing your model from. It has no other paramaters or properties.

Views, however, are the viewpoints with properties - scale, model view options, dimension settings, layer combinations, etc. They are the drawings that you place on the layout - or, in AutoCAD speak, the viewports in the PaperSpace.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Djordje wrote:

Laura wrote:
If you're familiar with AutoCAD, a "View" in ArchiCAD is comparable to a "Viewport" in AutoCAD.

Ummmm ... not really.

A viewpoint is just a plan, section, elevation, 3D view, whatever point in the virtual space that you are viewing your model from. It has no other paramaters or properties.

Views, however, are the viewpoints with properties - scale, model view options, dimension settings, layer combinations, etc. They are the drawings that you place on the layout - or, in AutoCAD speak, the viewports in the PaperSpace.

Djordje, Laura is comparing ArchiCAD's Views to AUTOCAD's ViewPORTs. She is not comparing ArchiCAD Views to ArchiCAD Viewpoints.

Of course I do not know if it is a good comparison because I am not that much familiar with AutoCAD.

[Laura Yanoviak]

An AutoCAD Viewport is a window (i.e. Zooming) of model space (i.e. the Viewpoint) with set scale and layer settings (and a bunch of other settings totally unnecessary in AC).

[Laszlo Nagy]

Well, then it sounds like it is similar to a View, just like you said.

[Erika Epstein]

In archicad the work flow is
Model =>Drawing => Sheets of drawings =>Publishing

Viewpoint is the Point of View that you are looking at the Model

Views are the Drawings you create from the model by attaching scale, layer combination, MVO etc.

Layout book is comprised of Sheets on which are placed Views or in the case of schedules viewpoints

Publisher is the method you communicate your information to another e.g. prints, pdfs, dwgs, 3D models, renderings etc.

[Djordje]

Laura wrote:
An AutoCAD Viewport is a window (i.e. Zooming) of model space (i.e. the Viewpoint) with set scale and layer settings (and a bunch of other settings totally unnecessary in AC).

AAAARGH!

Sorry, Laura! You were right. And I in fact just elaborated.

Apologies for skim reading and a hasty answer!