Stack Levels?
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2004-12-29
11:27 PM
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2023-05-26
09:02 AM
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Rubia Torres
So here is my problem, the stacking it totaly arbitrary as if the 3-D elements were 2-D (the smaller elements that are lower in the trellis are view on top etc.) Why do elements not view/stack based on their elevation? When I try to sort things out by either sending to back or bringing to front I run out of stacking levels, and if I edit on of the elements it brings it up in the display order which makes it so I have to go back and redo the whole stack. I have had this problems in many other parts of the model where I am 2-D drafting over 3-d to get more detail.
Any ideas?
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2004-12-31 01:38 PM
You could get the trellis to work with the stacking levels, but it is a bit tedious. Since you have eight layers of slats you will need to place each group (find and select by elevation) on a different stacking level. The quickest way to do this would probably be:
1. Group the slats by elevation
2. Bring all to front
3. Lock the top group
4. Select all the slats
5. Send backward (the locked slats will be unaffected)
6. Lock the next group down
7. Repeat for the rest of them
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2004-12-31 02:16 PM
StuartJames wrote:Hey... why didn't I think of that!
... Using a 'hidden line 'plan' 3d view' just means less thought - as long as you physically have the correct relation between the objects in 3d they show up correctly 'in plan'.
- Use of this (.2dl) is pretty much the same as the patch tool.

Woody
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2005-01-04 01:31 AM
StuartJames wrote:Is there a way to hack some level of parametric linking out of this technique?
One thing we've done (on occasion) in the past to 'get round' the ANNOYING limitations of AC stacking (as Geoff has discovered) is save a 'plan 3d view' as 2d elements.
This is a messy workaround, but it works.
HTH - Stuart
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2005-01-04 05:11 PM
the hack i use which keeps everything 'live'
select the elements that you want a 'true' 3d view of in plan
open 3d window. set to top view (internal engine. hidden line or shaded. vectorial hatching if reqd)
save the view to a view set as a pmk (the view will remember your selection set)
(in ac8 you now have to publish the pmk as live linking in plotmaker to 3d views will only give you a useless bitmap. i think this is fixed in ac9)
now in plotmaker import the plan and then overlay the 3d view on to it
(put a hotspot on the plan and add one to the pmk for accurate registration)
done
i think it's quite a neat technique. using a similar method it also works to correctly show lower levels of multistorey buildings (without worrying about 'show on one storey up' etc.). you can get vectorial hatching on slabs and roofs. also parapet walls will show correctly on upper levels (impossible otherwise without workarounds)
also, using a horizontal cutting plane, complex multistorey objects (eg raking trusses in an atrium) will appear correctly in plan
a little fiddly to set up but once done you can forget about it
any use?
bill
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2012-08-15 09:54 AM
Really, manually re-ordering the stack level, every time a slab in an overlapping-slabs-situation is edited, is a ridiculous 'arrangement' (pun intended).
All the above workarounds are for an object. Simply dealing with a proper BIM and having things display according to the reality - a plan shows things at a higher elevation being displayed in front of things of a lower elevation. Think of how you'd draw stepped basement slabs or stepped strip foundations. This should be shown as you'd see looking down from above - after all, that's what a plan IS.... Or a vanity basin showing on ArchiCAD

Please GS - can we have a hotfix for this? We can't spend so much time reordering things when they're undergoing changes regulary, it double the work already required by the changes in order for team members and management to understand what is going on.

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2012-08-15 03:21 PM
kimfromzim wrote:Kim, great that you bring this up, can you make a new wish?
Really, manually re-ordering the stack level, every time a slab in an overlapping-slabs-situation is edited, is a ridiculous 'arrangement' (pun intended).
All the above workarounds are for an object. Simply dealing with a proper BIM and having things display according to the reality - a plan shows things at a higher elevation being displayed in front of things of a lower elevation..
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2012-08-15 03:52 PM
Am I doing something wrong or its common issue?
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