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layout settings

Anonymous
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how we can set our drawing preferences (titles etc) so to insert the drawings onto layouts as we want without having to make furter settings afterwards to each drawing?
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Link
Graphisoft Partner
Graphisoft Partner
Like any tool, you can set up the Default Settings. The Drawing Tool does not allow you to recall every setting (eg. update type), but it will let you store most.

Cheers,
Link.
Anonymous
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thanks, I had never noticed the drawin tool!!! I was always using Alt+F7 to insert the drawings onto the layout...
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__archiben
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Link wrote:
The Drawing Tool does not allow you to recall every setting (eg. update type)...
the update type can be defined as a default setting in AC11 . . .

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Link
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Graphisoft Partner
Great. All that complaining, er, suggesting paid off!

Cheers,
Link.
Anonymous
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That is awesome! I've been looking everywhere for those default settings...I obviously didn't spend enough time looking.
Anonymous
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deanhendry wrote:
That is awesome! I've been looking everywhere for those default settings...I obviously didn't spend enough time looking.
For some reason my Layout Title ( do not stay) keep changing to some default settings that I can not fine. Is it a bug that set setting of titles revert back to a default?
Thanks,
Joseph
Dennis Lee
Booster
I couldn't figure out why when my drawing tool setting was set to zoom extents, my drawings would come into the layout w/ a huge blank area.

I found out that when my "VIEW" setting for a drawing is set for "Current Zoom" or "Zoomed Area", when I insert that drawing into the layout it will be inserted to show all of that the zoomed area, regardless of the default drawing tool setting.

I remember reading somewhere long time ago somewhere that someone recommended to always set the zoom to "None", now I have to agree...
ArchiCAD 25 & 24 USA
Windows 10 x64
Since ArchiCAD 9
David Maudlin
Rockstar
Dennis:

You might want to check which setting you have under Preferences > Layouts > "When placing model views onto Layouts, adjust each drawing frame to show only zoomed area of model view".

HTH

David
David Maudlin / Architect
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Dennis Lee
Booster
Thanks David, you are right on!
I spent way too much time in the WE dialog, and obviously not enough time in the Project Preferences...
ArchiCAD 25 & 24 USA
Windows 10 x64
Since ArchiCAD 9